Rate My Professor Sarah Zipp

Dr. Sarah Zipp serves as Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Sport Management in the School of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University’s Markham Campus. She earned her PhD in International Development from the International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University in the Netherlands, with a dissertation on sport as human capability development for at-risk youth in Barbados and St. Lucia. She also holds an MSc in Sport Leadership and Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Anthropology and Archaeology, magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee University. Dr. Zipp has extensive international academic experience, having taught at institutions across four continents, including as Associate Professor of Sport Management and Program Director at Mount St. Mary’s University from 2022, Lecturer in Sport Studies and Sport Management at the University of Stirling from 2017 to 2022, Lecturer and Researcher in International Sport Management at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences from 2014 to 2017, and Instructor of Sport Management at SUNY College at Cortland from 2006 to 2014. Earlier roles include Director of Development for Athletics at Christopher Newport University and various positions in athletic administration and international programs.