Dr. Ellen  Staurowsky

Dr. Ellen Staurowsky


Dr. Ellen J. Staurowsky is a professor of sport management and interim associate director for the Center of Hospitality and Sport Management at Drexel University. She is internationally recognized as an expert on social justice issues in sport including college athletes’ rights, the exploitation of college athletes, gender equity and Title IX, and the misappropriation of American Indian imagery in sport. She is co-author of College Athletes for Hire: The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA Amateur Myth and editor of Women and Sport: Continuing a Journey of Liberation and Celebration. She is lead author on the Women's Sports Foundation's 2015 report Her Life Depends on It III: Sport and Physical Activity in the Lives of American Girls and Women and co-author of the WSF Beyond Xs and Os: Gender Bias and Coaches of Women’s College Sports.