Contributors

The following NASSS members serve as contributors for Engaging Sports. This contributors list may be of use to media members seeking sources/quotes for news stories or anyone else with questions about sociological aspects of sport. You can use the drop-down menu below to view a list of contributors by area of expertise.

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Ryan Turcott

University of Georgia

basketball coaching, basketball recruiting, college sport, Migration, sport diplomacy, sport for development & peace

Jennifer McGovern

Monmouth University

baseball, campus sexual violence, ethnicity, gender, immigration, race, student-athletes

Matt Ventresca

Georgia Institute of Technology

concussions, masculinity, media, science, technology

Rebecca Alt

University of Maryland

advocacy, communication, culture, feminism, organizations, rhetoric, scandals, universities

Christopher Faulkner

Research Student/Sessional Lecturer, University of Worcester

Globalisation, Migration, National Identity, Sport Policy

Emily Houghton

Fort Lewis College

gender, media, race

Adam Talbot

Doctoral Researcher, University of Brighton

Latin America, mega-events, Olympics, social movements, urban politics

Katelyn Esmonde

University of Maryland

digital technologies, fitness tracking, gender, sexism, sports fandom, The Quantified Self, women sports fans

Adam Love

University of Tennessee

gender, Internet, media, public sociology, race

Jay Coakley

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

disability sports, mega-events, technology in sports, youth sports