My research examines the role of sport in overall community development, including youth development, sense of community, fan and player behavior, and equity and inclusion.
I've included below a list of all of my peer-reviewed published articles. Full-text copies of articles are available upon request here
2024
Legg, E., & Varney, R. (2024) Motivations, barriers, and supports: An examination of the experiences of women of color recreational sport coaches. Journal of Sport Management. Advance online publication
Meerts-Brandsma, L, Legg, E., & Lackey, Q. (2024) “I am not diversity training”: Exploring the experiences of diverse parks and recreation professionals through socio-ecological systems theory. Leisure Sciences Advance online publication
Newland, A. & Legg, E. (2024). We’re all in the same boat: The role of group physical activity in community (re) development following a natural disaster. Community Development 55(4), 515-532. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2024.2329631
Legg, E., & Polous, A. (2024) Dialectics as a tool for navigating the mandates of scholarship and community impact: Learning from reflexive practices. Leisure/Losir, 48¸(3), 505-525 https:doi.org/ 10.1080/14927713.2023.2224364
2023
McWilliams, C., & Legg, E. (2023) Increasing student access: Pivots and lessons learned during COVID-19). SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 38 (2), 150-151.
2022
Lindblom, J., Legg, E., & Vogt, C. A. (2022). Diving into a new era: The role of an international sport event in fostering peace in a post-conflict city. Journal of Sport for Development (10)2, 72-88.
Legg, E., Wells, MS., & Barile, J.P. (2022). The relation of achievement goals to sense of community in an adult recreational sports league: A multi-level perspective. The Sport Journal. Available online at https://thesportjournal.org/article/the-relation-of-achievement-goals-to-sense-of-community-in-an-adult-recreational-sports-league-a-multi-level-perspective/
Shultz, C., Kumm, B., Legg, E. (2022) But words can and do hurt: A rejoinder to “Sticks and stones.” SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education (37)3, 208-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/1937156X.2021.1986432
Legg, E., & Rose, J. (2022) Write it out: Examining recreational youth sport parent emotions through an expressive writing exercise. Journal of Park & Recreation Administration, 40 (2), 108-125.
Schultz, C., Kumm, B., Legg, E., & Rose, J. (2022). Emotional pedagogies: Strategies for engaging social justice in the classroom. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 37 (1-2), 82-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/1937156X.2020.1777227
2021
Legg, E., & Karner, E. (2021) Development of a model of diversity, equity and inclusion for sport volunteers: An examination of the experiences of diverse volunteers for a national sport governing body. Sport, Education, and Society 26 (9), 966-981: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.1907325
Ross, A., Legg, E., & Wilson, K. (2021) The influence of peer and coach relationships in after-school sports on indicators of school climate. Health Education Journal 80(4) 487-497. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920988750
Legg, E. (2021). The purpose of sport: Perspectives of players, coaches, parents, and administrators. Managing Sport& Leisure 26 (1-2), 80-92. https:// doi: 10.1080/23750472.2020.1792800
Findlay-Peterson, M., Legg, E., & Ashcraft, R. (2021) Assessing undergraduate nonprofit management curriculum: A mixed methods case study of a strategically selected university program. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership 11(3), 94-117. https://doi.org/10.18666/JNEL-2020-10085
Legg, E., & McWilliams, C. (2021) Exploring the lived experience of the contemporary college student through photo elicitation. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education 21 (1-2), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/1937156X.2020.1760750
2020
Newland, A., Newton, M., Moore, W., & Legg, E. (2020) Do goal orientations and coaching efficacy predict the likelihood of coaches’ transformational leadership? Journal of Sport Behavior 43 (4), 442-462.
Fader, N., Legg, E., & Ross, A. (2020) Finding a sense of community in youth soccer: A composite vignette of the refugee experience. Journal of Park & Recreation Administration 38 (2), 97-116. https://doi.org/10.18666/JPRA-2020-9981
Newland, A., Gitelson, R., & Legg, E. (2020). Examining the relationship between mental skills and grit in Senior Olympic athletes. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 28(4), 658-667. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2019-0304
Shultz, C.S., & Legg, E. (2020) A/r/tography: At the intersection of art, leisure, and science. Leisure Sciences, 42(2), 243-252.
2019
Fader, N. Legg, E., & Ross, A. (2019). The relation of sense of community in sport on resilience and cultural adjustment for youth refugees. World Leisure Journal 61 (4), 291-302
White, M., Legg, E., Foroughi, B., & Rose, J. (2019). Constructing past, present, and future communities: Exploring the experiences of community among last-dollar scholarship students. Journal of Community Psychology. 47 (4), 805-818. doi:10.1002/jcop.22154
Newland, A., Newton, M., Moore, W., & Legg, E. (2019) Transformational leadership and youth development in basketball. International Sport Coaching Journal, 6, (1), 30-42. doi:10.1123/iscj.2018-0002
Legg, E., Jones, G., & White, M. (2019) Whose job is it anyway? Public-private partnerships in youth sport. Managing Sport and Leisure, 23 (4-6), 261-276. doi: 10.1080/23750472.2018.1530070
2018
Legg, E., Newland, A., & Bigelow, R. (2018) Somebody’s eyes are watching: The impact of coaching observations on empowering climates and youth development. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 36 (14), 90-106. doi.org/10.18666/JPRA-2018-V36-I4-8885
Tran, A.T., Lam, C., & Legg, E. (2018) Financial stress, social supports, gender, and anxiety during college: A stress-buffering perspective. The Counseling Psychologist, 46 (7), 846-869. doi: 10.1177/0011000018806687
Legg, E., Rose, J., Tanner, P.J., & Newland, A. (2018). Exploring sense of community in a relocated sport fan group. Sport in Society, 21 (9) 1319-1336. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2017.1388785
2017 and Earlier
Legg, E., Wells, M., Newland, A., & Tanner, P. (2017). Exploring sense of community in adult recreational tennis. World Leisure Journal, 59(1), 39-53.
Legg, E., Wells, M. S., & Barile, J. P. (2015). Factors related to sense of community in youth sport parents. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 33(2), 73-86.
Schwab, K. A., Legg, E., Tanner, P., Timmerman, D., Dustin, D., & Arthur-Banning, S. G. (2015). Career paths in sport management. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies & Recreation Education, 30(2), 1-11.
Newland, A., Newton, M., Podlog, L., Legg, W. E., & Tanner, P. (2015) Exploring the nature of transformational leadership in sports: A phenomological examination with female athletes. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health, 7 (5), 663-687.
Schwab, K., Dustin, D., Legg, E., Wells, M.S., Timmerman, D., & Arthur-Banning, S. (2013). Choosing sport management as a college major. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 28(2), 16-27.