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Chair
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SPRACKLEN
Karl is Subject Group Leader
for the Social Sciences of Sport, Leisure and PE at Leeds Metropolitan
University, and also a Principal Lecturer in Socio-Cultural Aspects
of Sport and Leisure. He was the Course Leader at Leeds Met for
the renowned BA (Hons) Leisure and Sport Studies. He has published
research on a number of leisure related themes: racism in sport;
social identity and rugby league; leisure and globalisation;
extreme heavy metal; the sociology of sport science; and leisure
theory. He is on the organising committee of the Music, Metal
and Politics conference, part of the Inter-Disciplinary.Net initiative.
His book, The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure, was published
by Palgrave in 2009. Previous to this, he worked as a National
Development Manager for Sporting Equals, a project funded by
the Commission for Racial Equality and Sport England to promote
racial equality in sport. (Current term expires July 2012)
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Carnegie Faculty of Sport and
Education
Fairfax Hall
Leeds Metropolitan University
Headingley Campus
Leeds LS6 3QS
k.spracklen@leedsmet.ac.uk
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ANDREW ADAMS
Andrew Adams is a senior lecturer
at Southampton Solent University Business School where he is
course leader for sport development. Andy's doctoral research
focuses on the developing relationship between social capital,
sports policy and the role of the voluntary sports clubs.
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Andrew.Adams@solent.ac.uk
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Secretary
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RUTH
JEANES
Dr Ruth Jeanes is currently
working as Research Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire.
Her research focuses on youth sport policy, gender and sport
and the impact of youth sport policy on young people. Overarching
this is a methodological interest in innovative ways to engage
young people in the research process. Ruth has extensive experience
of undertaking impact evaluations of youth sport policy and practice
and has conducted research for a range of agencies including
UNICEF, the British Council, the Cricket Foundation, Youth Sport
Trust and UK Sport. In the last four years Ruth has also been
involved in a research partnership with Loughborough, Southampton
and York St John Universities working in Lusaka, Zambia with
a range of Non Governmental Organisations delivering HIV/AIDS
education through sport. Ruth has examined the experiences of
young people taking part in these programmes. Ruth completed
her PhD in 2006 at Loughborough University, entitled 'Tackling
Gender: Girls, football and gender identity construction.' Prior
to taking up her post at Uclan Ruth was a research associate
at the Institute of Youth Sport at Loughborough.
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Research Fellow in Youth Sport
School of Sport and Tourism and the Outdoors
Greenbank Building
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
rjeanes@uclan.ac.uk
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Treasurer ~ KIM POLISTINA
Interests include lifelong outdoor and environmental learning,
outdoor leisure and lifestyles, cultural and gender studies.
(Final term expires July 2010). |
P.O. Box 83 Merthyr Tydfil
CF477BE Wales
drkpolistina@googlemail.com
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Newsletter General
Editor ~
DAVID
LESLIE
David is Reader
in Tourism at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has a longstanding
involvement with the LSA, dating from his contributions to conferences
during the 1980s and subsequent involvement as a Committee member
and Editor of the LSA Newsletter. Notably he staged the 1994
LSA conference on "Leisure, Tourism and the Environment",
and edited the two resulting LSA Publications volumes: Tourism
and Leisure: Culture, Heritage and Participation (No. 51)
and Tourism and Leisure: Perspectives on Provision (No.
52). More generally, David is known for research in tourism,
which has lead to many publications in leading journals, commissioned
reports and conference papers with particular emphasis on tourism
and sustainability. (Exec
member from July 2007; current term expires July 2010)
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Dept. of Hospitality, Tourism
and Leisure
Glasgow Caledonian University
Cowcaddens Road
Glasgow G4 0PA
D.Leslie@gcal.ac.uk
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Publications Officer ~ JAYNE CAUDWELL
Jayne is senior lecturer in sport and leisure cultures at the
University of Brighton. Her work focuses on theories of gender
and sexuality and their application to sporting practices, spaces
and texts. In particular, she is keen to explore the ways queer
and queer theory can help explain sport and the body. She chaired
LSA 2004 and co-chaired LSA 2007 annual conferences, has been
an executive member 20015, returning 2006, and Publications
Officer 200`7present (Exec member from 7/2001-05; returning
July 2006; current term expires July 2009) |
The Chelsea School
University of Brighton
Eastbourne BN20 7SP
j.c.caudwell@brighton.ac.uk
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Lifetime Honorary
Member ~
KEN ROBERTS
Professor of Sociology, University
of Liverpool. He is a past-chair of the World Leisure Research
Commission, past president of the International Sociological
Association Research Committee on Leisure. He currently edits
the World Leisure Journal, and is a founder-member of
the LSA and Honorary Lifetime Member.
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Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies
The University of Liverpool
Eleanor Rathbone Building, Liverpool L69 3BX |
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Membership Secretary
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DONNA
WONG
Dr. Donna Wong is currently
working with the School of Sport, Tourism
and the Outdoors at the University of Central Lancashire as a
Research
Assistant. She completed her PhD, titled 'Young People, New Media
and
Sport' in February 2009. Her research examined how sport is employed
in
new media age and young people's involvement in sport via the
use of new
media technology. Her main research interests concern sport
participation among young people and mediated sport. She is also
looking
into the evaluation of the Youth Olympic Games legacies.
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University of Central Lancashire
School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors
Preston PR1 2HE
dsywong@uclan.ac.uk |
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Lifetime Honorary
Member ~ MYRENE McFEE
~ LSA Professional Assistant; LSA Publications Manager; Website
Manager
LSA Publications
(production since 1984, management since 1987); administrator
of 1st and 2nd International Conferences in 1984 (Brighton) and
1988 (Brighton), Annual Conferences 1995 (Eastbourne), 1997 (Roehampton),
1998 (Leeds); 2001 (Luton); 2003 (Roehampton); 2005 (Edinburgh),
2006 (Bristol); 2007 (Eastbourne); 2009 (Canterbury). LSA Professional
Assistant from 1993. Design, production and management of LSA
Newsletter since 1992. Design and management of LSA Website since
2001. Also providing project management, editorial and computer
graphic design services for other publishers and individuals.
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c/o The Chelsea
School
University of Brighton
Eastbourne BN20 7SP
myrene.mcfee@leisure-studies-association.info
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SALLY
EVERETT
Dr Sally Everett has recently been appointed as Senior Lecturer
in Tourism and Sustainable Development at the University of Bedfordshire
following the completion of her thesis "Food tourism in
the 'Celtic' periphery: spatial, social and cultural resistance"
at the University of the West of England. Recent research projects
include an EPSRC-funded project on sustainable transport innovations
and a GEES subject centre project investigating the effectiveness
of ICT in mediating student learning. Her main research interests
include social and cultural tourism geographies, critical tourism
discourses, rural leisure and tourism development (especially
food and drink tourism), and visitor management and heritage
interpretation. Recent publications include: Everett (2009) 'Beyond
the visual gaze? The pursuit of an embodied experience through
food tourism' in Tourist Studies; and Everett and Aitchison
(2008) 'The role of food tourism in sustaining regional identity:
a case study of Cornwall, South West England' in the Journal
of Sustainable Tourism. |
Faculty of Education and Sport
University of Bedfordshire
Bedford Campus
Polhill Avenue
Bedford MK41 9EA
sally.everett@beds.ac.uk
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SAM ELKINGTON
Sam Elkington works as a researcher
and lecturer within the Tourism, Leisure and Sport Management
department at the University of Bedfordshire (UK). His main research
interests are the investigation and operationalisation of leisure
as a state of mind, with particular reference to Csikszentmihalyi's
'flow' theory in the context of Stebbins' serious leisure framework,
which together form the central focus for his doctorate research.
Recent publications include: Elkington, S. (2006) 'Exploring
the nature of pre and post flow in serious leisure', in S. Elkington,
I. Jones, and L. Lawrence (eds) Serious Leisure: Extensions
and Applications (LSA Publication No. 95).
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Faculty of Education and Sport
University of Bedfordshire
Bedford Campus
Polhill Avenue
Bedford MK41 9EA
sam.elkington@beds.ac.uk |
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TOM
FLETCHER ~ Student Representative
Tom is currently undertaking a PhD at the Carnegie Institute
of Sport and Education, Leeds Metropolitan University. Prior
to attending Leeds Met, Tom gained a 1st class BA Hons degree
in Sport, Health and Exercise from the University of Durham.
Following this, Tom has undertaken further postgraduate work,
first at Sheffield Hallam University where he gained his MA in
Sport in Popular Culture and most recently a PGCE at the University
of Huddersfield. Tom currently teaches Sociology part time at
Penistone Grammar School in Yorkshire. His PhD research explores
the interplays between cricket, racialised identities, community
and hybridity within a theoretical framework revolving around
Cohen's conceptualisation of symbolic boundaries and Anderson's
conceptualisation of imagined communities. |
Carnegie Institute of Sport
and Education
Leeds Metropolitan University
t.fletcher3792@student.leedsmet.ac.uk
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AARTI RATNA
Aarti is a lecturer in sociology
of sport and leisure at the Carnegie Institute of Sport and Education,
Leeds Metropolitan University. Her research interests centre
upon the connections between 'race', ethnicity and gender in
the context of sport and leisure. Prior to working at Leeds Met,
Aarti did a PhD at Chelsea School, University of Brighton about
British Asian females' racialised experiences of gender and identity
in women's football. She is also a Racial Equality Tutor for
the Football Association in England. (Exec member from 7/2007;
current term expires July 2010)
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Carnegie Faculty of Sport and
Education
Leeds Metropolitan University
Cavendish Hall
Headingley Campus
Leeds LS6 3QS
a.ratna@leedsmet.ac.uk
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AMANDA WARING
Amanda is a researcher in the
Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University (UK).
Her research interests include the work/leisure divide, the sociology
of 'body work' and health and fitness practices amongst adults
and children. Recent and forthcoming publications include 'Health
club use and 'lifestyle': Exploring the boundaries between work
and leisure', in Leisure Studies (2008) vol 27(3); (2008)
'Working out: The role of exercise in the quest for career success'
in Wheaton & Gilchrist (eds) Whatever happened to the
leisure society? Theory, debate and policy (LSA Publication
No. 102); Waring, A. and Waring, J. (forthcoming 2009) 'Looking
the Part: Embodying the Discourse of Organisational Professionalism
in the City', in Current Sociology.
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Centre for Research in Social
Policy
Department of Social Sciences
Loughborough University LE11 3TU
a.j.waring@lboro.ac.uk
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IAN WELLARD
Dr Ian Wellard is based in
the Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University,
UK, where he is Head of the Centre for Physical Education Research.
He gained a MA in Qualitative Sociology at Goldsmiths and a PhD
in Sociology at the Open University which was funded by the Pavis
Centre. He has been involved in a number funded projects related
to the body, gender and sport and physical activity in education.
These include an investigation into girls' participation in physical
activities for the World Health Organisation, an exploration
into talent development in school sport, commissioned by the
DfES, and an assessment of national play policy for Play England
and the National Children's Bureau. He has published many articles
relating to his research in international journals and has recently
edited a book on Rethinking Gender and Youth Sport for
Routledge. (Current term expires July 2009)
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Centre for Physical Education
Research
Canterbury Christ Church University College
Canterbury Kent CT1 1QU
i.wellard@canterbury.ac.uk
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