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Dr Ruth Sibson

Dr Ruth Sibson

Dr Ruth Sibson

Program Director

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5600  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5894  
Email: r.sibson@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.235  

 

Availability
  • By appointment.

Current teaching

  • LSC3112 Industry Practice.

Responsibilities

  • Program Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Background

Dr Ruth Sibson is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure. She is currently the Program Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Faculty of Business and Law. Ruth has been teaching and researching in the area of sport and recreation management for the past 14 years, and has worked at the University of Newcastle, Stirling University (Scotland) and at ECU over this time.

Her research interests focus upon local, community sport and recreation opportunities for all citizens and business education, and she has conducted a number of recent research projects in these areas.

Dr Sibson maintains strong industry links through her teaching and research interests and is an invited member of the Recreation Advisory Panel of the Department of Sport and Recreation (WA) and the North Metropolitan Regional Recreation Advisory Group. Ruth also maintains links with academic associations; she is currently the Secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies (ANZALS) and has been a regular attendee at their conferences since 2001. She also co-edited the first postgraduate special edition of the Annals of Leisure Research, the ANZALS journal.

When not working, Ruth enjoys the active side of sport and recreation as a keen hockey player and gym member, as well as the more passive side of watching sport (but particularly the AFL and the West Coast Eagles) on TV. 

Staff qualifications

  • BPHE Hons UWA
  • PhD Newcastle NSW

Professional memberships

  • 2010 – 2012 Member, HERDSA
  • 2005 – 2012 Member, Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand
  • 1999 – 2012 Member, Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies

Awards and recognition

  • 2011 - Vice Chancellor's Award for Engagement
  • 2009 - Dean's Award for Exemplifying University Values

Research

Current research area

  • Sport, gender, organisational cultures and globalisation.
  • Physical activity and the community.
  • Business education.

Recent research grants

  • Sibson, R, Stanway, A., & Russell, D. Social outcomes of culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) sport and active recreation projects in Perth, WA. Department of Sport and Recreation WA & ECU Faculty Strategic Grant, $17,792. 2011.
  • Jackson, D, Riebe, L, & Sibson, R. Auditing employability skill development in ECU business undergraduates. ECU Faculty Teaching & Learning Grant, $9,999. 2011.
  • Sibson, R. & Russell, D. Sport, Recreation and Event Management Student Practicums: A Comparison of Student and Host Agency Perspectives. ECU Faculty Teaching and Learning Grant, $6,285. 2010.
  • Sibson, R. Great Expectations!: Event, Sport and Recreation Management student perceptions of their degree upon enrolment. ECU Faculty Strategic Fund Grant, $4,864. 2008.
  • Northcote, J. & Sibson, R. Muslim Youth for Sport. ECU Faculty Strategic Fund Grant, $20,000. 2007-2008.
  • Henley, N., Sheridan. L., Sibson, R., Ryan. M., Scherrer, P., Ganeshasundaram, R., & Nagorski, J. Global Corporate Challenge Qualitative Research Project. Centre for Heart Disease & Diabetes Prevention (CHDDP) Grant, $5,168. 2007.
  • Henley, N., Sheridan. L., Sibson, R., Ryan. M., Scherrer, P., Ganeshasundaram, R., & Nagorski, J. Taking a new look at physical activity: Leisure, tourism and experiential consumption concepts inform a brand new social marketing approach. ECU Faculty Strategic Fund Grant, $19,967. 2006-2007.

Recent publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Riebe, L., Sibson, R., Roepen, D. & Meakins, K. (Forthcoming). Industry guest speaker impact on business student perceptions of the development of employability skills. Industry and Higher Education. 
  • Sibson, R. (2011). Career choice perceptions of undergraduate Event, Sport and Recreation Management students: An Australian case study. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 10(2), 50-60.
  • Sibson, R., Scherrer, P., Ryan, M., Henley, N. & Sheridan, L. (2010).Is physical activity leisure or work? Exploring the leisure-tourism-physical activity relationship with holidaymakers on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Annals of Leisure Research, 13(4), 652-678.
  • Sibson, R. (2010). Why Event, Sport and Recreation Management? A Western Australian study of undergraduate student degree choice.Annals of Leisure Research, 13(3), 376-394.
  • Sibson, R. (2010). ‘I was banging my head against a brick wall:’ Exclusionary power and the gendering of sport organizations. Journal of Sport Management.
  • Scherrer, P., Sheridan, L., Sibson, R., Ryan, M. & Henley, N. (2010). Employee engagement with a corporate physical activity program: The global corporate challenge. International Journal of Business Studies, 18(1), 125-139.
  • Scherrer, P., Henley, N., Sheridan, L., Sibson, R., & Ryan, M. (2008). Maintaining momentum: The challenge of a workplace physical activity program to sustain motivation and activity. Journal of Research for Consumers, 14, 1-14.
  • Sibson, R. (2005). BBQs and beers, or cappuccinos? Globalisation, field Hockey and social change. Annals of Leisure Research, 8(2-3), 124-141.

Conference papers in proceedings

Refereed full papers

  • Sibson, R. & Russell, D. (2011). Sport, recreation and event management practicum placements, students, host agencies and universities: What do stakeholders expect? Refereed Proceedings of Teaching & Learning Forum, Perth, WA, February 2011.
  • Jackson, D., Sibson, R. & Reibe, L. (2010). The Business Edge employability skills framework: A contextualised approach. Refereed Proceedings of E-Culture Conference, Perth, WA, November 2010.
  • Sibson, R. & Russell, D. (2010). Sport, recreation and event management practicum placements: An analysis of student and supervisor expectations and perceptions. Refereed Proceedings of E-Culture Conference, Perth, WA, November 2010.
  • Sibson, R. (2005). ‘I think what they want is exposure’: The sponsorship dynamics of local, grass-roots sport. Refereed Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, December 2005, Hobart:TASA.

Abstract refereed only

  • Sibson, R. (2010). The current generation of Event, Sport and Recreation Management Undergraduate students: Perceptions of M’Y’ career Sport Management Association of Australia & New Zealand Conference, Wellington, NZ.
  • Sibson, R. & Russell, D. (2010). Sport, recreation and event management student practica: A comparison of student and host agency supervisor perspectives. Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Wellington, NZ.
  • Sibson, R. (2010). The current generation of students: Wh‘Y’ Event, Sport and Recreation Management? Australian & New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference, Brisbane.
  • Sibson, R., Ryan, M., Scherrer, P., Sheridan, L., Nagorski, J., Henley, N., & Ganeshasundaram, R. (2008). 'I think it is fun because of where you are': People's experiences of physical activity on Rottnest Island, WA. Australian & New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference, Melbourne.
  • Sibson, R. (2005). Globalisation, field Hockey and social change. Australian & New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference, Melbourne.