What are the responsibilities and job description for the PHD Graduate Student position at Louisiana State University?
We are recruiting students to join the Ph.D. Program in Sport Management at Louisiana State University in Fall 2027, and we would greatly appreciate your help identifying and helping us recruit future scholars. Many of us have engaged with and/or encountered students capable of graduate work at the doctoral level who displayed promising intellectual curiosity, analytical mindsets and capacities, and enthusiasm for research on the sport industry.
Please examine and/or forward this information to those master’s students or other career individuals you believe to be interested in earning a Sport Management Ph.D. and securing a graduate assistantship.
The Sport Management program at the Louisiana State University (LSU) is offering a Virtual Open House on November 13th (see Zoom link below).
Schedule
10:00am- Welcome and schedule overview
10:10am- Prospective student introductions
10:30am- Meet the faculty/Current PhD student introductions and backgrounds
11:00am- Program Overview - curriculum, sport management career prospects, and more
11:30am- Open discussion
We are currently anticipating 2 to 3 new graduate assistantship openings for doctoral students for Fall 2027. These Sport Management graduate assistantships carry a competitive 9-month base stipend of $23,000 and a full tuition waiver. Additional financial incentives/bonuses such as scholarships and summer teaching could provide thousands of dollars more to potential applicants with an outstanding GMAT or GRE scores and high cumulative GPA. We encourage your students to ask about these as well!
It should also be noted that several past applicants and doctoral students with LSU Sport Management received university-level fellowships prior to admission and/or been offered university-level dissertation fellowships to complete their coursework. Further, we can guarantee other benefits within a start-up package. For instance, we guarantee at least $2,000 annually for travel to conferences.
Graduate assistants at LSU will be expected to teach two lecture classes each semester within our B.S. program in Sport Administration, giving each graduate of LSU real and ample teaching experience as lead instructor prior to hitting the job market. Lastly, we want to note that all former doctoral graduates of our program were successful in receiving tenure-track appointments as their initial job opportunity, including colleges or schools of business. Furthermore, our past doctoral graduates overwhelmingly secured multiple peer-reviewed publications and presentations prior to graduation.
The deadline for a Fall graduate assistantship at LSU is March 1, 2027; however, we are looking to cultivate relationships with prospective applicants immediately not only through our Virtual Open House but also other correspondence potential students may wish to initiate.
To facilitate a positive recruiting experience, students interested in our PhD opportunity and graduate assistantships at LSU are encouraged to contact individual faculty members regarding their research fit as a potential advisor, especially if they cannot make our Virtual Open House. Current faculty potentially accepting students at LSU Sport Management include: Claire Zvosec, Mike Martinez, Junho Kim, Brent Oja, Chad Seifried, and Per Svensson.
Our faculty at LSU are published in a variety of sport management’s top academic journals (e.g., Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, European Sport Management Quarterly, etc.) and other top-tier business journals as well (See attached flyer). We are active presenting at major conferences and serving in editorial or editorial review board roles. Next, each of our faculty also have a good scholarly reputation in their respective subdiscipline fields. We tailor coursework and projects to the student’s area of study and prepare them to conduct theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and contextually interesting research. Finally, our collective faculty achieved various research fellow awards (e.g., NASSM Research Fellow, SMAANZ Research Fellow, CSRI Research, etc.), best paper recognitions (including some with students), and secured external funding for a variety of projects with multiple associations, foundations, and such.
The LSU Sport Management faculty work closely with students as mentors, facilitate research collaboration early in their studies, and mainly view our time with students as an apprenticeship. We welcome students interested in various methodological domains such as qualitative, quantitative, conceptual, and historical research. Lastly, we seek to help students engage in compelling real-world issues that serve practitioners in the sport industry.
Qualifications
- Strong research aptitude, including the ability to conduct literature reviews, design studies, and analyze qualitative or quantitative data.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for publishing research, presenting findings, and collaborating across diverse teams.
- Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and intellectual curiosity relevant to advanced graduate-level work.
- Organizational and time-management skills to balance coursework, research activities, and potential teaching responsibilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, peers, and staff while also progressing independently on long-term research goals.
- Master’s degree or equivalent preparation in a relevant discipline (or a strong bachelor’s degree background if the program admits directly to PhD).
- Familiarity with appropriate research methods, statistical tools, or laboratory techniques for the field of study.
- Commitment to ethical research practices, inclusivity, and adherence to university policies and regulatory guidelines.
- Prior research experience, publications, or conference presentations are beneficial.
Chad Seifried is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: LSU PhD Program Virtual Open House
Time: Nov 13, 2026 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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