EXPERT ADVISORY: July 29, 2024 – R0091
With the Paris 2024 Olympics now underway, Brock University experts are available to comment on a broad range of related topics.
Michael Carter, Professor of Greek and Roman History
- Social and cultural significance of gladiatorial contests and ancient athletics in the Greek and Roman Worlds
- Logistics involved with the production of ancient spectacles, including financing, organization, participants/victims, and the multi-sensorial nature of the arena games
Nicole Chimera, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
- Intervention strategies to reduce risk of injury in sport and physical activity
Keri Cronin, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
- Arts and culture at the Paris 2024 Olympics, including the Olympic Art Visions program and Olympic-themed cultural events happening at Paris museums and galleries
- History of 20th century artists competing for medals at the Games
Michele Donnelly, Associate Professor of Sport Management
- Gender equality
- Women and the Olympic Games
- Olympic sport programme
- Action sports (For example, BMX, skateboarding, surfing)
Todd Green, Associate Professor of Marketing
- Corporate social responsibility/irresponsibility and ethics
- Green marketing
David Hutchison, Professor of Educational Studies and Digital Humanities
- Olympics and K-12 education
- Using the Olympics as a summer learning opportunity
Nota Klentrou, Professor of Kinesiology (and organizing committee member at Athens 2004 Olympics)
- Human performance
- Implications of sports training and nutrition on health growth and development
- How the interaction of exercise training and dietary choices during childhood and adolescence affect lifelong bone health
Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor of Sport Management
- History of Canadian sport
- Sport media
- Violence in sport
- National and international sport organizational governance
- Sport policy
- Spectacle and mega event planning
Toby Mündel, Professor of Kinesiology and Canada Research Chair in Extreme Human Environments
- How heat and dehydration affect athletes (and related mitigation strategies)
- How nicotine raises the risk of developing heat exhaustion while undergoing intense physical activity, especially while in a hot environment
- Female physiology and the role estrogen and progesterone play in regulating the body’s temperature
- Physiology of female athletes
Michael Naraine, Associate Professor of Sport Management
- Professional sport
- Sport marketing
- Sport gambling
- Sport sponsorship
Kyle Rich, Associate Professor of Sport Management
- Sport policy and sport development in Canada
- Regional and demographic differences in sport participation
- Political tensions in how mass participation and elite sport development are supported, leading to different outcomes for communities (social, cultural, health and economic)
Ian Ritchie, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
- History of the development of anti-doping policies in international, high-performance sport, especially in the Olympic Games
- Development of anti-doping policies within Canadian sport
- History of the Olympic Games
Olan Scott, Associate Professor of Sport Management
- Sport and social media
- Olympic studies
- Portrayal of nationalism
- Gender and ethnicity at major sporting events by broadcasters and media
Philip Sullivan, Professor of Kinesiology
- Mental health in sports, including the mental health literacy of coaches, support staff and officials, and applied sport psychology/mental skills consultation
- Sports psychologists working with athletes to create an optimal mental and emotional state for performance
- Confidence, mental toughness, choking under pressure, sleep and well-being
Barry Wright, Dean, Goodman School of Business
- Organization of national multisport games
- Business of sport
- Legacy of the Canada Summer Games
For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:
* Sarah Ackles, Communications Specialist, Brock University, sackles@brocku.ca or 289-241-5483
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