James Satterfield
Department Head, Counseling, Leadership and Special Education | Missouri State University
Springfield, MO, UNITED STATES
Dr. Satterfield specializes in higher education, student athletics and professional sports.
Biography
Dr. James Satterfield is Department Head of Counseling, Leadership and Special Education at Missouri State University. His research agenda focuses on the social, metaphorical, symbolic and institutional characteristics within p-20 educational systems.
His work involves examining how things become institutionalized in educational systems and communities, which allows for a greater understanding of the discourse between different interest groups.
More specifically, but not exclusively, Dr. Satterfield looks at the intersectionalities between intercollegiate athletics and the community at large.
He is the co-author of Sports and Athletics in Higher Education (1st edition).
Industry Expertise (4)
Education/Learning
Research
Sport - Amateur
Sport - Professional
Areas of Expertise (6)
Higher Education
Student Affairs
Professional Sports
Athletics
Student Success
Educational Policy
Education (3)
Eastern Michigan University: Ed.D., Educational Leadership 2002
Dissertation: African-American Colleges and Universities: A Story of Institutionalized Racism
Norfolk State University: M.A., Gifted Education 1995
Norfolk State University: B.S., Kinesiology 1993
Media Appearances (1)
Student-athletes Making Their Voices Heard on Controversial Issues
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education online
2016-05-03
James Satterfield Jr., a professor at Clemson University who studies race and sports, sees things differently. College athletes, he points out, do have a legitimate beef. “College athletes, particularly football and basketball, spend in excess of 40 hours a week alone, just in their sport,” Satterfield says. “When you look at how much time is spent on a sport, and the compensation for head coaches and assistant coaches, it’s not difficult to understand why people want their voices heard. They know that, in terms of fans and media coverage, people come to see them [the athletes].”...
Articles (6)
Football as a Catalyst to Illuminate Issues of Black Student Engagement
Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
2016 Athletics has played an important role in the integration and connection students have with their college alma mater. However, research shows that Black students do not readily attend athletic games or participate in related events. Findings from this study indicated that ...
The Athletic Casting Call: Factors Contributing to the Social Construction of the Black Male College Athlete
Black Males and Intercollegiate Athletics: An Exploration of Problems and Solutions
2015 Intercollegiate athletics is a tremendous part of today's society and encompasses numerous American lives. Its wide spectrum attracts various people from gender, race, ethnicity, cultures, religion, and sexuality. Black male student-athletes, a ...
Tenure is Not the Problem. . . We are!
Educational Leadership in Action: A Casebook for Aspiring Educational Leaders
2015 This is a case study in the book that addresses the issue of tenure.
Are University Students With Learning Disabilities Getting the Help They Need?
Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
2013 This study examined how traditional-aged, first-year college students with specific learning disabilities adjusted to academic expectations as they moved from high school to a less monitored collegiate environment. Results of the study indicated that these students had ...
Organized for Genocide Student Reactions and Learning From Use of Emotive Documentaries on the Holocaust
Journal of Management Education
2013 This article reports the qualitative analysis of the use of highly emotive documentaries of the Holocaust in a graduate-level organizational theory class. Specifically, the article looks at student reactions and impacts on learning. Student-produced work ...
Rugby as a Growth Model for College Marketing
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice
2013 The purpose of this paper is to suggest a model for institutions to structure and operate their rugby program in order to strengthen the brand name of an educational institution. The strategy outlined in the paper promotes the use of the sport of rugby union ...