William V. Massey, Ph.D.

William V. Massey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
william.massey@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3226

Women's Building

Women's Building 203C

160 SW 26th Street

160 SW 26th Street
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PDF icon William V. Massey, Ph.D. (August 2022)

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Biography

PhD, Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MS, Psychosocial Kinesiology, Southern Illinois University
BA, Sport Studies, Central Michigan University

Spotlight

Spotlight

Notes From the Backpack: A PTA Podcast

Episode 104 | Recess: Is it Just for Play?

New book: Sport in Under-resourced, Underdeveloped, and Conflict Regions

Over the past two decades, scholars and practitioners have taken a keen interest in the field of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP). These efforts have largely focused on and debated the merits of sport as a tool for development, diplomacy, and peace building in under-resourced, underdeveloped, and conflict regions. Making sense of the positive contributions that sport can offer to such complex and multi-faceted issues requires understanding the various connections and meanings that individuals and communities ascribe to their sporting experiences. This book offers a unique outlet for research that engages with, rather than makes claims about, individuals and communities around the world. Diverse, contemporary, and thought-provoking examples of qualitative methods in the study of SDP are detailed, along with rich, meaningful, and provocative insights from these studies.

Publications

2020

Journal Article

S. W. Logan, Feldner, H. A., Bogart, K. R., Catena, M. A., Hospodar, C. M., Vora, J. Raja, Smart, W. D., and Massey, W. V., “Perceived Barriers Before and After a 3-Month Period of Modified Ride-On Car Use.”, Pediatr Phys Ther, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 243-248, 2020.
W. V. Massey and Whitley, M. A., “The Talent Paradox: Disenchantment, Disengagement, and Damage Through Sport”, Sociology of Sport Journal, pp. 1 - 11, 2020.
W. V. Massey, Stellino, M. B., and Geldhof, G. J., “An observational study of recess quality and physical activity in urban primary schools.”, BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 792, 2020.
W. V. Massey, Perez, D., Neilson, L., Thalken, J., and Szarabajko, A., “Observations from the playground: Common problems and potential solutions for school-based recessObjective:Design:Setting:Method:Results:Conclusion:”, Health Education Journal, 2020.

2019

Journal Article

M. A. Whitley, Massey, W. V., Camiré, M., Boutet, M., and Borbee, A., “Sport-based youth development interventions in the United States: a systematic review.”, BMC Public Health, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 89, 2019.
M. Phansikar, Ashrafi, S. Anjum, Khan, N. A., Massey, W. V., and Mullen, S. P., “Active Commute in Relation to Cognition and Academic Achievement in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations.”, Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 16, no. 24, 2019.
M. A. Whitley, Massey, W. V., Camiré, M., Blom, L. C., Chawansky, M., Forde, S., Boutet, M., Borbee, A., and Darnell, S. C., “A systematic review of sport for development interventions across six global cities”, Sport Management Review, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 181 - 193, 2019.

2018

Journal Article

M. A. Whitley and Massey, W. V., “Navigating tensions in qualitative research: methodology, geography, personality and beyond”, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, vol. 514175644, no. 2, pp. 1 - 12, 2018.
W. V. Massey, Ku, B., and Stellino, M. B., “Observations of playground play during elementary school recess.”, BMC Res Notes, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 755, 2018.
W. V. Massey, Stellino, M. B., Mullen, S. P., Claassen, J., and Wilkison, M., “Development of the great recess framework - observational tool to measure contextual and behavioral components of elementary school recess.”, BMC Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 394, 2018.

Pages

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Inside the mind of researcher William Massey