Assistant professor, UMass Amherst My research combines sport management with sport sociology, focusing on consumer behavior. Specifically, I utilize critical qualitative methodologies to understand how gender impacts the sport fan experience. My projects have included exploring how women perceive sport fan apparel, how women as mothers experience fandom and motherhood simultaneously, and successes/failures of marketing to women and girls as sport fans.
Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast Kevin Hearty is a Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Education & Social Work (SSESW) and an Associate Fellow of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast. His main interdisciplinary research interests lie in Transitional Justice, Human Rights, Political Violence, Memory Politics and Policing.
Associate Professor of Clinical Marketing, University of Southern California Kristen Schiele specializes in the areas of digital marketing and social media, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Marketing Educators’ Association. Her primary areas of research include design thinking, digital marketing, and innovations in marketing education, and she received the Fulbright Scholar Award to teach and conduct research in Portugal. Dr. Schiele is co-author of the Mobile Marketing Essentials textbook, and frequently speaks on current and emerging trends in user experience and human-centered design.
Lecturer in Law, UCL Dr Karen Nokes is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research uses insights from psychology and business and management to explore the law and the legal system in context. Karen’s research interests focus on using interdisciplinary approaches/methodologies to explore individual, group and collective action and decision making within the legal system. One particular area of interest is the psychological processes of judgment and decision making, including ethical decision making within complex and dynamic environmental contexts. Karen undertakes empirical legal research and is a member of the Centre for Empirical Legal Studies. Karen is currently working with Professor Richard Moorhead (Exeter), Professor Rebecca Helm (Exeter) and Dr Sally Day (Exeter) on a three year ESRC funded project 'Professional Pathologies, Causal Pathways and the Post Office Miscarriages of Justice.' Dr Nokes joined UCL Faculty of Laws as a Lecturer in 2021. She holds a PhD in Business and Management from the University of Manchester, an LLB from the University of Cardiff and a BSc in psychology from the Open University. She was admitted as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 1992. Prior to joining UCL, Karen was a Research Fellow in the Centre for Crime, Justice, and Policing at the University of Birmingham. Prior to postgraduate study, Karen was a solicitor in private practice after which she spent nearly 20 years working for the Law Society/Solicitors Regulation Authority where she held a number of senior posts, including Head of Practice Standards and Director of Supervision. She has extensive experience of legal regulation and of practitioner engagement.Karen received a scholarship from the Economic and Social Research Council for her doctoral studies and has presented at a number of national and international conferences including the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2015, 2016 and 2018), British Academy of Management Annual Conference (2017) and the Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference (2022).
Senior lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology Kwong Ming (KM) is currently a senior lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology. He obtained his BEng in Mechanical Engineering (2009) and PhD from National University of Singapore (NUS) (2014). During his PhD, KM had developed and validated a finite element model of human head which has then been used extensively in the applications of head injuries. He continued in the same university as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Protective Technology (CPT), from Dec 2013 to Nov 2015, working on a defence project funded by Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore. Thereafter, KM joined the University of Melbourne as a postdoctoral research fellow working on a defence project funded by Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group, Australia, studying lumbar spine injuries under extreme loadings (Nov 2015 – Dec 2017). His work on head injuries led to international collaboration with institutions in China and Spain. KM has extensive experience working with defence organizations and hospitals in Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom, and has successfully initiated collaboration with international institutions in China, India, Singapore and Spain. His research interests are in: Biomechanics; Protective Equipment; Impact Mechanics; Injury Prevention; Finite Element Modelling; Mechanics in Medicine (orthopaedic biomechanics, re-engineering and design of prostheses, surgical procedures, cardiovascular biomechanics). KM believes that the research is an emerging multidisciplinary field involving engineering sciences, medicine, health and ergonomics, which has the potential to revolutionise the ways of improving health and quality of life for millions of people worldwide. He looks forward to continue working in the field of injury biomechanics and injury prevention mainly on implementing novel engineering materials in protective equipment for military soldiers, sportsmen and elderly. Research interests Mechanics in Medicine; Biomechanics; Protective Equipment; Injury Prevention; Finite Element Modelling
Researcher in Health Promotion, Leeds Beckett University Kris completed his PhD in 2013, exploring the social inclusion potential of football fandom for people with a learning disability. He is now a researcher in the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University. Kris is involved in all aspects of the research process across the CHPR’s portfolio of work, including data collection, data analysis and report writing. Prior to joining the university, Kris was a researcher and Employment Coordinator for Mencap.
