Global Sport Lab

In anticipation of the world’s largest sporting event arriving in Seattle in 2026 – The Men’s FIFA World Cup, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and our partners have created the Global Sport Lab.

The Global Sport Lab aims to provide students and the public opportunities to learn about global sport and global connections through the expertise of our faculty, staff, guest speakers and community engagements.

For UW students, the Lab will work to support and highlight courses covering a range of regional and disciplinary perspectives on global sport.  For Jackson School majors, that course of study can culminate in a global sport centered capstone – a policy oriented Task Force, Advanced Reading or Public Writing seminar.

Public audiences are invited to join us in our Global Sport lecture series.  We will feature scholars, policymakers and public figures from the sporting world able to put Seattle’s World Cup moment in global perspective.

Global Sport Lab Contact

Email: globalsportlab@uw.edu

Study Abroad

• JSIS/UWB Rwanda: Leadership and Nation Building in Rwanda – Sports Development, Global Health, Ecotourism and Human Rights

  Early Autumn 2025 (Aug. 18-Sept. 19) | Instructors: Ben Gardner and Ron Krabill | Apply by Feb. 15, 2025

Spring 2025 Courses

• JSIS 478 Section D: Special Topics: Shut up and Play? Sports, Politics and Media in Global Perspective (SSc)

In-person | TTh | 10:30 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. | THO 135 | Ron Krabill
How do sports, politics, and media collide to shape the world around us? This course explores how sports influence society-and are influenced by it-while examining how fans and athletes create meaning from their experiences.

• EDUC 200 B/LABOR 295: Education, Sports and Labor (SSc)

In-person | MW | 12:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | MLR 112  | Jennifer Lee Hoffman
This course examines the contemporary structures, economics, legal issues, and sociocultural complexities of college sports and implications for college athlete labor and employment. It also introduces and discusses labor unions and workplace organizing rights in Washington State and beyond.

• ANTH 213: Anthropology and Sport (Div, SSc)

In-person | WF | 11:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | SAV 260 | Holly Barker

• GWSS: Gender and Sport (Div, SSc)

In-person | TTh | 1:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | ECE 105 (T); THO 101 (Th) | Shirley J. Yee

• EDUC 331: Sport Leadership and Coaching (SSc)

In-person | MW | 1:00-2:20 p.m. | MLR 320 | Julie McCleery

• ECON 216: Economics of Sports (SSc)

          In-person | TTh | 1:30-3:20 p.m. | SAV 131 | Ahna Kotila

Winter 2025 Courses

• JSIS B 200: Sports and Diplomacy (SSc)

  In-person | TTh | 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | NAN 181 | Active Learning Classroom | Danny Hoffman

• SOC 222: Sociology of Sport (SSc)

  In-person | TTh | 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | ARC 147 | Kyle D. Crowder

• DIST ST 332/CHID 332/LSJ 332: Disability and Society (SSc)

  In-person | TBD | Jason M. Naranjo

  This course is community based in partnership with Outdoors for All.

  View the syllabus for details and Watch a UW video about the course

  “Hitting the snow with a new course on accessibility and disability justice” (UW News, Feb. 2023)

• EDUC 231: Developing Youth Through Sport and Physical Activity (SSc)

  Hybrid | T | Section A: 10:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. | HRC 135 | Hannah O. Olson

  Hybrid | T | Section B: 2:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | MLR 320 | Hannah O. Olson

• EDUC 451: The Role of Sport in Social Justice and Change (SSc)

  In-person | MW | 2:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | MOR 230 | Sara Lopez

Autumn 2024 Courses

• EDUC 200: The Place of Sports in the University (Ssc)

  Hybrid | T | 11:30AM – 12:50PM | MGH231 | Jennifer Hoffman

• EDUC 221: Education & the Play Field (Ssc)

  In-person | MW | 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM | OUG 136 | Jennifer Peterson

• JSIS 110 Sports And Global Affairs (Ssc)

  In-person | TTh | 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM | WFS 201 | Jesús Hidalgo

• MKTG 315: The Business of Personal Branding and Athletics

  In-person | W | 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM | Betsy Sperry