Dix, A. C. (2026). Be skeptical of the technical: A study on the technical fouls that were called against HBCU conferences in Division II men's college basketball. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, Advanced Online Publication, doi: 10.1080/19357397.2026.2674483

Dix, A. C. (2026). The co-culture of the Howard University men's soccer team: An applied communication study. Howard Journal of Communications, 37, 883-897. doi: 10.1080/10646175.2025.2555563

Dix, A. C. (2025). Show HBCU referee bias the red card: Testing communication theory in Division I women's college soccer. Communication & Sport, 13, 604-621. doi: 10.1177/21674795241239562 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21674795241239562

Dix, A. C. (2024). Softball is not separate of visual rhetoric: Applying the theoretical perspective on visual rhetoric to umpire observations in Division II softball. Utah Journal of Communication, 2(2), 49-54. 

Dix, A.C. (2024). Stay woke: An analysis of how referees evaluate the in-game communication of an HBCU that competes in a PWI conference. Communication and Sport, 12, 730-747. doi: 10.1177/21674795221103407

Dix, A. C. (2023). Indications of referee bias in Division I women's college volleyball: Testing expectancy violations and examining nonverbal communication. International Journal of Sport Communication, 16, 414-422. doi: 10.1123/ijsc.2023-0050 

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. (2022). 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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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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