Teaching and research interests
- Sport management ethics
- Sport policy
- Intercollegiate athletics
- Research methods
My research interest in sport management ethics and policy
has been strongly informed through my experiences as an athlete,
coach, and athletic conference commissioner. My research has a
two-prong focus. First, I am interested in corruption and sport
organizations. In particular, I am interested in how
organizational stakeholders who were not involved in malfeasant
activities are impacted during the post-corruption years. Using
an empirical case study of an instance of extensive academic
corruption within the context of intercollegiate athletics, I am
working toward a theory about how organizational stakeholders
within a sports program are affected by the various consequences
of corruption during the post-corruption period. As an extension
of this research project I am also interested in the
effectiveness of athletic reform efforts and the impact of
reform on student-athletes. Second, I am interested in
deliberative democracy and sport policy. I am a member of a
collaborative Canadian and United States research team that is
exploring the sport policy process through the framework of
deliberative democracy. In particular, I am interested in
examining how more sport organizational stakeholders can be
involved in the policy process and how they hold administrators
accountable for their decision making. Last, extending from my
professional administrative experiences, I am interested in
understanding what constitutes organizational effectiveness as
well as its impact on organizational members.
I teach courses in sport management ethics
and policy, research methods, a Ph.D sport management seminar,
and research problems.
Educational background
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
BC, Canada
Ph.D., educational studies, 2004
“Moral codes and moral tensions: An examination of Pac 10
compliance officer’s morality and moral functioning”
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Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Wash.
M.S., physical education-college instruction, 1992
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Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho
B.S., physical education, 1989
Professional experience
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2004-present, assistant professor, School of
Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
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August 2003 - August 2004, teaching
specialist, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn.
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1993-1999, tenured-instructor, Department of
Physical Education, Lower Columbia College, Longview,
Washington.
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1993-1999, head coach, women’s basketball,
Department of Athletics, Lower Columbia College, Longview,
Washington
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1993-1999, women’s athletic commissioner,
Western Region Representative, Northwest Athletic
Association for Community Colleges
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1997-1998, executive board, Northwest
Athletic Association for Community Colleges
Research in progress
- Deliberative democracy and the Canadian sport policy
(Kikulis, Kihl, & Thibault)
- The legitimacy of the "Secretary's Commission on
Opportunity in Athletics" as a deliberative democratic
process (Kihl & Soroka)
- Creating a Positive Environment for an Inner City
Community Youth Baseball Program (Kihl, Dayton’s Bluff
Recreation Center, & Minnesota Twins)
- Minnesota Twins Rookie League and Reviving Baseball
in Inner Cities (RBI) Program: Evaluating the Effectiveness
of Gaining Inner City Participation in Baseball and Softball
(Kihl & Babiak)
Teaching
- KIN/REC 5461 Foundations of sport management
- KIN/REC 5601 Ethics and policy in sport management
- KIN 5696 Practicum in Kinesiology
- KIN/REC 5720 Leadership in sport management (special
topic)
- KIN/REC 5981 Research Methodology in Kinesiology,
Recreation, and Sport
- KIN 5995 Research Problems in Applied Kinesiology
- KIN/REC 8128 Doctoral Seminar: Sport Management
Professional affiliations and service
Affiliations
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North American Society for the Sociology of
Sport (2003-present)
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American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance (1991-Present)
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National Association for Sport and Physical
Education (1991-present)
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North American Society for Sport Management
(1999-present)
Collegiate assignments
- Senate Consultative Committee, College of Education and
Human Development, University of Minnesota (2005-2006)
- Senate Committee, College of Education and Human
Development, University of Minnesota (2005-present)
- Diversity Committee, College of Education and Human
Development, University of Minnesota (2004-2005)
- Scholarship Committee, College of Education and Human
Development, University of Minnesota (2006-2007)
- Student Scholastic Standing Committee, College of
Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
(2007-present)
- Student Scholastic Standing Committee-Sub committee,
College of Education and Human Development, University of
Minnesota (2007-present)
Manuscript reviewer
- Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of Sport Management
(2000-present)
- Manuscript Reviewer for the European Sport Management
Quarterly(2007-present)
- Manuscript reviewer for the International Journal of
Sport Management and Sponsorship (2005-present)
- Manuscript Reviewer for the North American Society for
Sport Management student research competition (2008-present)
- Abstract Reviewer for the North American Society for
Sport Management Conference (2005-present)
Other service
Selected publications
Referreed abstracts
Kihl, L. A. (2003). Insights into Pac Ten
compliance officers’ moral functioning. Research Quarterly
for Exercise and Sport (December, 2003, Suppl.).
Work submitted for publication
Kihl, L. A. (Under Review). Ethical theory
versus practical reasoning: Rethinking sport management ethics
instruction. Submitted to the Journal of Sport Management.
Kihl, L. A., & Richardson, T. (Under
Review). “Fixing the mess”: A grounded theory of corruption’s
affect on an intercollegiate Men’s basketball coaching staff.
Submitted to the Journal of Sport Management.
Kihl, L. A. (Under Review). Morality and
moral functioning of sport administrators:
An argument for interpretive research. Submitted to the
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport.
Kihl, L. A. & Soroka, M. (Under Review). The
legitimacy of the Secretary of Education’s Commission on
opportunity in athletics. Submitted to the Journal of Public
Deliberation.
Manuscripts in progress
Kihl, L. A., Soroka, M., Kikulis, L. M., &
Thibault, L. (In progress). Deliberative democracy and the
Canadian sport policy. To be submitted to Policy Science.
Kihl, L. A. & Leberman, S. (In progress).
Varying stakeholder perceptions of leadership during
organizational change. To be submitted to the Sport
Management Review.
Leberman, S. & Kihl, L. A. (In progress).
Meaningful definitions of leadership in the sport: A stakeholder
perspective. To be submitted to the Journal of Sport
Management.
Kihl, L. A. (In progress). A model for
reform after academic corruption. To be submitted to Research
in Higher Education.
Conference proceedings
Kihl, L. A. (October-November, 2007). A
theory of sport organizational stakeholder’s suffering and
dealing with corruption. Paper to be presented at the Play the
Game 2007-Creating Coalitions for Good Governance in Sport
Conference. Reykjavik, Iceland.
Kihl, L. A. & Soroka, M. (June 2007). “Open
to All” and “Closed to Many”: The Legitimacy of the Secretary of
Education’s Commission on Opportunity in Athletics. Paper
presented at the North American Society for Sport Management.
Miami, FL.
Kihl, L. A. Richardson, T. & Campisi, C.
(March 2006). Corruption reform: An examination of Minnesota
men's basketball. Paper presented at The Drake Group
Conference-A Century of College Sport: A Turbulent Past, A
Conflicted Present, A Brighter Future. Indianapolis, IN.
Kikulis, L. M., Kihl, L. A., Vail, S., &
Thibault, L. (June, 2006). Sport Policy and Governance: The case
of the Ontario Active 2010 Strategy. Symposium presentation at
the North American Society for Sport Management. Kansas City,
KS.
Kihl, L. A. Richardson, T. & Campisi, C.
(June, 2005). Dealing with corruption: An examination of the
Minnesota men's basketball program. Paper presented at the North
American Society for Sport Management. Regina, SK. Canada.
Kihl, L. A., Mork, S. & Eaton, L. (June,
2005). We are Minnesota: Administrative challenges in managing
an athletic department merger. Paper presented at the North
American Society for Sport Management. Regina, SK. Canada.
Schaefer, J. & Kihl, L. A. (April, 2005). A
balancing act: Managing organizational effectiveness in youth
soccer clubs. Paper presented at the American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Chicago, IL.
Kikulis, L., Kihl, L. A., & Thibault, L.
(November, 2004). Deliberative democracy and the Canadian sport
policy. Paper presented at the North American Society for the
Sociology of Sport. Tucson, AZ.
Kihl, L. A. & Sparks, R. (April, 2004).
Professional Ethics in Practice: Teaching
Ethical Reasoning in Human Kinetics. Paper presented at the
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation,
and Dance. New Orleans, LA
Kihl, L. A., Kikulis, L., & Thibault, L.
(October, 2003). Understanding Canada’s Athlete-Centered Model:
A Deliberative Democracy Perspective. Paper presented at the
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Montreal,
Canada.
Kihl, L. A. (2003). Moral reasoning in sport
management: An exploration of rule interpretations and
justifications by NCAA administrators. Paper presented at the
North American Society for Sport Management. Ithaca, NY.
Kihl, L.A. (April, 2003). Insights into Pac
Ten compliance officers’ moral functioning, presentation to the
Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Philadelphia, PA
Babiak, K., Cousens, L., Kihl, L., Kikulis,
L., & Thibault, L. (May, 2002). Issues relating to an
athlete-centered approach to governance of the Canadian amateur
sport system. Symposium Paper presented at the North American
Society for Sport Management. Canmore, AB. Canada.
Malloy, D. C., Kihl, L. A., & Sparks, R. E.
(April, 2002). Context, process, and participation: Critical
methods for teaching sport ethics. Paper presented at the
conference for the American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance. San Diego, CA.
Kihl, L. A. (October, 2001). Contextualism
and meeting the aims of sport management ethics. Paper presented
at the conference for the Association for Moral Education.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Kihl, L. A., Gray, D. P., Sharp, L. A., &
Wolfe, R. (June, 2001). Sport policy’s stranglehold on ethical
decision-making: An Examination of the ethical problems prompted
by sport policy. Symposium Paper presented at the North American
Society for Sport Management. Virginia Beach, VA.
Kihl, L., Parhar, A., & Shapiro, L. (May,
2001) Dancing with Habermas: Three approaches to using
communicative action in education. Paper presented at the
Department of Educational Studies-Research Colloquium,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Kihl, L. A. & Priestman, S. (May, 2001).
Law, culture, and society: Ethics and sport Administration is
not an Oxymoron. Paper presented at the conference for the
Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Edmonton, AB.
Canada.
Kihl, L.A. & Priestman, S. (June, 2001).
Developing as Sport Management Ethics Course utilizing a
meta-ethical approach: Does philosophy belong in sport
management? Paper presented at the conference for North American
Society for Sport Management. Colorado Springs, CO.
January 2008
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