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Rod Fort, PhD

  • Professor, Sport Management
  • Member, Center for Sports Venues and Real Estate Development

About

Dr. Rodney Fort is a professor of Sport Management and member of the Center for Sports Venues and Real Estate Development at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. Prior to his time at U-M, Dr. Fort was a member of the Economics Department at Washington State University. He completed his PhD in Social Science at the California Institute of Technology.

Dr. Fort has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly outlets, including the Journal of Economic Literature, Economic Inquiry, the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, and the Journal of Sports Economics. He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Sport Finance Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, Journal of Sports Economics, and Managerial and Decision Economics.

Dr. Fort has served on international advisory boards, including the International Association of Sports Economists. A part of his website, Rodney Fort’s Sports Business Data, is archived by the Library of Congress.

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Areas of Interest

Sport economics; regulation; microeconomics.

Contact

Address

SKB 3250

830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
United States

Phone

(734) 647-8989

Email

rodfort@umich.edu

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Classes

Course Course Title Credits Term
KINESLGY 600 Grad Sem MVS 1 Winter, As Arranged
KINESLGY 685 Res Rotation in Kin 3 - 6 Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
SM 241 Sports Econ&Pol 3 As Arranged, Winter, Fall
SM 331 Bus Optimization 1.5 Fall, Winter
SM 438 Econ College Sport 1.5-3 As Arranged, Winter

News

Why One Sports Economist Thinks MLB Players are ‘Missing the Boat’ in Lockout Negotiations
Sport Management faculty member Rod Fort is interviewed by San Francisco radio station KNBR about the MLB lockout.
December 9, 2021
What Blockbuster Coaching Contracts Mean for Higher Ed
Sport Management faculty member Rod Fort speaks with Inside Higher Ed on the rising coaching salaries in collegiate athletics.
December 8, 2021
Fort, Szymanski pen amicus brief for SCOTUS case
April 12, 2021
Is there enough time to restart sports?
April 6, 2020
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