Patricia Elizabeth Florence Bradbury ONZM is a New Zealand academic, who retired as a full professor at Massey University, specialising in sport management, in December 2023. In 2024, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sport and education.
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| Other names | Patricia Elizabeth Florence Bradbury |
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| Alma mater | Massey University |
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| Institutions | Massey University |
Academic career
editBradbury completed a Master of Physical Education degree at the University of Ottawa. She then moved to New Zealand to take up a lecturing position at Massey University's Albany campus in 1993, where she was the programme leader, and initially the sole teacher, of the sports and recreation management programme.[1][2] She completed a PhD titled Athletes doing it for themselves: self-coaching experiences of New Zealand Olympians at Massey in 2000.[3][4] Bradbury remained at Massey and held a number of senior roles at the university, including university proctor.[1]
Bradbury researched professional and amateur sport management in New Zealand, including leading research on topics such as the experiences of women and girls officiating in sport.[5]
Bradbury was a board member of the World Association of Sport Management, and held roles in the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand, with Paralympics New Zealand, University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand, and Volleyball New Zealand.[1] She was protocol officer at Eden Park during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]
Bradbury retired from the university in 2023.[7]
Honours and awards
editBradbury was awarded Massey University's Richard Buchanan Teaching Excellence Award and, after her retirement, the title Distinguished Friend of Massey.[1]
In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, Bradbury was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sport and education.[1]
Selected works
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- Bradbury, Trish; O'Boyle, Ian, eds. (19 January 2017). Understanding Sport Management International perspectives (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781138100633.
- Trish Bradbury; Roger Mitchell; Kaye Thorn (4 March 2020). "Moving forward: business model solutions for amateur sport clubs". Managing Sport and Leisure. 26 (3): 189–205. doi:10.1080/23750472.2020.1734479. ISSN 2375-0480. Wikidata Q125184648.
- Trish Bradbury; Ian O’Boyle (2015). "Batting above average: Governance at New Zealand cricket". Corporate Ownership and Control. 12 (4): 352–363. doi:10.22495/COCV12I4C3P3. ISSN 1727-9232. Wikidata Q127660827.
- Trish Bradbury; Darryl Forsyth (16 March 2012). "You're in; you're out: selection practices of coaches". Sport, Business and Management. 2 (1): 7–20. doi:10.1108/20426781211207638. ISSN 2042-6798. Wikidata Q127661446.
- Simon R. Walters; Vincent Minjares; Trish Bradbury; Patricia Lucas; Andrew Lenton; Kirsten Spencer; Simone Spencer (12 September 2022). "Promoting a culture change in junior and youth sport in New Zealand". Frontiers in sports and active living. 4. doi:10.3389/FSPOR.2022.811603. ISSN 2624-9367. Wikidata Q122967988.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "King's Birthday Honours 2024 - Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Snippets". Albany News. No. 10. December 1993. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Bradbury, Patricia Elizabeth (2000). Athletes doing it for themselves: self-coaching experiences of New Zealand Olympians (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2213.
- ^ Bradbury, Trish. "Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council". www.schoolsportnz.org.nz. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "From inception to pitch side". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Massey Professors receive ONZM for pioneering work in health psychology and ageing studies". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
External links
edit- Big issues in sport management, first in a series of 3 sessions, led by Trish Bradbury, 13 October 2016 via YouTube.