Albers Marketing Professor Serves on All-Native-Women Panel Discussing Indigenous Sport

Albers Assistant Professor of Marketing Natalie Welch was invited by Janice Forsyth, a prolific indigenous researcher from the University of British Columbia, to serve on a panel of all Native women to discuss their experiences researching and teaching about indigenous sport. The panel was part of the inaugural Global Sport University Network (GSUN) Summit.

The GSUN ’24 Summit brought together international academic experts from around the globe in sports science, engineering, technology and human performance, sports business, humanities, law, journalism and more with industry, sports leagues and federations, and members of the media. The two-day interactive summit, hosted by GSUN co-founder University of Oregon, focused on identifying current issues, research and solutions in inclusivity in sport performance.

"It was important to us to emphasize the importance of Indigenous representation in a global context," said Welch. She is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and was raised on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Cherokee, NC.

Photo (left to right): Professors Christine O'Bonsawin of the University of Victoria, Natalie Welch of the Albers School of Business and Economics and Janice Forsyth of the University of British Columbia.