Dr. Andrew Dix

Associate Professor

Dr. Andrew Dix
615-898-4918
Room 205, Jones Hall (JH)
MTSU Box 200, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Southern Mississippi (2012)
  • MA, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2007)
  • BA, Western Illinois University (2001)

Research / Scholarly Activity

Dix, A. C. (Advanced Online Publication). Indications of referee bias in Division I women's college volleyball: Testing expectancy violations and examining nonverbal communication. International Journal of Sport Communication. https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsc/aop/article-10.1123-ijsc.2023-0050/article-10.1123-ijsc.2023-0050.xml


Dix, A.C. (Advanced Online Publication). Stay woke: An analysis of how referees evaluate the in-game communication of an HBCU that c...

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Dix, A. C. (Advanced Online Publication). Indications of referee bias in Division I women's college volleyball: Testing expectancy violations and examining nonverbal communication. International Journal of Sport Communication. https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsc/aop/article-10.1123-ijsc.2023-0050/article-10.1123-ijsc.2023-0050.xml


Dix, A.C. (Advanced Online Publication). Stay woke: An analysis of how referees evaluate the in-game communication of an HBCU that competes in a PWI conference. Communication and Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795221103407


Dix, A. C. (2022). The non-sweet sixteen: Referee bias against Historically Black Colleges and Universities in men's college basketball. Sociology of Sport Journal, 39, 118-124. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2020-0187 https://doi.org/10.1123ssj.2020-0187


Dix, A. C., Asbury, M. B., & Brojakowski, B. (2021). Beneath the makeup and beyond the frames: A nonverbal study on perceptions of female college athletes who wear cosmetic products in their headshot photograph. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 40, 24-44.


Dix, A. C. (2021). Referee judgments of communication in the field of play: A study on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in division II college football. International Journal of Sport Communication. 14, 554-573. doi: 10.1123/ijsc.2021-0032 https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2021-0032


Dix, A. C. (2021). Their hands communicate and their eyes listen: Perceptions of small group messages amongst Deaf college basketball players. Communication and Sport, 9, 972-987. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479520913076


Dix, A. C. (2021). Softball umpires call more walks than strikeouts when the pitcher plays for a Historically Black College and University. International Journal of Sport Culture and Science, 9, 91-103.


Dix, A. C. (2020). Critical race theory, the NCAA, and college baseball: Contradiction on the diamond. In M. Milford & L. R. Smith (Eds.), Communication and contradiction in the NCAA: An unlevel playing field (pp. 213-234). New York: Peter Lang.


Dix, A. C. (2020). Heard to believe: A perceptual study of a marginalized sport co-culture on others' willingness to listen. The Florida Communication Journal, 48, 165-181.


Dix, A. C. (2020). And 10 more years of bias against HBCU female basketball players. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 44, 1-18.


Dix, A. C. (2020). Perceptions of the intragroup communication that is believed to exist amongst successful and unsuccessful basketball teams. Northwest Journal of Communication, 47, 131-152.


Dix, A. C. (2019). "And 1" more piece of evidence of discrimination against black basketball players. Howard Journal of Communications, 30, 211-229. doi: 10.1080/10646175.2018.1491434 


Dix, A. C. (2017). Perceptions of the on-field success and likeability of athletes after claims of interpersonal domestic violence. The Florida Communication Journal, 45, 67-80.


Dix, A. C. (2017). A decade of referee bias against college football programs from historically black colleges and universities. International Journal of Science Culture and Sport, 5, 197-212. doi: 10.14486/IntJSCS670


Dix, A. C. (2017). Comparing and contrasting the communication of dark-skinned and light-skinned African American basketball players. Journal of the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri, 47, 47-69.


Dix, A. C. (2016). Allegations of performance-enhancing drug use and their affect on perceptions of athlete intellect. International Journal of Sport Studies, 6, 412-422.


Dix, A. C. (2015). Ethos in sports: An Aristotelian examination focused on source credibility and the modern day athlete. Sport Science Review, 24, 267-284.


Dix, A. C. (2015). Sociocommunicative style in sport: A perceptual investigation focused on sexual orientation and communication in the game of football. The Florida Communication Journal, 43, 77-90.


Dix, A. C. (2015). This is not an inside joke: Perceptible attributes influence the successful communication of humor. Ohio Communication Journal, 53, 11-27.


Dix, A. C. (2014). Laughing all the way to the questionnaire bank: A mixed methods examination of humor appreciation after a brief communication. Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal, 5, 8-25.


Dix, A. C. (2013). A new era of courtship: Let me contemplate our speed-date to determine the interconnectedness of conversation and physical attraction. Interpersona: An International Journal of Personal Relationships, 7, 246-259.


Dix, A. C. (2013). Exploring intelligence and interpersonal communication: An analysis of intellectual perceptions in a real dating arena. Iowa Journal of Communication, 45, 135-154.

 

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In the Media

1) The Daily Mail (UK):

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6095571/womens-basketball-players-historically-black-schools-whistled-SIGNIFICANTLY-higher-rate.html


2) College Basketball Today:
https://cbbtoday.com/now/study-finds-women-basketball-players-face-disproportionate-racial-bias/://cbbtoday.com/now/study-finds-women-basketball-players-face-disproportionate-racial-bias/


3) Current Newspapers (Washington, D.C.):
https://currentnewspapers.com/more-fouls-hbcu-women/


4) Blacks in Higher Education:
httpshttps://www.jbhe.com/2018/09/study-finds-racial-bias-directed-against-women-basketball-players-at-hbcus///www.jbhe.com/2018/09/study-finds-racial-bias-directed-against-women-basketball-players-at-hbcus/


5) HBCU Digest:
https://hbcudigest.com/study-suggests-bias-in-officiating-of-hbcu-womens-basketball-games/


6) It'sBiggerthanBasketball.com:
https://itsbiggerthantheball.com/study-reveals-that-womens-basketball-players-at-historically-black-colleges-are-whistled-more/://itsbiggerthantheball.com/study-reveals-that-womens-basketball-players-at-historically-black-colleges-are-whistled-more/


7) InsideHigherEd.com:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/09/28/study-reveals-bias-against-womens-basketball-teams-historically-black-colleges


8) DiverseEducation.com:
https://diverseeducation.com/article/128341/


9) The Nashville Post: https://www.nashvillepost.com/sports/sports-business/blog/21025582/mtsu-study-finds-bias-in-basketball-officiating


10) Nashville Public Radio:
http://www.nashvillepublicradio.org/post/mtsu-study-women-s-basketball-fouls-points-signs-possible-bias#stream/0://www.nashvillepublicradio.org/post/mtsu-study-women-s-basketball-fouls-points-signs-possible-bias#stream/0


11) AthleticManagement.com:
http://athleticmanagement.com/content/study-indicates-officiating-bias


12) GlobalSportsMatters.com:
https://globalsportmatters.com/youth/2018/11/19/study-shows-hbcu-teams-penalized-more-than-others/


13) Minnesota Spokesman Recorder (Parts 1 of 3):
http://spokesman-recorder.com/2019/01/11/a-recent-study-shows-that-hbcu-teams-are-penalized-more-when-they-play-white-schools/


14) TheSportsToday.info
https://thesportstoday.info/female-basketball-players-face-disproportionate-racial-bias-study/

 

 

 

 

 

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