Jasamine is a second year doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, working under the advisement of Dr. Minjung Kim. She is currently an instructor of record, and graduate teaching assistant while serving as the secretary of the Black Graduate Student Association and student researcher in the Educational Leadership Research Laboratory. Jasamine’s research focus lies within positive sport organizational behavior, primarily on the psychological well-being of sport employees and athletes. 

 

Jasamine was heavily involved on campus as during her undergraduate years as a member of the Women’s Basketball, Track and Field, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Student Athletic Association Committee, and Phi Epsilon Kappa Honor Society while earning her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with a concentration from Johnson C. Smith University (2011). She worked as a Graduate Assistant in Student Involvement at Wingate University where she earned her Masters in Sport Administration (2013). Prior to her start at Texas A&M University, she worked in the sport industry for several years for organizations such as the Charlotte Hornets and Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation. In 2019 Jasamine published her first book entitled “The Roller Coaster Effect: How to Turn your Fear into Fuel, your Passion into your Purpose, and Enjoy the Ride of Life.”