Risa Isard's guest appearances

Risa Isard

The GW Business of Sports Podcast

She Plays

Strong Runner Chick Radio

Social Sport 

Steph Yoder

Emma Zimmerman

Diana Nyad

Katie Arnold

Courtney Dauwalter

Simi Botic

Ragen Chastain

Mike Murphy

Jackie Turner

Brendan Sullivan

Matt Taylor

Katie Bennett

Zach Leonsis

Danielle Snyder

Brad Snyder

OwlTail

Risa Isard is a sports industry veteran and policy expert. She specializes in advancing equity with and for girls and women, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and others in and through sport. Her career in the sports industry spans professional and college sports, sports policy, and nonprofit thought leadership. She has developed partnerships with professional ninja athletes, hosted Billie Jean King in an on-stage conversation, directed the premier national event for increasing access to youth sports, co-authored and edited foundational research reports, established community-based partnerships to support sport leaders across the country, launched a first-of-its-kind online portal for community leaders, founded a farmer’s market at professional baseball games, run a baseball league for people with special needs, hosted a celebrity soccer challenge, authored fortune cookies, and more. She is the former associate director of thought leadership for national nonprofit KABOOM!, former project director for the Aspen Institute Sports &amp; Society Program, and former community relations coordinator for a minor league baseball team. She’s also been on staff at Brandi Chastain’s nonprofit organization, Duke University women’s basketball, and the Phoenix Mercury. Risa has presented at South by Southwest (SXSW), Spotlight: Health at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Surgeon General’s Innovation Summit, the University of Pennsylvania's Law School Sports Symposium, the North American Society for Sport Management, and elsewhere. She has written for Sports Business Journal, AdWeek, Global Sport Matters, Quartz, espnW and elsewhere. Risa graduated cum laude from Duke with a specialized degree in “Social Change at the Intersection of Culture, Gender, and Sports,” simultaneously receiving honors for her original research thesis on the pre-history and early years of Title IX (1969-1975). A long-time advocate of using sports for social change, Risa is a Research Fellow in the Laboratory for Inclusion and Diversity in Sport at UMass, where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sport Management from the Isenberg School of Management. You can follow her on Twitter at @RisaLovesSports. Questions include:  What sparked your interest in the study of sport and culture?  What research topics are you currently diving into?  Recently, you organized a panel at the Female Athlete Conference. Would you mind sharing with folks the purpose behind this panel?  What do you believe are some actionable steps we can take to increase the participation of female leaders in sports as athletes and as women working in sports?  We are currently in the middle of the Olympic Games and soon the Paralympic Games will take place. What do you feel we can learn about sport and culture through watching these athletes?  In what ways have you seen teams and athletes use sport as a platform for bringing awareness to social justice issues?  Why do you believe sport is an avenue for social change?    ---   Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strong-runner-chicks/support

Risa Isard is a sports industry veteran and policy expert. She specializes in advancing equity with and for girls and women, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and others in and through sport. Her career in the sports industry spans professional and college sports, sports policy, and nonprofit thought leadership. She has developed partnerships with professional ninja athletes, hosted Billie Jean King in an on-stage conversation, directed the premier national event for increasing access to youth sports, co-authored and edited foundational research reports, established community-based partnerships to support sport leaders across the country, launched a first-of-its-kind online portal for community leaders, founded a farmer’s market at professional baseball games, run a baseball league for people with special needs, hosted a celebrity soccer challenge, authored fortune cookies, and more. She is the former associate director of thought leadership for national nonprofit KABOOM!, former project director for the Aspen Institute Sports &amp; Society Program, and former community relations coordinator for a minor league baseball team. She’s also been on staff at Brandi Chastain’s nonprofit organization, Duke University women’s basketball, and the Phoenix Mercury. Risa has presented at South by Southwest (SXSW), Spotlight: Health at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Surgeon General’s Innovation Summit, the University of Pennsylvania's Law School Sports Symposium, the North American Society for Sport Management, and elsewhere. She has written for Sports Business Journal, AdWeek, Global Sport Matters, Quartz, espnW and elsewhere. Risa graduated cum laude from Duke with a specialized degree in “Social Change at the Intersection of Culture, Gender, and Sports,” simultaneously receiving honors for her original research thesis on the pre-history and early years of Title IX (1969-1975). A long-time advocate of using sports for social change, Risa is a Research Fellow in the Laboratory for Inclusion and Diversity in Sport at UMass, where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sport Management from the Isenberg School of Management. You can follow her on Twitter at @RisaLovesSports. Questions include: <ol> <li>What sparked your interest in the study of sport and culture? </li> <li>What research topics are you currently diving into? </li> <li>Recently, you organized a panel at the Female Athlete Conference. Would you mind sharing with folks the purpose behind this panel? </li> <li>What do you believe are some actionable steps we can take to increase the participation of female leaders in sports as athletes and as women working in sports? </li> <li>We are currently in the middle of the Olympic Games and soon the Paralympic Games will take place. What do you feel we can learn about sport and culture through watching these athletes? </li> <li>In what ways have you seen teams and athletes use sport as a platform for bringing awareness to social justice issues? </li> <li>Why do you believe sport is an avenue for social change? </li> </ol> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strong-runner-chicks/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strong-runner-chicks/support</a>

Episode 181: Risa Isard on Intersection of Culture, Gender and Sport

Follow Risa on Twitter and check out some of her writing pieces below:The story of Bunny Sandler/Title IX's godmother: https://www.jns.org/opinion/title-ix-and-tikkun-olam/The story of Birch Bayh/Title IX's main champion in the Senate: https://qz.com/1594098/birch-bayh-showed-that-the-best-allies-listen-to-women-then-act/Some more research on Title IX's pre-history: https://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2012spring/2012spring_Isard.php Personal essay for Title IX's 40th anniversary: http://www.espn.com/espnw/title-ix/article/7909300/an-everyday-athlete-athleteThanks to our leading sponsor, Total Football Analysis!Follow them on Twitter Discount Code: TotalFootballAnalysis.com - SHEPLAYS25--&gt;  Sign up for the She Plays newsletter!Follow She Plays on Instagram, Twitter, FacebookCheck out our website here: she-plays.com

Follow Risa on <a href="https://twitter.com/RisaLovesSports" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and check out some of her writing pieces below:The story of Bunny Sandler/Title IX's godmother: <a href="https://www.jns.org/opinion/title-ix-and-tikkun-olam/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jns.org/opinion/title-ix-and-tikkun-olam/</a>The story of Birch Bayh/Title IX's main champion in the Senate: <a href="https://qz.com/1594098/birch-bayh-showed-that-the-best-allies-listen-to-women-then-act/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://qz.com/1594098/birch-bayh-showed-that-the-best-allies-listen-to-women-then-act/</a>Some more research on Title IX's pre-history: <a href="https://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2012spring/2012spring_Isard.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2012spring/2012spring_Isard.php</a> Personal essay for Title IX's 40th anniversary: <a href="http://www.espn.com/espnw/title-ix/article/7909300/an-everyday-athlete-athlete" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.espn.com/espnw/title-ix/article/7909300/an-everyday-athlete-athlete</a>Thanks to our leading sponsor, Total Football Analysis!Follow them on <a href="https://twitter.com/TotalAnalysis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Discount Code: <a href="http://totalfootballanalysis.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TotalFootballAnalysis.com</a> - SHEPLAYS25--&gt;  <a href="https://she-plays.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=63efc5eeb46e6fa0e0c06fb75&amp;id=b65398c960" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up for the She Plays newsletter!</a>Follow She Plays on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sheplayspro/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ShePlaysPro" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sheplayspro/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>Check out our website here: <a href="https://www.she-plays.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">she-plays.com</a>

Discussion on Title IX with Risa Isard

Welcome to the GW Business of Sports Podcast, where your host Mark Hyman invites industry professionals to talk to get insight into how they became who they are today. Our first guest is Risa Isard, who currently works for The Aspen Institute, and in our chat, she discusses The Institute's Project Play initiative, the future of ESports, and her memorable interview with Billie Jean King.