CURRICULUM VITAE

(updated May 17, 2024)

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Dr. Simon LIČEN

Dept. of Educational Leadership & Sport Management • College of Education • Washington State U.

Cleveland Hall, Room 261 • P.O. Box 642136 • Pullman, WA 99164-2136 • Office: 509-335-2154

E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

PhD Journalism—Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2011.

Dissertation: Telecasting Sports: Sports Broadcasts on Slovenian Public Television.

Bach. Journalism, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2005.

Thesis: Kakovost anketnih vprašanj javnih glasovanj v slovenskih spletnih

medijih [The Quality of Web Surveys Published in Slovenian Online

Media].

Honours: Prešeren Award Nominee for Best Bachelor’s Thesis

EMPLOYMENT

Washington State University, Department of Educational Leadership & Sport Management

Associate Professor (with tenure), August 2019-present

Assistant Department Chair (Sport Management), August 2019-July 2023

Program coordinator (Sport Management), August 2018-August 2019

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), August 2013-August 2019

Institute for Sports and Events Medvode (Zavod za šport in prireditve Medvode municipal

sport authority), Director of Sport Programs, 2012-2013

Zdrav dih (“Healthy Breath”) Ltd., Researcher, 2011-2012

WTA Tour Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Director of Communication, 2008-2010

Communication Manager, 2005-2007

University of Ljubljana, Early-stage researcher

Faculty of Sport (Ljubljana, Slovenia), 2005-2010

FIBA.com, International Basketball Federation, Correspondent (Slovenia), 2004-2008

POP TV (main commercial TV channel in Slovenia), Assistant Editor, 2004-2005

TV Koper-Capodistria, Sports desk, Italian program (Internship), June-August 2003

Radio Tartini, Speaker/disk jockey, 1998-2001

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Beijing Foreign Studies University, Senior Research Fellow, February 2022-Feb. 2026

Centre for International Sport Communication and Diplomacy Studies

University of Primorska, Visiting Associate Professor, October 1-December 31, 2020

Faculty of Tourism Studies, Portorož, Slovenia (funded by a grant by the Republic of

Slovenia and the European Social Fund)

Beijing Sport University, Visiting Lecturer, Sport Journalism, May 2015-June 2019

School of International Sport Organization (suspended since 2020 due to Covid-19)

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CONTRACT AND PROJECT WORK IN THE SPORT INDUSTRY (Selected)

Timing Ljubljana, Technical Direction, Ljubljana Marathon and Run of Trios, 2008-2013

City Office of Sport, Ljubljana, Team Manager, Five Cities International Basketball

Tournament, 2009-2011

FIBA Europe U20 Basketball European Championship for Men, Venue Manager, Gorizia

(Italy), July 2007

Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia/Slovenian Paralympic Committee,

National Basketball Team Manager, Div. B European Championship, Summer 2006

Basketball Federation of Slovenia, Project Leader, localization of live statistical software,

2007-2009; Wheelchair basketball referee, 2005-2008; News editor (English), 2004-

2008; Web designer, 2000-2002; Assistant Tournament Director, U-20 Women’s

European Championship Qualifying Round, Summer 2001; Referee, national and

youth levels, 1998-2008

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES – PEER-REVIEWED

In progress

Ličen, S. & Čermelj, N. (revising before resubmitting). Promotion of the 2022 Olympic Winter

Games on Chinese and Western Social Media. To be submitted to the International

Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship.

Ličen, S. (revising before resubmitting). Twitter Activity of the International Basketball

Federation. Target publication: Journal of Global Sport Management.

Huang, L., Ličen, S.; Bi, X., & Wu, Y. (in progress). “Serious” avatars: An empirical study of

e-sports players from a Serious Leisure perspective. Target publication: TBD.

Under review

Ličen, S., Huang, L., Xiao, B., & Bi, X. (under review). Newspaper coverage of sport in

China, Slovenia and the United States. Under review at Asian Journal of Sport

History & Culture.

Published

Ličen, S., Frandsen, K., Horky, T., Onwumechili, C., & Wei, W. (2022). Rediscovering

mediatizaton of sport. Communication & Sport, 10(5), 795-810. Doi:

10.1177/21674795221123675

Ličen, S., Antunovic, D., & Bartoluci, S. (2022). A Public Service? Mediatization of the

Olympic Games in Croatia and Slovenia. Communication & Sport, 10(5), 931-950.

Doi: 10.1177/21674795221090423

Ličen, S. & Jedlicka, S. (2022). Sustainable development principles in U.S. sport

management graduate programs. Sport, Education & Society, 27(1), 99-112. Doi:

10.1080/13573322.2020.1816541

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Ličen, S. & Bejek, B. (2020). Pogostost in vsebina poročanja o športu žensk v časopisih

Delo in Slovenske novice leta 2015 (Slovenian daily newspaper coverage of women’s

sports in 2015). Družboslovne razprave, 35(92), 7-33.

Ličen, S. (2019). Influence of hosting a major sports event on patriotic attitudes: The

EuroBasket 2013 competition in Slovenia. International Review for the Sociology of

Sport, 54(3), 361-383. Doi: 10.1177/1012690217722116

Jakubowska, H. & Ličen, S. (2019). The role of mass media in the formation of gendered

national identity: Polish coverage of women’s and men’s basketball championships.

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(3), 302-324. Doi:

10.1177/1012690217719566

Brown, K., Ličen, S., Billings, A.C., & Devlin, M. B. (2017). Envisioning Slovenia, Telecast

from Brazil: Relationships Between National Identity and Slovenian Viewership of the

2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games. International Journal of Sport Communication,

10(4), 487-507. Doi: 10.1123/ijsc.2017-0062

Ličen, S., Cole, A.N. (2017). Public Perception of Social Impacts of the 2013 EuroBasket for

Men. International Journal of Sport Management, 18(1), 89-115.

Ličen, S., Lončar, M., Delorme, N., Horky, T., & Jakubowska, H. (2016). International

newspaper coverage of the 2013 EuroBasket for men. Communication & Sport, 5(4),

448–470. Doi: 10.1177/2167479516628271

Ličen, S. (2015). The eternal talent, the French Senegalese, and the coach’s troop:

Broadcasting soccer on Slovenian public television. Soccer and Society, 16(5-6),

657-673. Doi: 10.1080/14660970.2014.963312.

Slabe Erker, R., Ličen, S. (2014). Factors influencing leisure-time physical activity and

health-related quality of life (in Slovenian). Obzornik zdravstvene nege (Slovenian

Nursing Review), 48(2), 113-126. Doi: 10.14528/snr.2014.48.2.18

Billings, A., Brown, N., Brown, K., Guo Q., Leeman, M., Ličen, S., Novak, D. & Rowe, D.

(2013). From pride to smugness and the nationalism between: Olympic media

consumption effects on nationalism across the globe. Mass Communication and

Society, 16(6), 910-932. Doi: 10.1080/15205436.2013.822519

Ličen, S. (2013). “Black as Kenenisa Bekele in a tunnel”: Representation of African athletes

in Slovenian Olympic broadcasting. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 34(2),

93-108. Doi: 10.1080/02560054.2013.788455

Ličen, S. & Billings, A.C. (2013). Affirming nationality in trans-national circumstances:

Slovenian coverage of continental franchise sports competitions. International

Review for the Sociology of Sport, 48(6), 751-767. Doi: 10.1177/1012690212446821

Ličen, S. & Billings, A.C. (2013). Cheering for “our” champs by watching “sexy” female

throwers: Representation of nationality and gender in Slovenian 2008 Summer

Olympic television coverage. European Journal of Communication, 28(4), 379-396.

Doi: 10.1177/0267323113484438

Ličen, S. & Billings, A.C. (2012). Two perspectives on one competition: Slovenian coverage

of artistic gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Science of Gymnastics, 4(3),

49-59.

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Slabe Erker, R., Kustec Lipicer, S., & Ličen, S. (2012). Sport for all and the state in

Slovenia: A review. Šport, 59 (1/2), 13-18.

Dežman, B. & Ličen, S. (2010). A reference model of the structure of the game of

basketball. Šport, 58(1-2), 68-74.

Billings, A.C., MacArthur, P.J., Ličen, S., & Wu D. (2009). Superpowers on the Olympic

basketball court: The United States versus China through four nationalistic lenses.

International Journal of Sport Communication, 2(4), 380-397.

Ličen, S. & Doupona Topič, M. (2008). The imbalance of commentators’ discourse during a

televised basketball match. Kinesiology, 40(1), 61-68.

Doupona Topič, M., Bergant, S., Weiss, O., & Ličen, S. (2007). A sport index as a mean for

assessing the societal significance of sport. Šport, 55(4), 36-39.

Ličen, S., Lozar Manfreda, K., & Hlebec, V. (2006). The quality of survey questions

published on Slovenian journalistic web sites. Metodološki zvezki, 3(2), 355-368.

Ličen, S., Dežman, B., & Plut, R. (2006). Analysis of referee and umpire calls in basketball.

Šport, 54(4), 13-17, suppl.

Ličen, S., Cecić Erpić, S., & Doupona Topič, M. (2006). Athlete-coach relationship in

Slovenian top-level basketball teams. Šport, 54(4), 44-48, suppl.

Ličen, S., & Lončar, M. (2006). Cognitive and conative dimension of referees in ball sports.

Šport, 54(3), 16-20.

Lončar, M., Dežman, B. & Ličen, S. (2004). Tracking two and three referees with a

computer. FIBA Assist, (8), 40-43.

BOOK CHAPTERS – PEER-REVIEWED

Under review

Ličen, S. (under review). From the Balkans to the World: Social Media Presence of

Peripheral Basketball Leagues. In Billings, A. C. & Hardin, M. (Eds.), Routledge

Handbook of Sport & Social Media. London: Routledge.

Ličen, S. (under review). International News Coverage. In Pedersen, P. M. (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Sport Management (2

ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Published

Ličen, S. & Mir, M. (2024). King of the flying hill: TV broadcasts of ski jumping events in

Planica, Slovenia. In Solberg, H.A., Swart-Arries, K., & Storm, R. (Eds.), Research

Handbook on Major Sporting Events (pp. 285-299). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Ličen, S. (2023). Sport, media and business in Southeast Europe in the 21st century:

Recommendations for professionals and scholars. In Dašić, D. (Ed.), Sporticopedia

(pp. 23-35). Belgrade: Faculty of Sport.

Ličen, S. (2021). More than fun and games: How the world will look at American sports—

and America—after Covid-19. In Billings, A.C., Wenner, L., & Hardin, M. (Eds.),

American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic: Communicative Insights (pp. 31-46).

Pieterlen and Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang.

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Ličen, S. & Jedlicka, S. (2021). Governance of Professional Sport Beyond the U.S. In

Ruihley, B.J. & Li, B. (Eds.), Administration and Governance in a Global Sport

Economy (pp. 229-246). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.

Ličen, S. (2020). Bailouts and tax breaks: Slovenian Olympic Committee’s communication

during Covid-19. In P. M. Pedersen, B. J. Ruihley, & B. Li (Eds.), Sport and the

pandemic: Perspectives on Covid-19’s impact on the sport industry (pp. 137-145).

London: Routledge.

Kustec, S. & Ličen, S. (2020). Sport and Welfare in Central and Eastern European

countries. In Martelli, S., Testa, A., & Porro, N. (Eds.). Sport, Welfare and Social

Policy in the European Union (pp. 132-142). London: Routledge.

Ličen, S. (2019). Sport and National Identity: Building a Nation Through Mediated

Distinction. In Pedersen, P., Thibault, L., & Thompson, A. (Eds.), Contemporary Sport

Management, 6

ed. (p. 387). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Ličen, S. (2018). Field Interview. In Bass, J. R. (Ed.), Introduction to Sport Management, 2

ed. (p. 133-134). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Ličen, S. (2017). Sport as international communication. In Billings, A. C. (Ed.), Defining

Sport Communication (pp. 209-222). London: Routledge.

Billings, A., Brown, N., Brown, K., Guo Q., Leeman, M., Ličen, S., Novak, D. & Rowe, D.

(2016). From pride to smugness and the nationalism between: Olympic media

consumption effects on nationalism across the globe. In Billings, A. and Hardin, M. R.

(Eds.), The Global Impact of Olympic Media at London 2012 (Chapter 5). London:

Routledge. (Reprint)

Ličen, S. (2016). The eternal talent, the French Senegalese, and the coach’s troop:

Broadcasting soccer on Slovenian public television. In van Sterkenburg, J. and

Spaaij, R. (Eds.), Mediated Football: Representations and Audience Receptions of

Race/Ethnicity, Nation and Gender (Chapter 5). London: Routledge. (Reprint)

Ličen, S. (2013). Slovenia. In Horky, T. and Nieland, J.-U., International Sports Press

Survey 2011 (pp. 148-162). Norderstedt: Book on Demand.

Ličen, S. (2012). Mister Olympic programming. In Eastman, S. and Ferguson, D., Media

Programming: Strategies and Practices (9th ed.) (Chapter 7, Non-Prime-Time

Programming, pp. 18-19). Stamford, CT: Wadsworth.

Dežman, B. & Ličen, S. (2012). A reference model of period structure in a basketball game.

In Dežman, B. (Ed.), Struktura košarkarske igre in igralna učinkovitost (pp. 3-12).

Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Dežman, B. & Ličen, S. (2012). A model of the course of a basketball game. In Dežman, B.

(Ed.), Struktura košarkarske igre in igralna učinkovitost (pp. 13-26). Ljubljana: Faculty

of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Dežman, B. & Ličen, S. (2009). Studying basketball officiating and basketball officials. In

Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav (pp. 11-15).

Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

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Dežman, B. & Ličen, S. (2009). Infraction calls in three-person officiating with regard to the

officials’ on-court position. In Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje:

zbornik raziskav (pp. 95-105). Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Dežman, B., Ličen, S., & Plut, R. (2009). Infraction calls in two-person officiating. In

Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav (pp. 87-94).

Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Ličen, S. (2009). (Im)partialness and subjectiveness in the discourse of sports journalism. In

Velikonja, M., Stankovic, P. and Starc, G. (Eds.), Kalejdoskop športa: uvod v športne

študije (pp. 233-247). Maribor: Aristej.

Ličen, S. (2009). Psychological dimensions of basketball officiating. In Dežman, B. and

Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav (pp. 1-10). Ljubljana: Faculty

of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Ličen, S. (2009). A sociodemographic profile of elite Slovenian basketball officials. In

Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav (pp. 17-25).

Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Ličen, S., Dežman, B., & Plut, R. (2009). Comparison of referee and umpire calls in

basketball. In Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav

(pp. 77-85). Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Lončar, M., Dežman, B., & Ličen, S. (2009). Differences in distance covered by and

movement speed of officials in two-person and three-person officiating. In Dežman,

B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav (pp. 37-48). Ljubljana:

Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Lončar, M. & Ličen, S. (2009). Officials’ heart rate in two-person and three-person

officiating. In Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav

(pp. 57-64). Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Ličen, S. (2009). Distance covered/fatigue and heart rate/functional loading of a basketball

official in three-person officiating. In Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko

sojenje: zbornik raziskav (pp. 65-75). Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for

kinesiology.

Ličen, S., Turk, J., & Doupona Topič, M. (2009). Violence experienced by basketball

officials. In Dežman, B. and Ličen, S. (Eds.), Košarkarsko sojenje: zbornik raziskav

(pp. 107-115). Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Doupona Topič, M., Weiss, O., Methlagl, M., & Ličen, S. (2009). The role of sport in society.

In Doupona Topič, M. & Ličen, S. (Eds.), Sport, Culture & Society: an Account of

Views and Perspectives on Social Issues in a Continent (and Beyond) (pp. 60-64).

Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport.

Ličen, S. (2008). The objective cheer: An overview of ethical codification in sports reporting.

In Doupona Topič, M. & Ličen, S. (Eds.), Sport, Culture & Society: an Account of

Views and Perspectives on Social Issues in a Continent (and Beyond) (pp. 93-98).

Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport.

Ličen, S., & Bračič, M. (2008). Attitudes to doping among players in Slovenian top-level

basketball teams. In Milanović, D., & Prot, F. (Eds.), 5

International Scientific

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Conference on Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia, September 10-14, 2008. Proceedings

book (pp. 774-776). Zagreb: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb.

Ličen, S. (translator) (2007). Olympics and the mass media. In Girginov, V., Parry, J.S., &

Hosta, M. (Eds.), The Olympic Games Explained: A Student Guide to the Evolution of

the Modern Olympic Games (Slovenian edition) (pp. 52-64). Ljubljana: Faculty of

sport, Institute for Sport.

Ličen, S., Plut, R., & Dežman, B. (2006). Analysis of referees’ interventions in basketball. In

Dancs, H., Hughes, M., & O’Donoghue, P. (Eds.). Book of proceedings (pp. 138-

149). Szombathely: Berzsenyi Daniel College.

BOOKS

In progress

Ličen, S. & Mir, M. (book draft under development). International Sport Broadcasting

(working title).

Published

Dežman, B., & Ličen, S. (Eds.) (2009). Officiating Basketball: Research Aspects (In

Slovenian). Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for kinesiology.

Doupona Topič, M. & Ličen, S. (Eds.) (2008). Sport, Culture & Society: An Account of Views

and Perspectives on Social Issues in a Continent (and Beyond). Ljubljana: University

of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport.

Doupona Topič, M. & Ličen, S. (Eds.) (2008). Sport, Culture & Society: Abstract book.

Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Kustec Lipicer, S., & Ličen, S. (2011). State interventions for the sport activity of the

population: Assessments and perceptions of executors and decision-makers.

Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Centre for Policy Analyses.

Kustec Lipicer, S., Slabe Erker, R., Ličen, S., & Bilavčić, N. (2011). Efficient governmental

support for the sport activity of the population. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana,

Centre for Policy Analyses and Institute for Economic Research.

HANDBOOKS

Ličen, S., & Erčulj, F. (Eds.) (2006). Mini-basketball Officials’ Handbook. Ljubljana: Faculty

of Sport, Institute for sport, 2006.

Ličen, S., & Erčulj, F. (Eds.) (2006). Basketball Rules for Beginning Referees. Ljubljana:

Faculty of Sport, Institute for sport.

Ličen, S., & Dežman, B. (Eds.) (2003). Officiating Mechanics for Beginning Basketball

Referees. Ljubljana: Faculty of Sport, Institute for sport.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – PEER REVIEWED

Ličen, S. (2024, April). Social media in international sport contexts. Northwest Association of

Sport in Higher Education conference, Seattle, Wash., USA.

Ličen, S. (2023, December). Women in newspaper sport coverage in China, Slovenia and

the U.S. The role of sport in social life: Women, sport, and social changes

conference, Zagreb, Croatia.

Huang, L., Ličen, S.; Bi, X., & Wu, Y. (2023, July). “Serious” avatars: An empirical study of

e-sports players from a Serious Leisure perspective. 2023 International Association

for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference, Lyon, France.

Ličen, S., Huang, L., Xiao, B., & Bi, X. (2023, Mar.). Newspaper coverage of sport in China,

Slovenia and the United States. 4

World Association for Sport Management

conference, Doha, Qatar.

Ličen, S. & Čermelj, N. (2023, Mar.). Social media promotional strategies of the 2022 Winter

Olympic Games. 4

World Association for Sport Management conference, Doha,

Qatar.

Ličen, S. (with Huang, L., Xiao, B., & Bi, X.) (2022, June). Sports reporting in the East and

West: ISPS 2021 in China and the US. Play the Game, Odense, Denmark.

Antunovic, D., Ličen, S., Bartoluci, S., (2022, May). “Our” Region, Many Voices: Sports

Media Research in Central and Eastern Europe. Sports Communication Interest

Group (SCIG), International Communication Association pre-conference, Paris,

France.

Ličen, S. (2022, Mar.). The different worlds of sports reporting: A comparative analysis of

print media sports reporting on five continents. National results of the International

Sports Press Survey 2021 (United States). IACS Summit on Communication and

Sport, Glassboro, NJ, USA.

Ličen, S. (with Crawford, T., & McGrath, C.) (2019, Oct.). Like in the movies? Giving a voice

to international female student-athletes at American universities. Play the Game,

Colorado Springs, CO, USA.

Ličen, S. (with Jedlicka, S.) (2019, Oct.). Teach your children well: Sport management v.

sport for development at American universities. Play the Game, Colorado Springs,

CO, USA.

Crawford, T., Ličen, S., & McGrath, C. (2019, April). Female International Athletes at

American Universities: Reasons to Attend and Experiences that Followed. College

Sport Research Institute, Columbia, SC, USA.

Ličen, S. (2019, Mar.). Shifting Meanings of National Identity in Three Countries. Summit on

Communication and Sport, Boise, ID, USA.

Dominy, M. & Ličen, S. (2019, Mar.). Media Framing of FIFA’s Human Rights Scandals,

2010-2018. Summit on Communication and Sport, Boise, ID, USA.

Ličen, S. (2018, Apr.). National Identification and Mediated Sport in Global Contexts.

Summit on Communication and Sport, Bloomington, IN, USA.

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Ličen, S. (2018, Apr.). Twitter Activity of the International Basketball Federation. Summit on

Communication and Sport, Bloomington, IN, USA.

Ličen, S. (2018, Mar.). Twitter Activity of the International Basketball Federation.

Washington State University Academic Showcase.

Ličen, S. (2017, Nov.). Impact and Legacy of the 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia. Play the

Game, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Ličen, S. & Willoughby, R. (2017, May). Focused World Engagement: Twitter Activity of the

International Basketball Federation. North American Society for Sport Management

conference, Denver, CO, USA

Ličen, S., Billings, A.C., & Brown, K. (2017, Apr.). Envisioning Slovenia, Telecast from

Brazil: Relationships Between National Identity and Slovenian Viewership of the 2016

Rio Summer Olympic Games. Summit on Communication and Sport, Phoenix, AZ,

USA

Sipocz, D., Coche, R., Billings, A.C., Ličen, S., & Smith, L. (2017, Apr Covering the Rio

Olympics (panel). Summit on Communication and Sport, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Ličen, S. (2016, Nov.). Effects of Media Consumption of Two (Mega-) Events in Slovenia.

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Tampa Bay, FL, USA.

Ličen, S. (2016, Mar.). Cataloguing Sport Communication Programs: An IACS Initiative.

Summit on Communication and Sport, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

Ličen, S., Coche, R., Horky, T., Onwumechili, C., Wenner, L., Haynes, R. (2016, Mar.). The

Internationalization of Communication and Sport. Summit on Communication and

Sport, Grand Rapids, MI, USA (panel organizer/moderator).

Ličen, S., Butterworth, M.L., Grano, D.A., Oates, T.P., Wenner, L. (2015, Mar.). Forty Years

of Mythic Spectacle. Summit on Communication and Sport, Charlotte, NC, USA

(panel organizer/moderator).

Alspach, S.L., Horky, T., Nie T., Onwumechili, C., Walker, J., Ličen, S. (2015, Mar.). The

Internationalization of Communication and Sport. Summit on Communication and

Sport, Charlotte, NC, USA (panel organizer/moderator).

Hassall, K.M., & Ličen, S. (2015, Mar.). A Double Minority in a WASP’s World: Impact of

Media Representation on the Identities of Female Minority Rowers. Summit on

Communication and Sport, Charlotte, NC, USA.

Ličen, S. (2014, June). EuroBasket 2013: Perceived impact and potential legacy. Sport&EU

conference, Köln, Germany.

Ličen, S., Slabe-Erker, R., & Cole, A.N. (2014, May). Mega-events in new democracies:

Public perception of benefits associated with the 2013 men’s EuroBasket. North

American Society for Sport Management conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Ličen, S., Lončar, M., Delorme, N., Begović, M., & Horky, T. (2014, Mar.). Major events for

major promotion? International newspaper coverage of the 2013 Men’s EuroBasket.

Summit on Communication and Sport, New York City, NY, USA.

Billings, A., Brown, N., Brown, K., Guo Q., Leeman, M., Ličen, S., Novak, D. & Rowe, D.

(2013, Aug.). From pride to smugness and the nationalism between: Olympic media

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consumption effects on nationalism across the globe. Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Washington, D.C., USA.

Ličen, S. (2013, Feb.). “Congratweetlations!” 2012 Olympic twitting by the Slovenian public

radio. Communication & Sport Summit, Austin, TX, USA.

Ličen, S. & Billings, A.C. (2012, Nov.). Affirming nationality in trans-national circumstances:

Slovenian coverage of continental franchise sports competitions. National

Communication Association 98

Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, USA.

Kustec Lipicer, S., Slabe Erker, R. & Ličen, S. (2012, Sep.). Governance of sport for all

policies in Slovenia. European Association for Sport Management Conference,

Aalborg, Denmark.

Ličen, S. & Billings, A.C. (2012, Mar.). Cheering for “our” champs by watching “sexy” female

throwers: Representation of nationality and gender in Slovenian 2008 summer

Olympic television coverage. Communication & Sport Summit, East Peoria, IL, USA.

Ličen, S. (2011, Oct.). Embracing or despising diversity? Sports broadcasts on public

television, the case of Slovenia. Play the Game, Cologne, Germany.

Ličen, S. & Doupona Topič, M. (2010, May). Athlete portrayals in TV Slovenia's 2008

Olympic coverage. European Association for the Sociology of Sport, Porto, Portugal.

Ličen, S. & Doupona Topič, M. (2009, Nov.). Biased representations and bizarre remarks in

Slovenian Olympic telecasts. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport,

Ottawa, Canada.

Billings, A.C., MacArthur, P.J., Ličen, S., & Wu D. (2009, Nov.). Superpower on the Olympic

basketball court: U.S. vs. China through four nationalistic lenses. North American

Society for the Sociology of Sport, Ottawa, Canada.

Ličen, S. (2009, May). Us vs. them: Partisanship in the discourse of Slovenian sports

telecasters. European Association for the Sociology of Sport, Rome, Italy.

Ličen, S. & Doupona Topič, M. (2009, May). Can the press fire a coach? An analysis of the

relation between Aleksandar Džikić and newspaper journalists. European Association

for the Sociology of Sport, Rome, Italy.

Ličen, S. & Bračič, M. (2008, Sept.). Attitudes to doping among players in Slovenian top-

level basketball teams. International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology, Zagreb,

Croatia.

Ličen, S. (2008, May). The respect of journalistic principles by sports journalists. European

Association for the Sociology of Sport, Bled, Slovenia.

Ličen, S. (2006, Dec.). A comparison of play-by-play broadcasts of a basketball match on

two TV stations. International Christmas Postgraduate School, Szombathely,

Hungary.

Ličen, S., Plut, R., & Dežman, B. (2006, Aug.). Analysis of referees' interventions in

basketball. World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport, Szombathely,

Hungary.

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Ličen, S., Lozar Manfreda, K., & Hlebec, V. (2005, Sept.). The quality of survey questions

published on Slovenian journalistic websites. International Conference of Applied

Statistics, Ribno, Slovenia.

GRANT ACTIVITY AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

“International Sport Broadcasting,” submitted to the Washington State University College

of Education 2024-2026 Faculty Research Funding Awards. July 2024-June 2026.

Amount requested: $5000, funded $4000. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).

“British media coverage of English Premier League club ownership,” submitted to the

Washington State University College of Education 2022-2023 Faculty Research

Funding Awards. July 2022-June 2023. Amount requested: $5000, funded. Project

cancelled due to change in circumstances and research priorities. Role: Principal

Investigator (PI).

“Krajša in daljša gostovanja tujih strokovnjakov in visokošolskih učiteljev na

slovenskih visokošolskih zavodih 2019-2022” [Short-term and long-term visits by

foreign experts and higher education instructors at Slovenian institutions of higher

education, 2019-2022], funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the

Republic of Slovenia. Total value €10,655.59, funded. Role: Visiting faculty, long-term

visit (three months).

“Un passo avanti” [A step forward], grant proposal submitted to the Chairos/Con il SUD

Foundation in Italy. Not funded. Role: Interpreter.

“Fool’s Gold: A Series,” proposal submitted to the Amazon Catalyst program. Amount

requested: $25,000, not funded. Role: Principal Investigator.

“Toward a Contemporary Measure of Nationalism,” proposal submitted to the FACE

Foundation Thomas Jefferson Fund program. Amount requested: $17,860, not

funded. Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), with Nicolas Delorme (University of

Bordeaux in Bayonne).

“National Identification and Mediated Sport in Global Contexts,” proposal submitted to

the Washington State University Office for Grants and Research Development 2017

New Faculty Seed Grant awards. Amount requested: $20,400, not funded. Role:

Principal Investigator (PI).

“National Identification and Mediated Sport in Global Contexts,” submitted to the

Washington State University College of Education 2017-2018 Faculty Research

Funding Awards. July 2017-June 2019. Amount requested: $5000, funded. Role:

Principal Investigator (PI).

“Towards a Theory of Sport Communication in Africa: A Theory of Sports

Journalism,” Letter of Intent submitted to the Washington State University Office of

Research Grand Challenges Seed Grant awards. Estimated amount: $15,000, not

funded. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).

“Content and motivation to follow social media in sports: An international study,”

submitted to the Washington State University Office for Grants and Research

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Development 2015 New Faculty Seed Grant awards. August 2015-June 2016.

Amount requested: $29,025, not funded. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).

“Content and motivation to follow social media in sports: An international study,”

submitted to the Washington State University College of Education 2015-2016

Faculty Funding Awards. August 2015-June 2016. Amount requested: $4910,

funded. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).

Virtual 5K for Research, funds recipient, October 2014. Amount collected: $817, funded.

“Football as a Carrier of Identity Change”, international project submitted to the

Humanities in the European Research Area Joint Research Programme on Cultural

Encounters. June 2013-June 2016. Amount requested €160.000 (Slovenia only), not

funded. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).

“Efficient State Support for Population Sports Activity” (orig. Učinkovita državna

podpora za športno aktivnost državljanov), project No. V5-1031 funded by the

Slovenian Research Agency (Agencija za raziskovanje Republike Slovenije). October

1, 2010-September 30, 2012. Amount granted: €30.000, funded. Role: Research

associate.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE/COURSES TAUGHT (undergraduate unless specified)

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (2013-present)

SpMgt 579 Mass Communication for Sport Organizations (graduate) (in-person and online)

SpMgt 379 Sport Communication

SpMgt 367 Sport in American Society

SpMgt 384 Global Sport Management

SpMgt 491 Internship supervision

UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA, FACULTY OF TOURISM STUDIES (Fall 2020)

Business Tourism and Events (graduate) (online synchronous)

Sport Tourism (graduate) (online synchronous)

Communication in Tourism

Congress Events and Tourism (online synchronous)

Congress Management (online synchronous)

Digital Marketing in Tourism (online synchronous)

Event Management

Fundamentals of Event Management

Sport Events and Tourism (online synchronous)

BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY (2015-present, suspended since 2020/Covid-19)

Sport Journalism

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA, FACULTY OF SPORT (2005-2010)

Sport and Media; Sport Sociology; Theory and Methodics of Basketball

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INVITED, GUEST, AND KEYNOTE LECTURES

University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies, Motivations to watch and participate

in sporting events (graduate), Dec. 21, 2023.

University “Union – Nikola Tesla,” Faculty of Sport. Sport, media and business in

Southeast Europe in the 21st century: Recommendations for professionals and

scholars (keynote lecture). Sport, Business and Media conference, Belgrade

(Serbia), Oct. 13-14, 2023.

University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies, Motivations to watch and participate

in sporting events, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup (graduate), Jan. 3, 2023

Beijing Foreign Studies University, Centre for International Sport Communication and

Diplomacy Studies, “Transition, Transformation, Transcendence: International Forum

on the Olympic Communication and Media Operation in the East Asia (2018-2022),”

Content Analysis of Official Social Media Accounts of the XXIV Winter Olympic

Games, Beijing, China, Apr. 23, 2022.

University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies, Motivations to watch and participate

in sporting events (graduate), Dec. 23, 2021

Presidency of the Republic of Croatia to the Council of the European Union, Role and

Influence of Media in Sport conference, keynote speaker, June 2020 (cancelled due

to Covid-19)

Washington State University, Sport Management Research Meetings, Sustainability in

Sport Management Education at American Universities (open), Oct. 9, 2019

Beijing Sport University, Effects of Media and Sport (all-university), June 6, 2019

Beijing Sport University, Current trends in sport media (all-university), June 4, 2018

University of Memphis, Olympic Broadcasting (undergraduate), Feb .12, 2018

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sport journalism (graduate), Nov. 23,

2017

Washington State University, Sport Management Research Meetings, Impact and Legacy

of Major Sports Events: Findings from the 2013 EuroBasket (open), Oct. 25, 2017

University of Memphis, Honors College, Olympic Broadcasting (undergraduate), Nov. 7,

2016

Lewis-Clark State College, Dr. Bob Frederick Sport Leadership Lecture Series, Lessons

from the Rio 2016 Olympics (all-university and general public), Oct. 12, 2016

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sport journalism (undergraduate), May

25, 2016

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sport journalism (graduate), Nov 18,

2014

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Introduction to Sport Journalism

(undergraduate), Mar. 11, 2013

University of Primorska, The relation between media and sport (undergraduate), Dec. 13,

2012

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University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sports journalism discourse

(undergraduate), Nov. 12, 2012

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sports journalism and its relations with

politics and corporate interests (graduate), Nov. 7, 2012

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sports journalism and sports reporting

(undergraduate, graduate), 2012-2013

University of Alabama, Cultural diversity in sports broadcasting: Notions of identity on

Slovenian television (undergraduate), Mar. 26-28, 2012

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sport as a tool of diplomacy

(undergraduate), Jan. 18, 2012

Also held over 60 lectures, courses, workshops and seminars between 2003-2012 for a

variety of professional institutions and organizations including Television Slovenia, Institute

for Fair Play and Tolerance in Sport, Basketball Federation of Slovenia, Slovenian PR

Society, I Came to Play NGO, City Office for Sport in Ljubljana.

STUDENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

(asterisk denotes advisor role/committee chairmanship)

Doctoral dissertation

 Kelsey Elizabeth Quinn (La Trobe University, Australia), 2022 – external examiner

Master’s theses

 Hannah Martian*, 2024

 Esther Akinniyi, 2024 (anticipated)

 Nastja Čermelj* (University of Primorska,

Slovenia), 2022 – co-mentor

 Emily Weber*, 2020

 Mary Barnett*, 2016 – co-chair

 DJ Mackie, 2016

 Barbara Bejek*, 2016 (University of

Ljubljana, Slovenia) – co-mentor

 Devon E. Carroll, 2015

 Kerry M. Hassall*, 2015

Master’s comprehensive exam

 Brian Green, 2025 (forthcoming)

 Taylor Callow*, 2024

 Bailey Arnold*, 2023

 Gabriel Chaikin*, 2023

 Gabrielle Charles*, 2023

 Erica Fraley, 2022

 Robert Jackson, 2022

 Marie Lund-Hansen*, 2022

 Taylor MyCoy, 2022

 Austin Melhart, 2022

 Scott J. Driscoll*, 2021

 Lewis Hubbard*, 2021

 Kylar Hunt, 2021

 Andrew Kalahar*, 2021

 Hailie Palafox, 2021

 Taylor Shewchuk, 2021

 Marit Thorkildsen, 2021

 Cassie Thompson*, 2020

 Binta Bojang, 2020

 Melissa Dominy*, 2020

 Hayley Halkovic*, 2020

 Monica McNamara, 2020

 Shaorui Zhu, 2020

 Rachel Horras, 2019

 Jordan Hunter, 2019

 Wei Ching Liao*, 2019

 Kaitlyn Layman*, 2019

 Titus Nordquist, 2019

 Jacob Staniszewski, 2019

 Michael Marlow*, 2018

 Henry Evans*, 2018

 Jaime Flowers, 2018

 Cheyenne Gaspar, 2018

 Marielle (Molly) Gagnon, 2018

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 Deja’Nay Gilliam*, 2018

 Kourtney Guetlein, 2018

 Melissa Olsen, 2018

 Gordon Anderson, 2017

 Ethan Cobb*, 2017

 Kelly Forsyth, 2017

 Korin Hedlund, 2017

 Alec Hurley, 2017

 Dominique Kropp, 2017

 Anastasia Rarig, 2017

 Jessica Reagan, 2017

 Robert Willoughby, 2017

 Chase Winkler, 2017

 Hayase Yoshizumi, 2017

 Brandon Altenburg, 2016

 Kendall Boliba*, 2016

 Christine Cook, 2016

 Giles Dakin-White, 2016

 Leigha Krick, 2016

 Katelyn Spradley*, 2016

 Tess Taylor*, 2015

 Spencer Roland, 2015

 Jennifer Hale, 2015

 Rachel Wright, 2015

 Hannah Gwazdauskas, 2015

Master’s temporary advisor

 Marie Benedetti* (comp., 2024)

 Michael Chwaluk* (comp., 2024)

 Dalton Dierickx* (comp., 2024)

 Spencer Leal* (comp., 2024)

 Christopher Mackey* (comp., 2024)

 Juliva Motuga* (comp., 2024)

 Simon Samarzich* (comp., 2024)

Honors theses

 Samuel DuByne, 2023

 William Millick, 2021

 Emily Fallin*, 2021

 Julia Brady*, 2019

 Jim Crawford*, 2015

 Kelly Forsyth, 2015

 Jaci Barbano, 2014

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program

 Teresa Zaragoza*, 2017-2018

Bachelor’s theses (University of Ljubljana)

 Mojca Horn, 2012 – Jaka Potrpin, 2009

 Peter Pavšič, 2011 – Jurij Nučič, 2009

 Alenka Perhavec, 2011 – Gregor Štorman, 2009

 Stjepan Paladin* (co-mentor), 2010 – Polona Jarc, 2006

 Gašper Sojar, 2010

ACADEMIC SERVICE

JOURNAL EDITORSHIP

Academica Turistica – Tourism and Innovation Journal (AT-TIJ), Associate Editor, 2023-

2027

Communication and Sport, Special issue co-editor: Sport and Mediatization: Sports Events

and Cultures Across the World, 2021-2022

Sport & EU Review, Co-editor, 2010-2014

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Communication and Sport (impact factor: 3.183), 2019-present

Sociology of Sport Journal (impact factor: 2.349), 2014-2017

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Journal of ALESDE (Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioculturales del Deporte),

2010-2015

Šport (Ljubljana), 2009-2011

JOURNAL AND BOOK REVIEWERSHIPS (alphabetical order)

Chinese Journal of Communication; Communication and Sport; Edward Elgar (book chapter

review); European Journal of Communication; International Journal of the History of Sport;

International Journal of Sport Communication; International Review for the Sociology of

Sport; Journal of Sport Management; Mass Communication and Society; Medijska

istraživanja/Media Research; New Media and Society; Routledge (book proposal reviewer);

Science of Gymnastics; Sociology of Sport Journal; Šport; Sport in Society.

CONFERENCE BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Northwest Association for Sport in Higher Education, Program committee, Seattle,

Wash., April 5, 2024

Play the Game 2019 conference, Program Committee, Colorado Springs, CO, 2019

Conference of the European Association for the Sociology of Sport, Secretary,

Organizing Committee, Bled, Slovenia, 2008

CONFERENCE REVIEWERSHIPS (alphabetical order)

European Association for the Sociology of Sport, European Communication Research and

Education Association, Kinesiology, National Communication Association, North American

Society for Sport Management, Play the Game, Summit on Communication and Sport.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SERVICE (selected)

Athletics Council, member, Fall 2023-present

Faculty Senate Committee on Committees, member, 2022-present

College Graduate Studies Committee, member, 2022-present

Sport Management Students of Color affinity space, creator, 2021-2023

College Scholarship Committee, member, 2020-2022

University Graduate School Mentor Academy, member, 2020-present

Faculty mentoring committees, Dr. Elodie Wendling, 2024-present; Dr. Chinhoo “Alex”

Gang (chair), 2023-present; Dr. Jeff Walls, 2019-2024; Dr. Scott Jedlicka (chair),

2019-2023; Dr. Emma Ariyo (chair), 2021-2023; Dr. Tae Ho Kim (co-chair), 2019-2020

College Grants and Research Advisory Committee, member, 2017-2020, 2023-present

University Visioning Conference, delegate, 2019

Hiring committees, Sport Management tenure-track assistant professor (chair, three hires),

2022-2023; University Recreation, Assistant Director for Competitive Sports, 2022;

Administrative manager (two searches), 2022; Sport Management career-track

assistant professor, 2021; Kinesiology tenure-track assistant professor, 2018-2019

WSU Unified Sports Club, committee chair, 2018-2020

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College Leadership Team, member, 2018-2023

Memorandum of Understanding, Orchestrated the signing of a MOU between Washington

State University and Beijing Sport University, 2017-2018

Sport Management Research Meetings (Monthly faculty and student research presentation

series), Creator and director, 2016-2020

Study Abroad Program Director (cancelled due to insufficient registrations), 2016

College Diversity and International Committee, member, 2015-2020

Three-Minute Thesis, judge, 2015

Undergraduate program assessment, committee member, 2014-2017; director, 2018-2023

Graduate program assessment, committee member, 2014-2017; director, 2018-2023

Gordon-Enberg Sport Management Speaker Series, Jens Sejer Andersen (convenor,

2014), Andrew Billings (convenor, 2015), Mike Gastineau (support, 2016), Tom

Farrey (support, 2017), Ashleigh Thompson (convenor, 2019), Vitaly and Iuliia

Stepanov (convenor, 2020, cancelled/Covid-19).

New Faculty Orientation, panellist, 2014

Scholarship application reviewer, 2014-2022

Recruitment, retention and student development activities, incl. University Week of

Welcome, Department of Athletics’ Professional Development Kickoff, University

Preview, Future Cougars of Distinction (all multiple times), 2014-present

Social media director, Sport Management program, 2013-2023

LEADERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS (selected)

Play the Game 2019 conference, Program Committee, Colorado Springs, CO, 2019

External Curriculum reviewer, Beijing Sport University, Department of Foreign Languages,

2017

International Association for Communication and Sport, Board of Directors, 2012-2016

UNESCO Management of Social Transformation (MOST) National Committee, Member,

2012-2015

SPOLINT—International Institute for Sustainable Development, Policy, and Diplomacy

of Sport, Advisory Board, 2010-2016

UNESCO Slovenian National Commission, Member, 2010-2014

Society of Young Researchers of Slovenia, President, Selection Committee, Mentor of the

Year Award, 2010, 2011

I Came to Play, Academic Director, basketball-humanitarian camp for youth from post-

conflict Yugoslavia, Fruška Gora, Serbia, 2009-2010

Society of Young Researchers of Slovenia, Executive Board, 2007-2009

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SPORT INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP ROLES (selected) 
Institute for Sports and Events Medvode (Zavod za šport in prireditve Medvode), 
Technical Committee, 2013-2014 
Sport Union of Slovenia (Športna unija Slovenije), Technical Committee, 2009 
Association of Basketball Officials of the Slovenian Coast (Društvo obalnih košarkarskih 
sodnikov), Founding Member (2003), Board Member (2003-2011), President, 
Technical Committee (2003-2007) 
Slovenian Association of Basketball Officials (Združenje košarkarskih sodnikov 
Slovenije), Secretary of the Technical Committee, 2003 
 
MEGA EVENTS PARTICIPATION 
2022 FIFA World Cup (Qatar, 2022), Attended and credentialed as part of RTV Slovenija’s 
broadcasting crew  
XXIV Olympic Winter Games (Beijing, 2022), Credentialed as part of RTV Slovenija’s 
broadcasting crew, did not attend due to Covid-19 restrictions 
Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo, 2021), Credentialed as part of RTV Slovenija’s 
broadcasting crew, did not attend due to Covid-19 restrictions 
Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Rio de Janeiro, 2016), Attended and credentialed as part of 
RTV Slovenija’s broadcasting crew 
 
MEDIA APPEARANCES 
Interviewed by or quoted in the following media outlets in Estonia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, the 
United Kingdom, Ukraine, the United States: Ampak (2008), Daily Evergreen (May 1, 2017, 
October 5, 2017, February 13, 2019, April 18, 2024), Delo (incl. Dec 22, 2011, May 11, 2013, 
May 8, 2018), Dnevnik (incl. Aug 19, 2014), Finance (Sep 17, 2013), The Guardian (Oct 9, 
2014), Harrisburg Patriot-News (April 24, 2011: 1, 2), Huffington Post (op-ed on Aug 22, 
2016), Jalka (October 2015), KLEW (Aug 21, 2014, TV and web), Lewiston Tribune 
(October 28, 2014), MMC RTVSLO (incl. Jul 31, 2009, Mar 30, 2011, Feb 5, 2014, Mar 24, 
2014, Sep 1, 2014, Aug 3, 2016, Mar 27, 2019), Nedeljski Dnevnik (Sep 2017), NetsDaily 
(Sep 16, 2006), Pacific Standard Magazine (Jan 30, 2014), POP TV (incl. Nov. 5, 2020), 
Primorske novice (incl. Dec 22, 2011), Radio Capodistria (Dec 5, 2015, Aug 7, 2016, Mar 
4, 2018, Jul 4, 2018, Aug. 31, 2020), Radio Capris, Radio Hit, Radio Slovenija (incl. 1, Sep 
18, 2013, Jan 9, 2014, Feb 4, 2014, Jun 12, 2014, Aug 3, 2016, Aug 18, 2016, Aug. 28, 
2020), Radio Sora, Slovenian Press Agency, Slovenske novice, Sotočje (2013), Številke 
podcast (Jan 30, 2015), Tennis Italiano (September 2005), TV Apolo (August 2010), TV 
Koper-Capodistria (incl. Oct 29, 2015), TV Maribor, TV Medvode, TV Slovenija, Večer 
(incl. Aug. 6, 2022), WalletHub (August 2016), Washington State Magazine (Summer 
2015), WikiNews (November 16, 2013, in English and Ukrainian), WSU News (Oct 7, 2013, 
Aug 12, 2014, Oct 27, 2014, Mar 25, 2015, Jan 17, 2017, Feb 26, 2019, Mar 27, 2019, Nov 
14, 2023).  
 
 

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (alphabetical, selected)

Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union (Sport & EU)

Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA)

European Association for Sport Management (EASM)

European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

International Association for Communication and Sport (IACS)

National Communication Association (NCA)

North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS)

Society of Sport Journalists of Slovenia (Društvo športnih novinarjev Slovenije)

World Association for Sport Management (WASM)