Brenda Atuona

Email: b.atuona@kent.ac.uk
Tel: (+44) (0)1634 88 89 03
Location: Medway

Qualifications: 

B.Sc Sports Development 

When joined University of Kent: 

September 2010

Main role at University of Kent:

Ph.D Candidate and module leader in Principles of Sport Marketing.

Areas of research interest / expertise: 

Sport sociology, development and management with special interest in race and disability in sport as well as the commercialisation of sport. 

Favourite things about the role: 

Enthusiastic students, supportive staff and the opportunity to contribute in a research area I have a huge interest in.

Advice to Sports students at the University of Kent: 

Try and enjoy all that you do- it makes it 10 times easier to get it done!

Favourite sports: 

Netball: I play in Defence for Crystal Palace Netball Club and for the SUPER University of Kent 1st team. I also love to play badminton.

Recent published work:

Atuona, B. and Pappous, A. Paralympic Sport, Media and the Absence of Black Faces. Paralympics and the Media [Forthcoming, 2011]