Dr. Chad Witkemper
Education
- Ph.D. - Sport Management, Indiana University - 2012
Research Interests
- Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness<br>Student Learning and Student Success
Chad Witkemper, Ph.D. is currently an Assistant Professor of Sport Management and the Sport Management Undergraduate Coordinator. Prior to this Dr. Witkemper worked in business management in the private sector for 10 years which is reflected in his teaching. His teaching philosophy involves a marriage between experiential learning and dynamic classroom participation. He believes that experiential learning can support curricular activity and the learning process should involve an active and productive exchange between teachers and students. Starting from the idea that the educational process is an exchange, Dr. Witkemper works towards establishing a culture of learning made up of collaborative partnerships with his students. In other words, He brings knowledge and expertise based on his scholarship and experience, and expects his students to bring their questions, ideas, opinions, and understandings based on their past experiences and coursework. On a more personal level, he is married and has four children. Some fun facts about him include; enjoys playing soccer and deep sea fishing, has climbed Mt. St. Helens, and traveled through time.
PhD – Human Performance, concentration Sport Management, Indiana University, 2012
MS – Athletic Administration, Indiana University, 2009
BA – Public affairs – concentration public management, Indiana University, 2002
Witkemper, C., Blaszka, M., & Chung, J. (2016). Establishing a typology of social media uses in the sport industry: A multi-dimensional scaling. Communication and Sport, 4, 166-186.
Yoon, J., Smith, C., Kim, A. C. H., Clavio, G., Witkemper, C. R., Pedersen, P. (2015). Gender Effects on Sport Twitter Consumption: Differences in Motivations and Constraints. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 6(3), 25-38.
Recent Presentations:
Blaszka, M. & Witkemper C. (2016, November). Sport media and sport marketing co-curricular fantasy football simulation (free communication) for the Sport Marketing Association Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
Witkemper C. (2016) Experiential Learning in PR: Classroom to field experience (free communication) for the North American Society of Sport Management. Orlando, FL.
Witkemper, C. R., Blaszka, M. #Hashtag Marketing: Examining consumer engagement through sport mega-events, European Association of Sport Management, Dublin, Ireland. (September 12, 2015)
Jeremy Witkemper Memorial Foundation - The foundation aims at raising awareness about addiction and to assist those looking for help but do not have the necessary resources to acquire help. Recently the foundation has extended our efforts to help fight addiction through education. Jeremy Witkemper was a devoted fan of all things Indiana University and the Foundation has been able to develop a scholarship there within the School of Public Health to assist individuals looking to make a difference in the fight against addiction.
Dr. Witkemper's expertise is primarily in organizational and consumer behavior. This comes from his many years working in leadership positions as well as his educational background. He additionally has extensive knowledge related to social media users in sport.
Organizational behavior and leadership research with a focus on leadership characterizations and generational behaviors. Other areas of interest include social media consumer behaviors and emerging technology in sport.