Who is Larena Hoeber?
Larena Hoeber is a Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Research & Special Projects in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. Her research interests include women’s roles and involvement in sport organizations, contemporary qualitative research methods, and innovation and change in amateur sport organizations. In 2020, she was recognized with the Garth Paton Award for her contributions to service to the North American Society for Sport Management as president, secretary, and conference chair. In 2022, she was presented the Earle F. Zeigler Lecture Award in recognition of her significant contributions to scholarship, research, and leadership in the field of sport management.
Larena’s research focus and conference presentation
Larena’s research has been informed by an interdisciplinary approach, drawing primarily from sport management and sociology of sport disciplines. It has also been marked by serendipitous opportunities to pursue topics that extended her research agenda, required learning about new concepts and theories, and allowed her to use different methodological approaches. For the 2025 EASM conference, she will focus on the value of serendipity in research and how researchers can make themselves available for serendipitous opportunities.
