Justin Evanovich

Associate Clinical Professor

Educational Leadership

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Titles:

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Educational Leadership
Co-PI and Managing Director, UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport

Academic Degrees:

University of Connecticut – BA Sociology
University of Connecticut – MA Sport Management
University of Connecticut – PhD Sport Management

Areas of Expertise:

Sport Management

Critical Social Theory

Sport Based Youth Development

Critical Service Learning

Biography:

Dr. Justin Evanovich currently serves as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership within the Neag School of Education and as the Co-PI, Managing Director of UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport.

UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport has operated for more than 20 years as a campus-community partnership striving toward right relationships, shared learning, equity-focused values and practices, relevant and representative engagement and education, and the enhancement of individual and systemic level opportunities supporting healthy lifestyles.

Justin teaches courses associated with sport, community, education, critical social theory, and critical service learning. Research has focused on individual level impacts of sport-based development programs with youth and the reciprocal impact of involvement with college student participants.

Selected Publications:

Watkins, J.M., Greeven, S.J., Heeter, K.N., Brunnemer, J.E., Otile, J., Solá, P.A., Dutta, S., Hobson, J.M., Evanovich, J.M.,Coble, C.J., Werner, N.E., Kercher, V.M., & Kercher, K.A. (2024). Human-Centered Participatory Co-Design with Children and Adults for a Prototype Lifestyle Intervention and Implementation Strategy in a Rural Middle School. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 845.

Greeven, S.J., Medellin, A. M., Watkins, J.M., Coble, C.J., Brunnemer, J.E., Solá, P.A., Dutta, S., Hobson, J.M., Evanovich, J.M., Kercher, V.M., & Kercher, K.A. (2023). Multilevel needs assessment of physical activity, sport, psychological needs, and nutrition in rural children and adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1243560.

Greeven, S.J., Fernández Solá, P.A., Coble, C.J., Pope, K.J., Erinosho, T.O., Grube, A., Evanovich, J.M., Werner, N.E., Kercher, K.A. (2023). Hoosier Sport: A Research Protocol for a Multilevel Physical Activity-Based Intervention in Rural Indiana. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 12433560.

Klein, M., Zastoupil, G.J., & Evanovich, J.M. (2023). I Realize My White Privilege Certainly Has Contributed To This Whole Experience: White Undergraduate Sport Management Students Engagement With Racism in a Sport-For-Development Service-Learning Course. Sociology of Sport Journal, 40(2), 171-184.

Evanovich, J., Dutta, S., Morales, J., McGarry, J., and Ebron, K. (2023). Building a Critical Classroom: University of Connecticut – Student Training for Husky Sport in Tryon, A., Madden, H., and Sprinkel, C. (2023). Preparing students to engage in equitable community partnerships (pp. 165-177). Temple University Press.

Arinze, N., Klein, M., Mala, J., & Evanovich, J.M. (2022). Developing Social Justice Outcomes Through Service-Learning Among Sport Management Students. Sport Management Education Journal, 1-11.

Zuk E., Maksymiw K., Root H., McGarry J., Evanovich J.M., & DiStefano L. (2021). Youth Perceptions in Sport-Confidence. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35(11), 3232-3235.

Dixon, M., McGarry, J.E. & Evanovich, J.M. (2020). Managing Participant Sport Across the Life Span. In Contemporary Sport Management, 7^th  Pedersen, P & Thibault, L., editors.

McGarry, J.E. Evanovich, J.M., Ebron. K., Cho, J., & Arinze, N. (2019). Power and politics: A case study in community sport partnerships. Case Studies in Sport Management. 8(1), 50-5.

Dixon, M., McGarry, J.E. & Evanovich, J.M. (2018). Community and Youth Sport. In Contemporary Sport Management, 6^th Pedersen, P & Thibault, L., editors.

Fuller, R.D., McGarry, J.E., Coble, C.J, Evanovich, J.M., & Zastoupil, G. (2017). Lessons Learned: Action Research in a Campus-Community Partnership. In Research Methods Case Studies. Sage Publications Ltd.

Fidler, J., McLaughlin, P., Bubela, D., Scarneo, S. E., McGarry, J., Evanovich, J.M., & DiStefano, L. (2016). An Exploration of the Relationship of Body Mass Index with Motor Performance Measures and Quality of Life in Children Living in an Urban Setting. Journal of Childhood Obesity, 1(4), 20.

Fuller, R.D., Evanovich, J.M., Bruening, J.E., Welty Peachey, J.A., Coble, C.J., Percy, V.E., Maldouangdock, J., & Corral, M. (2015). The impact of a sport-based service learning course on participants’ attitudes, intentions and action toward social change. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 8, 14-26.

Bruening, J.E., Welty Peachey, J.A., Evanovich, J.M., Fuller, R.D., Chung, M., Percy, V.E., Silverstein, L.A., & Coble, C.M. (2015). Managing sport for social change: The effects of intentional design and structure in a sport-based service learning initiative. Sport Management Review, 18 (1), 69–85.

Bruening, J. E., Cotrufo, R. A., Fuller, R. D., Madsen, R. M., Evanovich, J. M., & Wilson-Hill, D. E (2014). Applying intergroup contact theory to the sport management classroom. Sport Management Education Journal, 8, 35-45.