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Dr

Zoe Avner

Lecturer, Sport Coaching

Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

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  • Lecturer, Sport Coaching
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 522 78502 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Dr Zoe Avner studies sport coaching from a socio-cultural perspective. Her research focuses on improving sport coaching practices through the use of poststructuralist and feminist research methodologies. She is a member of the Centre for Sport Research (CSR) within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) at Deakin.

Research Groups

Centre for Sport Research
https://ipan.deakin.edu.au/csr/csr-research/

Body, Movement, and Culture Research Group (BMC)
https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/bmc-research-group/home

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer, Sport Coaching
    Deakin University, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

DEGREES

  • PhD, Socio-cultural Studies of Sport
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada2009 - 2014
  • MA, Education/Coaching
    University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom2006 - 2007
  • BA, Sociology/Italian
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, United States2003 - 2006

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • PGCAP Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
    Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom2018 - 2020

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Sociology
  • Cultural studies
  • Gender studies
  • Sports science and exercise

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition