Nefertiti Walker

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.