Adriana Sekulovic, Ph.D.
Lecturer, School of Management
She/her
asekulovic@callutheran.edu
805-493-3794
Pioneer House 116
Office Hours: Monday 12:00pm-2:00pm, Tuesday and Thursday : 7:30 am - 9:00am and by appointment outside of Office Hours
Education
- Ph.D. Sport Cultures, Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre, 2013 Dissertation: Sports Agent. Contribution to a theory of professions.
- M.S. Kinesiology, Université Paris X, Nanterre, 2006
- ABD Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Research on Economic Development, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, 2005
- Dissertation: The link between drugs and crime. A comparative study of four cities: Paris, Sarajevo, New York and Cape Town
- M.A. Applied Foreign Languages (English, French and Italian), Université Paris IV Sorbonne, 2002
- B.A. Applied Foreign Languages (English, French and Italian), Université Paris IV Sorbonne, 2001
Expertise
- Sport Agents
- Name, Image and Likeness
- Sociology of Sport
- Olympics Studies
- Sport Sustainability
Publications
Books
2020 Profession : agent sportif : contribution à une théorie des modèles professionnels (Éditions Universitaires Européennes ISBN/EAN : 6139522722, 2020)
Peer- Reviewed Academic Conference Activity
Sessions Organized
2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Sport Workplace, North American Society for Sociology of Sport, November 11.
Panels Organized
2020 Best Practices for Teaching Sociology of Sport Online, Ohio State University,
Papers
2024 The Olympic Games: Politics of Sustainability, Discourses and Practices. Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research Conference, March 14-15.
2023 A Social Capital Approach to the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics’ Culture of Remembrance.Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research Conference, March 16-17.
2022 Exploring Black and African American sport workers’ experiences of racism in sporting space and field. North American Society for Sociology of Sport, November 8-12.
2022 The Role of Athlete Agents in the Context of Name, Image and Likeness Activities, North American Society for Sports Management Conference, June 2-4.
2021 Professional trajectories and tasks of sports agents. The culmination of a long process of legitimation, World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Virtual, November 15-19.
2021 The Role of Sport Agent in the Field of Communication, International Association for Communication and Sport, Clemson, SC, March 3-7.
2020 Athlete Protection in the Context of the Tripartite Athlete-Agent-Team Relationship, Journal of Emerging Sport Studies, October 16-18.
2009 L’éthique de l’Agent Sportif dans le Football, Colloque International Éthique et Sport en Europe, Rennes, France, April 15-17.