Category Archives: Research

Exciting News

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Lauren

I was honored to receive an invitation to be a part of the newly formed Sport Communication Research Alliance as a member of the Board of Directors. From the website, “The Sport Communication Research Alliance is a consortium of professors, … Continue reading →

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Vacation, Had to Get Away

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Lauren

After the June aquabike, June became (mostly) vacation.  Epic vacation.  We left our house at the beginning of June, and returned at the beginning of July. We started with a car trip – with the cat – to my parents … Continue reading →

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Isn’t This Fancy?

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Lauren

A brand new book, published by Routledge, with lots of great chapters on sport and communication. Oh…and yours truly is an author for Chapter One.

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Re-visiting the Olympics

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Lauren

I like a lot of things about living in the south. I really, really, really freaking hate when it is still in the 80’s in late October.  It’s not normal.  I miss fall.  A lot.  I miss wearing jeans and … Continue reading →

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Back in the Saddle Again

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Lauren

Let’s see. Since my last post, I’m healthy again. I’m still an academic. And I’m pretty much back to being an athlete again. Yup. I’m back in the saddle again. The surgeon said I would start to feel better around … Continue reading →

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Neither athletic…or very academic

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Lauren

So the problem with this blog right now is that I’m not being very academic right now, and I’m definitely not being athletic.  I dislike downtime.  The interesting thing right now though is that even though I would normally be … Continue reading →

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Waiting is the hardest part

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Lauren

I am not a patient person.  At all. Thus, submitting a manuscript and having to wait weeks…months…for a decision on that manuscript is like torture for me. No lie…I submitted one revise and resubmit almost 9 months ago.  Still no … Continue reading →

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One More Off the To Do List

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Lauren

Twitter paper is officially done and submitted. Now the finger crossing and academic superstition dancing and rubbing of the lucky charms commences. I like to check things off the to-do list. I managed to check four things off today. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Switching Gears

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Lauren

Get it?  Gears?  Like bike gears…?  No?  Stop groaning. I went from athlete to academic this week.  There’s journal deadlines looming.  There’s conference deadlines looming.  There’s self-imposed deadlines looming (because clearly the journal and conference deadlines aren’t enough for me). … Continue reading →

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Taper? Not so much…

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Lauren

I woke up before my alarm this morning, and did some more work on my Twitter manuscript before swim practice.  I sort of hate the beginning stages of working on a manuscript because for me at least, I go through … Continue reading →

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