Ryan Chen
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Degrees
Ph.D., Sport Management, Florida State University
M.A., International Affairs, University of California, San Diego
B.A., Political Science & Geography, University of Connecticut
Scholarly Interests
I commit to an active interdisciplinary research agenda by focusing my interests on mediated sport fandom, the formation of fan and consumer identities, and the socio-cultural investigation of sport. I currently research:
- Satellite sport fandom
- Mediated sport fandom
- Soccer analytics
Courses Taught
SLM 212 - Introduction to Sport Management
SLM 248 - Global Sport Perspectives
SLM 275 - Principals of Sport Analytics
SLM 314 - Coding for Sport Analytics
SLM 638 - Sport Performance Analytics
Recent Publications
Chen, R., Su, Y., & Beissel, A. (2024). The Quest for Authenticity amid Activism and Sportswashing: A Netnographic Stuy of Chinese Satellite Fans during the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup. Soccer & Society.
Chen, R., & Davidson, N. P. (2022). English Premier League manager perceptions of video assistant referee (VAR) decisions during the 2019-2020 season. Soccer & Society, 23(1), 44 - 55.
Chen, R., Rochon, M. A., & Anderson, L. C. (2022). "That is terrible news!": Media framing of Mamba Mentality within contemporary US racial and gender politics. Communication & Sport, 10(4), 616 - 641.
Xue, H., Chen, R., Dai, S., & Newman, J. I. (2022). Measuring sustainable development goal 1. In McCullough, B. P., Kellison, T. B. & Melton, E. N. (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Sustainable Development. Routledge.
Newman, J. I., Xue, H., Chen, R., Chen, Y., & Watanabe, N. M. (2021). Football and cultural citizenship in China: A study in three embodiments. Sport in Society.
Liu, Z., Chen, R., & Newman, J. I. (2021). The football dream of a sleeping dragon: Media framing (s), east–west geopolitics, and the crisis of the Chinese men's national team. Communication & Sport, 9(1), 55-87.
Xue, H., Watanabe, N. M., Chen, R., Newman, J. I., & Yan, G. (2020). Football (as) Guanxi: A relational analysis of actor reciprocity, state capitalism, and the Chinese football industry. Sport in Society, 23(12), 2005-2030.
Chen, R. (2019). What is Enes Kanter afraid of? – Political intrigue and international travel in the NBA. Sports Litigation Alert, 16(4).