UW Center for Leadership in Athletics

April 30, 2025

2nd Annual Northwest Association of Sport in Higher Education Forum

Thank you to the sport studies scholars from across the Pacific Northwest who gathered at the University of Washington today for the 2nd Annual Northwest Association of Sport in Higher Education (NASHE) Forum. This forum provides a valuable platform for scholars to share their research, exchange teaching practices, and collaborate with peers across various sport studies disciplines.

Check out this year’s NASHE presenters below!

Session 1: Leadership and Intercollegiate Athletics

  • Training the Leadership Mind: Formative Feedback, Reflection, and the Practice of Dialogue
    Maylon Hanold (Seattle University)
  • Exploring Sensemaking of Inclusive Leadership Within Intercollegiate Athletics
    Sean Dahlin (Central Washington University)
  • Amateur Athletics, Big Business: The Paradox of College Sports
    Ben Gardner (University of Washington Bothell)
  • It’s Going to Be Colder Than San Diego: Pre-Transition Experiences of American Post-Graduate Athletes at One British University
    Pete Schroeder (University of the Pacific), Lara Killick (Cal Poly Pomona)
  • Touchdown or a Fumble?: New Media and Marketing NAIA Women’s Flag Football Teams
    Heather Van Mullem (Lewis-Clark State College), Pete Van Mullem (Washington State University)

Session 2: Youth and Community Sport

  • A Roadmap to Financial Sustainability: A Case Study in Creating a Financially Successful Non-Profit Organization
    David T. Rolfe (Central Washington University), Justin Carlton (University of Oklahoma), B. Colin Cork (Western Michigan University), John R. Malmo (Christian Brothers University), Bo Li (Miami (OH) University)
  • Youth-Engaged Research in Sport
    Julie McCleery (University of Washington)
  • Teaching Four-Seasons Adaptive Physical Education Through Partnership in the Outdoors
    Jason M. Naranjo (University of Washington Bothell)
  • Sport Sponsorship and Native American Community Engagement
    Natalie Welch and Abigail Kim (Seattle University)

Session 3: International Sport

  • Communication and Diplomacy at the 2034 Winter Olympics
    Simon Ličen (Washington State University)
  • The UW Global Sport Lab (teaching)
    Ron Krabill (University of Washington Bothell)
  • The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Sportswashing and the Men’s FIFA World Cup in a 100-Level University Course
    Jesús Hidalgo (University of Washington Seattle)

Session 4: Coaching Education

  • An Ecological Perspective on Youth Athletic Development through Coach Education
    Longxi Li, Irina Tereschenko, Hannah O. Olson, and Julie McCleery (University of Washington)
  • A Preliminary Study on Developing the Anti-Toxic Environment Measure (ATEM-6) for Youth Sport Programs using Item Response Theory
    Longxi Li, Chun Wang, Irina Tereschenko, Hannah O. Olson, and Julie McCleery (University of Washington)
  • Coach Readiness – A Retention Strategy for Sport Managers
    Pete Van Mullem (Washington State University)
  • Ambitious Coaching Practical Applications: From Research to Playfield
    Hannah O. Olson (University of Washington)