Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Katie E. Misener, "Shifting the Goal Line: Trending Towards Social Responsibility in Community Sport". RM 144 HK

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 12:00
 

Faculty of Human Kinetics

Distinguished Speakers' Series

 

Dr. Katie E. Misener

Recreation and Leisure Studies
University of Waterloo
 
Friday, February 2, 2018
11:59 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
ROOM 144 HK


 

"Shifting the Goal Line:  Trending Towards Social Responsibility in Community Sport"

 
Dr. Katie Misener, is a faculty member in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo with a general area of focus in Sport and Recreation Management. Katie completed her MA at the University of Windsor and her PhD at the University Western Ontario. She also completed a SSHRC-funded post-doctoral fellowship at Ryerson University in the Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies at the Ted Rogers School of Management. Katie’s primary research focuses on the capacity and social impact of nonprofit community sport organizations, with a particular focus on how capacity can be enhanced to support sport service delivery and foster social engagement through sport. In particular, she examines themes related to sport and social responsibility, social capital, volunteerism, and inter-organizational relationships. Katie's current interests also include the use of creative analytic practice for knowledge mobilization in sport management. 
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