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About SEG

The Sport Ecology Group is a community of academics seeking to share our research with a broader audience than traditional academic journals will allow. We are guided by a simple vision: 

 

imagine if all people understood and supported the environment with the same interest and passion they showed their favorite sports teams.

Our Mission

To produce high-quality research in sport ecology, catalyze industry-academy knowledge exchange, raise public awareness of sport ecology-related topics, and create opportunities for students to learn and grow as professionals.

About SEG: TeamMember

Our Team

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SEG Founder & 
Co-Director
Assistant Professor at University of Toronto
 
madeleine.orr@utoronto.ca

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SEG Co-Director

Associate Professor at Texas A&M University

brian.mccullough@tamu.edu

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SEG Founding Member
Associate Professor at Florida State University

tkellison@fsu.edu

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SEG Founding Member

Associate Professor at University of Tennessee at Knoxville

sylviat@utk.edu

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SEG Founding Member
Associate Professor at North Carolina State University

jmcasper@ncsu.edu

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SEG Founding Member
Assistant Professor at University of West Florida
 

jpelcher@uwf.edu

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SEG Founding Member
Lecturer at University of Edinburgh

walker.ross@ed.ac.uk

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SEG Member
Assistant Professor at University of Cincinnati

jessica.murfree@uc.edu

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SEG Member
Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University

collinsa@cardiff.ac.uk

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SEG Member
Lecturer and Researcher at La Trobe University


g.dingle@latrobe.edu.au

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SEG Member
Associate Professor at University of South Carolina

nmwatana@mailbox.sc.edu

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SEG Member
Assistant Professor at UCONN

cchen@uconn.edu

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SEG Member
Assistant Professor at Towson University

sclavenger@towson.edu

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SEG Member
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Ottawa


tfabian@uottawa.ca

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SEG Member
Associate Professor at Rowan University

howellj@rowan.edu

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SEG Member
Associate Professor at Universidade Portucalense

rcayolla@upt.pt

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SEG Member
Associate Professor at Elon University

ykim4@elon.edu

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SEG Member
Postdoctoral Researcher at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
ugo.arbieu@senckenberg.de

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SEG Member
Deputy Dean at University of Hertsfordshire

a.e.cain@herts.ac.uk

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SEG  Member
Independent Scholar
in Sport Anthropology

s.m.heath@brighton.ac.uk
 

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SEG Member
Assistant Professor at University of Florida

gjakar@ufl.edu

Our Team
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SEG Member
Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University

j.a.kenyon@lboro.ac.uk

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SEG  Member
Researcher and Lecturer at University of Freiburg

amanda.shuman@gmail.com

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SEG Member
Assistant Clinical Professor at Drexel University


jfl82@drexel.edu

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We're growing!

The Sport Ecology Group is interested in growing our membership. Are you an academic working at the sport/environment nexus? Join us! 

  • Cost: There are no membership fees

  • Expectations of members: A commitment to participation in semi-annual meetings and regular engagement with SEG initiatives and writing research summaries.

  • Eligibility: Any academic who conducts research on topics that could be considered to fall under the umbrella of sport ecology, which is the study of the bi-directional relationship between sport and the natural environment.

 

Applications are now being accepted here. 

Deadline is 13th October 2023.

Our Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board

The Sport Ecology Group is proud to have a team of exceptional industry leaders supporting our work and helping us to stay on top of the most pressing sport ecology issues and challenges facing the sport sector. Our advisors represent different corners of the world and different perspectives. 

NOTE: Advisory Board members are not involved in the decision-making processes of the SEG, and are therefore not responsible for the actions of the SEG. Similarly, as independent contributors, the SEG is not responsible for the actions of Advisory Board members.

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