International Advisory Board

The Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health draws upon the expertise and vision of its International Advisory Board, chaired by Deborah Slaner Larkin. The board is composed of leaders and researchers from academia, education, and public health.

Deborah Slaner Larkin, Chair
Former member, President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sport
Former Executive Director, the Women's Sports Foundation

Grace M. Barnes, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo

Linda Bunker, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Letters, University of Virginia

Will Courtenay, Ph.D.
Editor, International Journal of Men's Health
Advisory Board of The Center for Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Kari Fasting, Ph.D.
Vice President, Women's Sport International
Professor in Sport Science, Norwegian College of Physical Education, Oslo Norway

Phil Haberstro
Executive Director of the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo and WNY, Inc.

Leslie Heywood, Ph.D.
Professor of Cultural Studies
S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton

Richard Lapchick, Ph.D.
Devos Eminent Scholar & Sport Management Program Director
University of Central Florida

Margaret MacNeal, Ph.D.
Director, Centre for Girls' and Women's Health and Physical Activity Research, University of Toronto

Michael Messner, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Sociology
University of Southern California

Carole Oglesby, Ph.D.
President, WomenSport International
Chair, Department of Kinesiology
California State University, Northridge

Marjory Snyder, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director
Women's Sport Foundation

Marie Wilson
President, Ms. Foundation for Women