“Your Voice Is Power!” Extending the Sport Activism Literature to High School Sport By Examining the Motivations for and Facilitators of High School Athlete Activism

Yannick Kluch Whereas scholars have established increasing insights into activism at the collegiate and professional sport levels, the U.S. high school context rarely has become the site of analysis for activist potential among sport scholars. As a result, it is the goal of this study to extend the sport activism literature by gaining a more […]

Diversity Strategists in Professional, Olympic & Paralympic Sport Organizations

Yannick Kluch The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategists within professional sport organizations/leagues as well as in national governing bodies of Olympic and Paralympic sport. Drawing from qualitative, in-depth interviews with staff holding DEI responsibilities, the objectives of the study are to (a) examine how […]

Developing a Racial Equity Park Plan Evaluation Protocol 

Mariela Fernandez In this project, we present a racial equity park plan evaluation protocol. This protocol serves as a valuable tool to evaluate existing racial equity park plans that have been developed in the United States. The protocol was informed by best practices in plan evaluation research and operationalizes racial equity based off the latest research in planning. […]