Nefertiti Walker
Interim Associate Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, UMass Amherst & Associate Professor Sport Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Biography
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Education
PhD, University of Florida, 2011 MBA , Stetson University, 2006 BA, Stetson University, 2005
Academic Appointments
Associate Dean for an Inclusive Organization, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 01/2019-Present Interim Associate Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UMass Amherst, 2019 – present, 2010-present Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 9/2017-Present PhD Area Coordinator for Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, UMass Amherst, 2016 - 2017 Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, 01/2017 - 12/2018 Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 8/2011-8/2017
Research Interests
- Organizational Diversity and inclusion
- Gendered Organization and Gender in Organization
- The Future of Work
- Women & Leadership in Sport Organizations
- Sexism in Sport
- Sport Organizational Culture
- Gendered Leadership Networks in Sport
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate
- Sport Policy
- Sport Leadership
- Leading and Developing Inclusive Organizations
Masters
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- Sport Organization Behavior and Development
PhD
- Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
Recent Honors & Awards
Isenberg School of Management Teaching Excellence Award, 2018 Isenberg School of Management Research Excellence Award, 2019 North American Society for Sport Management, Research Fellow, 2019
Selected Publications
Hindman, L. & Walker, N. A. (2019). Sexism in professional sports: How women managers experience and survive sport organizational culture. Journal of Sport Management
Walker, N. A. (2018). The labyrinth of exclusion in sport and steps toward developing a culture of inclusion. Sport and Entertainment Review, 4(2).
Katz, M., Walker, N. A., & Hindman, L. (2018). Gendered leadership networks in the NCAA: Analyzing affiliation networks of senior woman administrators and athletic directors. Journal of Sport Management, 32(2), 135-149.
Walker, N. A., & Melton, E. N. (2015). The tipping point: The intersection of race, gender, and sexual orientation in intercollegiate sports. Journal of Sport Management
Walker, N. A., & Sartore-Baldwin, M. (2013). Hegemonic masculinity and the institutionalized bias of women in men’s collegiate basketball: What do men think? Journal of Sport Management, 27(4), 303-315.
Videos
Women in the Business of Sports
Interview with UMass Amherst’s Nefertiti Walker
2018 WOI: Confronting Sexism in the Workplace
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