IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH ACTIVITY & SPORT

From how movement and function impact our individual health to how physical activity and sport can benefit our communities, research at the School of Kinesiology is addressing a wide range of complex issues that affect us all throughout our lives.

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Research Areas

Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Movement for Health & Well-Being

A movement science student shows a young woman on a rowing machine her smart phone

Childhood Physical Activity & Development

Dr. Leah Robinson (center) with students and kids at the Towsley Children's House

Community Impact

The Business of Sport

University-Wide Initiatives

Dr. Broglio (left) and student in the Michigan Concussion Center

Labs & Centers

Dr. Mark Rosentraub (center) at Titletown / Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI

Center for Sports Venues & Real Estate Development

Using sport as a platform for real economic and urban development

Environment & Policy Laboratory

Helping communities become more active

Center for Race & Ethnicity in Sport

Illuminating and addressing the implications of race and ethnicity in sport to advance theory and improve practice

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Faculty Interests

Sport Management students, faculty, and alumni

Wenche Wang, PhD

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Michigan Center for Sport Management

Sports Economics (Two-Sided Markets, Antitrust), Analytic, Research Methods, Game Theory, Industrial Organization

Dae Hee Kwak, PhD

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Center for Sport Marketing Research

Sport consumer behavior, sport consumer psychology, and sport media behavior

Ketra Armstrong, PhD

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Center for Race & Ethnicity in Sport

Sports marketing; sport consumer behavior; impact of race and/or gender on sport consumption; sport behaviors of women and consumers of African descent.

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