Tourism & Sport Management / Gestion du tourisme et du sport (TSM)

Historically, academics find themselves writing for a small audience of other academics, replicating and reifying the quest for publications in ‘top tier’ journals as the gold standard of their research and knowledge dissemination. Yet, very often, this keeps their research and knowledge enclosed within a bubble, inaccessible and frankly unpalatable to a larger, public audience. 

In alignment with the conference theme, ‘Can we find our way?’, we must consider that collectively moving forward requires the collective sharing of knowledge. This includes pivoting academic writing and research into forms that are attractive, engaging, and consumable by the general public. This panel discussion will highlight the benefits, practices, and supports of publishing for a mainstream audience. It brings together a highly successful author in the tourism and sport field with an accomplished editorial direction from the publishing world to provide insight and guidance for academics who might wish to transition their valuable research into artifacts that can inform and impact the larger population. 

Moderator: Erik L. Lachance, Ph.D., B.H.K., m. LS., Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Instructor, Event Management Ph.D./ECR Editorial Board Chair, Brock University | Department of Sport Management

Panelist:
Dr. Norm O’Reilly, Dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Maine and a Professor of Sport Management & Marketing in the Maine Business School, University of Maine

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Jennifer DiDomenico, Editorial Director, Social Sciences at University of Toronto Press

LI: linkedin.com/in/jennifer-didomenico-wong-5b18a53