An article by Umer Hussain, assistant professor of business and sports management, was published in January by Breakthrough, an online media outlet. “The Global North hypocrisy: The death of 6,500 migrant workers in the Qatar 2022 World Cup” is a version of his long journal article “The Muslim community and sport scholarship- a scoping review […]
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup continues in Qatar, it is becoming a point of global debate in global media and sporting bodies, says Assistant Professor of Business and Sports Management Umer Hussain. He is quoted in a new article published at the Play the Game: “Umer Hussain, a sports scholar at Ripon College, argues […]
A new research paper co-written by Assistant Professor of Business and Sports Management Umer Hussain has been published by European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ). In “The Muslim community and sport scholarship: a scoping view to advance sport management research,” Hussain and Dr. George Cunningham from the University of Florida conducted a scoping review about till-date […]
Assistant Professor of Business and Sports Management Umer Hussain reported several professional activities in November. His research focuses on understanding the intersection of race, religion, and gender in the sporting context. An article published by The Nation International, “Will Players Help Raise Awareness About the Horrors Surrounding the World Cup?”, examines human rights situations and […]
Umer Hussain, assistant professor of business and sports management, presented a research paper at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) annual conference Nov. 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the paper, Hussain examines how “researchers have claimed that the popular media portray Muslim men athletes as bizarre, conservative and masculine hegemonic […]
Umer Hussain, assistant professor of business and sports management, was the winner in the Social Sciences category of the 2021-2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award from Texas A&M University. He completed his Ph.D. in health and kinesiology (sport management) from Texas A&M in May 2021. His dissertation, “Unconventional Means to Enhance Muslim Women’s Inclusion in Sports,” investigates […]
Umer Hussain, an assistant professor of business and sports management who started at Ripon this semester, was interviewed for an article published recently on AnalystNews.com. In the article “The untold stories of Qatar and the FIFA World Cup,” Hussain talks about the controversy surrounding the World Cup being hosted in November in Qatar, the first […]