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Select Publications
Howe, J. E. (accepted). In the shadows no more: Making a case for Black college assistant football
coaches as strategic resistors in and through sport. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics.
Howe, J. E., (2023). Self-presentation and Black male college athletes at historically white
institutions. Sociology of Sport Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2022-0108
Howe, J. E. (2023). Black male college athlete identity: A scoping review of literature.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58(1), 43-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902221082042
Howe, J. E. (2021). Critical race theory in sport management. In P. M. Pedersen (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sport Management (pp. 115-117). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883284.critical.race.theory
Howe, J. E. (2021, November 4). What can athletic departments learn from the experience of Black male athletes? Athletic Director U. https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/what-can-athletic-departments-learn-from-the-experience-of-black-male-athletes/
Howe, J. E. & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2021). Moving beyond the question of education or exploitation: The dynamic experiences of Black male student-athletes. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 14(2), 19-41. https://doi.org/10.17161/jis.v14i2.13606
Rockhill, C. A., Howe, J. E., Agyemang, K. J. A. (2021). Statements vs. reality: How multiple stakeholders perpetuate racial inequality in intercollegiate athletics leadership. International Journal of Sport Communication, 14(3), 398-427. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2021-0003
Howe, J. E. (2020, August 27). When being Black rises above being an athlete. Engaging Sports. https://thesocietypages.org/engagingsports/2020/08/27/when-being-black-rises-above-being-an-athlete/
Howe, J. E. (2020). Manifestations of athletic identity in Black male collegiate student-athletes: Introduction of a framework. Journal of Amateur Sport, 6(2), 107-135. https://doi.org/10.17161/jas.v6i2.13636
Howe, J. E., & Rockhill, C. A. (2020). “Feelings that others won’t necessarily have”: Experiences of Black athletic administrators navigating the collegiate athletic setting. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 13, 170-188.

Academic Presentations
Hodge, S. R., Bennett, R, Howe, J. E. (2023, January). The meanings Black male student athletes ascribe to their collegiate experience. Presented at the meeting of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education, New Orleans, LA.
Ofoegbu, E., Black, W., Ferguson, T., Savage, B. Howe, J. E., Bryson, T. F. (2022, November). Situating the “place” of college athletics in higher education and student affairs research and practice. Presented at the meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
Howe, J. E. (2022, November). Interrogating racial battle fatigue within Black male college athletes. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Las Vegas, NV.
Rockhill, C. A., Keaton, A., Howe, J. E. (2022, November). Decolonizing the NFL: How Brian Flores’ lawsuit can dismantle deep-rooted racism in sport. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Las Vegas, NV.
Howe, J. E. (2022, May). Self-Presentation and the Black Male Collegiate Athlete. Presented at the Black Student Athlete Summit, Houston, TX.
Howe, J. E., Rockhill, C. A., Keaton, A. (2022, April). Applying a theory of racialized organizations to Division I college sport. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Montreal, Canada.
Springer, D. Black, W. L., Harry, M., Howe, J. E. (2021, November). The case for college athletics as a space to challenge understandings of students’ moral development. Presented at the meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Howe, J. E. (2021, April). Increasing the study of Black student-athletes in higher education using critical frameworks. Presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association via Zoom.
Rockhill, C. A. & Howe, J. E. (2020, November). Diversity in intercollegiate athletics: A post-George Floyd analysis. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport via Zoom.
Rockhill, C. A. & Howe, J. E. (2020, May). Statements vs. reality: Examining racial diversity within Division I college athletics. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for Sport Management via Zoom.
Howe, J. E. (2020, January). Impact of coaching transitions on the Black student-athlete. Presented at the Black Student Athlete Summit, Austin, TX.
Howe, J. E. (2020, November). Black male student-athlete identity: A scoping review. Presented at the meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education via Zoom.
Howe, J. E. (2019, November). #Reclaimingourtime: Counternarratives of Black collegiate football coaches. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Virginia Beach, VA.
Howe, J. E. & Rockhill, C. A. (2019, April). “Comfortable in your own skin”: Experiences of Black athletic directors. Presented at the meeting of the College Sport Research Institute, Columbia, SC.
Howe, J. E. (2018, November). Tupac vs. Eminem: Effects of race on coach-athlete relationship. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Vancouver, B.C.
Howe, J. E. (2018, April). Few and far between: A discussion of the dearth of African American assistant football coaches at the FBS level. Presented at the meeting of the College Sport Research Institute, Columbia, SC.
Howe, J. E. (2018, January). Experiences of African American assistant collegiate football coaches. Presented at the Black Student Athlete Summit, Austin, TX.
Howe, J. E. & Kelly, D. (2017, April). Diversifying the sport management discipline by engaging and recruiting the Black student-athlete. Presented at the meeting of the College Sport Research Institute, Columbia, SC.
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