Ph.D. Student Profiles
Meet our SPM Ph.D. students.
Shu-Hao (Howard) Chang
Shu-Hao (Howard) Chang CV (DOCX)
Email: changshuhao@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport Consumer Behavior, Generative AI
Committee Chair: Dr. Yong Jae Ko
Kelsey Garrison
Email: kelseygarrison@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in sport, LGBTQ+, and Gender
Committee Chair: Dr. Christopher McLeod
William Ferraz de Santana
William Ferraz de Santana CV (DOCX)
Email: wf.santana@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport for Social Change, Emerging Sports, Sport Mega-Events, and Community Development
Committee Chair: Dr. Kyriaki Kaplanidou
Jason Francis
Email: jasonfrancis@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport for Development, Sport for Social Change, Postcolonialism
Committee Chair: Dr. Christine Wegner
Gyujik Han
Email: gyujik.han@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Consumer Behavior, Fan Well-Being, Sport Analytics, New Technologies in Sport
Committee Chair: Dr. Yonghwan Chang
Junho Kim
Email: jkim22@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sports consumer/fan behavior, Sustainability in sports
Committee Chair: Dr. Yong Jae Ko
Hannah Kloetzer
Email: hannahkloetzer@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Athlete Development, Sport Transitions, Athlete Well-Being
Committee Chair: Dr. Molly Harry
Tae Hoon Lee
Email: taehoonlee@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport Consumer Behavior, Virtual Reality
Committee Chair: Dr. Dan Connaughton
Ye Lei
Email: yelei@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport Marketing, Sponsorship Effectiveness, Social Media Analysis
Committee Chair: Dr. Dan Connaughton
Leyi Shen
Email: leyi.shen@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport Event Impacts and Legacies on Community Development, Sport Event Leveraging, Sport Consumer Perceptions of Sport Events/Athletes
Committee Chair: Dr. Kyriaki Kaplanidou
Berk Uzun
E-mail: berkuzun@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Sport ecology/geography/analytics, Human Mobility, Geographic Information System (GIS), Large Language Models (LLM’s), AI
Committee Chair: Dr. Gidon Jakar
Yulsoo Ji
Yulsoo Ji CV (DOCX)
E-mail: yulsoo.ji@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Athlete Development, Athlete Career Development, External Influence on Athlete Outcomes
Committee Chair: Dr. Christopher McLeod
Aoyang Shi
Aoyang Shi CV (DOCX)
E-mail: aoyangshi@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Athlete Development, Sport Social Media,
Committee Chair: Dr. Christopher McLeod
Xuantong Jin
E-mail: xuantong.j@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Organizational Behavior, Psychological Safety
Committee Chair: Dr. Jasamine Hill
Yuting Yang
Yuting Yang CV (DOCX)
E-mail: yutingyang@ufl.edu
Primary fields of interest: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Marketing, Social Media Analysis, Consumer Behavior
Committee Chair: Dr. Yong Jae Ko