Dr. Stacy Warner is a Professor of Sport Management at East Carolina University. Dr. Warner, a former student-athlete at Lock Haven University and NCAA postgraduate intern, earned her master's degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, and her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research is primarily focused on organizational structures that optimize community building and development in a way that improves the life quality for participants, employees, and fans. She is one of the most highly cited "community building" and "sense of community" researchers (Google Scholar, 2023). Warner's research has been awarded 19 grants (totaling $234,066; 12 funded projects between 2018-2023), and has been recognized both nationally (CSRI, 2010; 2013) and internationally (NASSM, 2009; SMAANZ, 2011) for its impact and contribution to the field. Dr. Warner achieved North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Research Fellow status in 2013, an honor and distinction for high standards of research within the discipline. She also has been awarded NASSMSportManagementEducation Fellow Award for her achievements related to the scholarship of teaching and learning in the discipline. She has authored 63 peer- reviewed publications, over 1/3 of which appeared in the top three ranking sport management journals: Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, European Sport Management Quarterly. In addition to her research background, Dr. Warner has acquired work experience in many facets of the sports industry, including positions within the USOC, NCAA headquarters, NCAA (Divisions I, II, and III) athletic departments, campus recreation programs, Upward Sports Christian youth leagues, and various large-scale sporting events, such as the NCAA Final Four, the Super Bowl, and the Special Olympic World Games. She has traveled to Tunisia (2019) and Uzbekistan (2023) on U.S. State Department sponsored Sport Diplomacy Exchanges. Warner received ECU's Honor's College Mentor of the Year (2020), ECU's International Teaching Award (2021), and ECU'sAchievement in International Service and Engagement Award (2023) for her efforts and committed to mentoring, teaching, and service. She serves on several journal editorial boards and was elected to two-terms as member-at-large for NASSM's executive board (2014-2018) and continued to serve on the board as the conference manager (2019-2022). Warner currently serves on East Carolina's University Athletics Committee as the Chancellor's appointee (2014-2016; 2021-present), as the graduate coordinator for the MS in Sport Management (2017-present), and the founding Director of the Sport and Community Development lab (established 2022).
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The Drake Group vision is to create an atmosphere on college campuses that encourages personal and intellectual growth for all students, and demands excellence and professional integrity from faculty charged with teaching. 2019
Quality Sport in America Coalition (QSAC)
Fixing the US Sport Development System "The group we are forming is a coalition of the best minds involved in sport development. ; We will not be a celebrity based organization. Our goals are simple:
Establish a coalition of researchers and practitioners, in order to share the tremendous amount of work and information that has been developed. Develop a strategy for a comprehensive examination of this problem, utilizing the vast network of experts in the field. Request Congress to charge QSAC with the responsibility of preparing a study and developing recommendations on an amateur sport development policy, structure, implementation, and funding. Be advocates for change and activating a comprehensive and research-based national sport development strategy." 2018
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