2024 National Conference

Dr. Marla Gladstone

Initial Takeaways from Research Projects of Mid-Career and Late Career Women Strength and Conditioni

Dr. Gladstone studies women in coaching, women who coach men and social justice/diversity and inclusion in sport. She recently graduated with a PhD in Coaching and Teaching Studies in December of 2023. She also earned her Master’s in Coaching and Sport Education from West Virginia University in 2020. Marla has 20 years of experience coaching men’s basketball in Canada. Her interest is to focus on systematic change and adjust to be more inclusive in meaningful ways that will make a difference to critical underrepresented and marginalized populations. Her most recent research projects have focused on women in the Strength and Conditioning Coaching field at the mid-career and late career stages.