Lindsey E. Darvin

Education

• MBA, School of Business, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
• Ph.D., College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, FL
• B.A., Bryn Mawr College, PA, . Major: Political Science
• M.S., Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, . Major: Sport Management

Teaching

Teaching Interests

• Race, Gender, and Diversity in Sport Organizations. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility in sport. Sport Ethics.

Notable Courses

​SPM 245 (Race, Gender, and Diversity in Sport Organizations),

Active Research

Research Interests

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Social Issues in Sport, Gaming, and Esports. Equity in Sport, Gaming, and Esports. Organizational Leadership. Athlete and Athletics Development.

Sponsored Research

• Jeeyoon Kim (PD/PI) Lindsey Darvin (Co-PD/PI) , Breaking barriers to promote e-gaming among women and girls and sport participation through e-games: A mixed methods approach - The Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage - Foreign Grant. End Date: 2027-08-14

Published Scholarship

Publications

• Husain, U. & Darvin, L.E., 2024. Acceptance vs. Resistance: Carl Nassib's Coming Out and Instagram Reactions.
• Jenny, S. & Darvin, L.E., 2024. Esports Culture and Issues. In Esports Business Management (2nd Ed.). Human Kinetics.
• Darvin, L.E., 2024. 'Who' makes a 'good' leader? Examining the influence of leader gender with perceptions of leader competency and workplace outcomes. Gender Issues.
• Darvin, L.E., Levine, J. & Newton, A., 2023. Examining the culture of gaming and esports industry diversity, equity, and inclusion practices through an anti-isms lens. Journal of Sport and Social Issues.
• Darvin, L.E., 2025. Introduction to the Minitrack on Esports. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.. In HICSS.
• Tweedie, J.W., Darvin, L.E. and Holden, J.T., 2025. College athletes in the perfect storm for online abuse: A call to action. Performance Enhancement & Health, [online] 13(1), p.100321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2025.100321.
• Darvin, L.E., 2024. (Full list of all Forbes articles published in Forbes Sport Business). Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/.
• Darvin, L.E., Konotopskjy, R. & Ryder, A., 2024. Voluntary early retirement from sport: the lived experiences of former NCAA DIII student-athletes. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 6(3), pp.194–217.
• Darvin, L.E., 2024. Navigating the wild, wild west of name, image, and likeness (nil): exploring the experiences of women college athletes, Atlantic Coast Conference. Available at: https://www.cria-unc.com/copy-of-2022-2023-acc-cria-projects.
• Darvin, L., Gray, C., Baker, T., Wells, J. and Holden, J., 2024. Development of the hostility and inclusion in gaming scale (HIGS): A gender-based analysis. Technology in Society, [online] 79, p.102711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102711.

Presentations

• Darvin, L.E., 2025. Support Systems and Brand Development in Women Athletes' NIL Engagement. In NASSS.
• Darvin, L.E., 2025. Introduction to the Minitrack on Esports. In Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
• Darvin, L.E., 2024. Legal implications of menstrual tracking in trans athletes in the U.S.. In World Professional Association of Transgender Health.
• Darvin, L.E., 2024. Beyond the binary: Inclusion in gaming spaces for gender minorities and multiply minoritized individuals. In North American Society for Sport Management. NASSM.
• Darvin, L.E., 2024. 'Who' makes a 'good' leader? Examining the influence of leader gender with perceptions of leader competency and workplace outcomes. In Western Academy of Management.
• Darvin, L.E., 2023. Women in Games - Networking and Career Event. In Women in Games.
• Darvin, L.E., 2023. Testing for toxicity: Development of the Esport and Gaming Gendered Hostile Environment Scale (EGGHES).. In at North American Society for Sport Management. NASSM.
• Darvin, L.E., 2023. Women college athlete perceptions of name, image, and likeness (NIL) support, education, and opportunity. In North American Society of Sport Management (NASSM).
• Darvin, L.E., 2023. In Attitude with Arnie Arnesen.
• Levine, J. & Darvin, L.E., 2023. Probing Collegiate Expansion in Esports: Understanding its Culture and Title IX Implications. In Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA).

Active Service

Professional Service

• Associate Editor, Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports (JEGE) (active since: 2023)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Electronic Sport and Gaming (active since: 2022)
• Committee Member, Dell Research Collective (active since: 2021)
• Curriculum Partnership & Research, Google Stadia (Cloud Gaming Service) (active since: 2020)
• Steering Committee Member, Pittsburgh Knights (Professional Esports), Women in Esports. (active since: 2020)
• Board of Directors, Women and Kids Empowerment (Wake) (active since: 2020)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Sport Management Educational Journal (active since: 2020)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Athlete Development and Experience (active since: 2018)

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

• National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) Scholar of the Year Award, NACE
• ACC Grant
• Belfar Fellowship Award (ADL)
• SOURCE Award: Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Engagement
• SUNY Small Grant Program
• SUNY Faculty Research Program Grant
• SUNY Individual Development Award
• SUNY Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

Memberships

• World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) . The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Our professional, supporting, and student members engage in academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally. We are funded primarily through the support of our membership, and through donations and grants sponsored by non-commercial sources. Mission: To promote evidence based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health. Vision: We envision a world wherein people of all gender identities and gender expressions have access to evidence-based healthcare, social services, justice and equality. Goals and Tasks As an international interdisciplinary, professional organization, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) will work to further the understanding and treatment of gender dysphoria by professionals in medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other related fields. WPATH provides opportunities for professionals from various sub-specialties to communicate with each other in the context of research and treatment of gender dysphoria including sponsoring biennial scientific symposia. WPATH publishes the Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines, which articulate a professional consensus about the psychiatric, psychological, medical, and surgical management of gender dysphoria and help professionals understand the parameters within which they may offer assistance to those with these conditions.
• Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) . The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) has been known worldwide as the longest-standing working scientific conferences in Information Technology Management. Since 1968, HICSS has provided a highly interactive working environment for top scholars from academia and the industry from over 60 countries to exchange ideas in various areas of information, computer, and system sciences. HICSS ranks second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences [1], third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences [2], and second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences [3].
• Western Academy of Management (WAM)
• Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA)
• North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS)
• North American Society of Sport Management (NASSM)

Recent Media Mentions:

• Anon, 2024. NPR 1A.
• Caitlin Clark mania in full swing as Iowa readies for Sweet 16 showdown with ColoradoMarch 2024)
• Caitlin Clark's supernova success stands on generations of women battling for 'vindication'March 2024)
• Anon, 2024. Women in Sport Media Story.
• ESPN Sports CenterAugust 2023)