DEI administrators face five barriers to effective action in intercollegiate sports, research finds
July 25, 2022 - Leila UginciusAs sport organizations increasingly hire staff to advance diversity, equity and inclusion, a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University identifies five specific levels of barriers these employees will face.
“DEI-specific staff positions are a fairly new phenomenon in sport, and this study is one of the first looking at the barriers these staff members face when trying to advance DEI in and beyond their athletic departments,” said Yannick Kluch, Ph.D., an assistant professor and the director of inclusive excellence at the VCU Center for Sport Leadership.