Sally A. Shaw is a British–New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the

University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...

, specialising in diversity, inclusion and gender issues in sports and sport management.

Academic career

Shaw grew up in

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, near

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, and attended St Leonard's School in St Andrews. She has a

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in sociology from the

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, and a

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from the

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. Shaw initially worked in sports management at the

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, before returning to study at

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. Shaw completed a

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titled ''The construction of gender relations in sport organisations'' in 2001, supervised by Trevor Slack and Dawn Penney. Shaw then moved to Canada to lecture at

Brock University Brock University is a public university, public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the only university in Canada in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The ...

, before joining the faculty of the

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in New Zealand. She joined the University of Otago in 2005, rising to associate professor in 2018 and full professor in 2024. Shaw is Research Fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management. She is on the editorial board of the journals ''Sport Management Review'' and ''Journal of Sport Management''. Shaw's research covers diversity, equity and inclusion in sport and sport management and governance. Shaw is gay, and conducted the first New Zealand national study of

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in sport, which found that despite there being many gay and lesbian people in sport, many of them were still uncomfortable coming

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. She has studied the experience of

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women and

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people during the

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. She comments publicly on gender and sexuality issues in sport.

Selected works

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References

External links

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Gender and sexuality in sport management: A queer tale
', Inaugural professorial lecture by Shaw, 26 March 2024, via YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Sally New Zealand academics New Zealand women academics Alumni of the University of York Academics from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Sheffield Alumni of De Montfort University Academic staff of Brock University Academic staff of the University of Waikato Academic staff of the University of Otago British emigrants to New Zealand Sports management academics New Zealand LGBTQ writers