
Faculty and Staff Profile
Samuel HakimLecturerOffice: Daniel Hall 416 Phone: Email: sdhakim@clemson.edu Vita: View | |
Educational BackgroundFocus in Sports Communication and Statistics | Courses TaughtCOMM 4250 (Advanced Sport Communication - Fall 2021
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ProfileDr. Sam Hakim joined Clemson in the Fall 2021 as a lecturer focusing in sports communication. He graduated with his Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences from The University of Alabama. Sam's area of interest is in interpersonal fan-athlete communication and fan identity. Sam is a motivated teacher and applies his classroom philosophies - teach from the heart and be present - to guide his seminars and daily class discussions. Sam is presently teaching COMM 3270, 2030 (two sections), and 2500 for Spring of 2022. | |
Research InterestsDr. Sam Hakim's research interest surround interpersonal relationships and communication between fans and athletes. Sam has always been curious about athlete-centered communication and how their individual attributes, availability, and communication can create lasting relationships with their communities. Additionally, Sam recently co-authored articles regarding athlete mental health stigma in the NBA, journalistic views of mental health within e-gaming, mediated fan communication in the NBA, and bibliometrics. Looking forward, Sam intends to focus additional research efforts on fan-athlete communication including how interpersonal thin-slice interaction can create fan identity changes.
Research PublicationsGriffin, D. J., Arth, Z. W., Hakim, S. D., Britt, B. C., Gilbreath, J., Pike, M. P., Laningham, A. J., Bordbar, F.,Hart, S., & Bolkan, S. (In Press). Collaborations in communication: Authorship credit allocation via a weighted fractional count procedure. Scientometrics.
Honors and AwardsNominated for the 2021 C&IS Doctoral Teaching award
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