Doctor Danya Hodgetts Academic & Research Division Hon/Adjunct Appts / Academic & Research Division

Dr Danya Hodgetts is a sport manager, lecturer and researcher who strives to combine practitioner skills and industry experience with theory, best practice and research. In her roles as National Development Manager with Surf Life Saving Australia, and Regional Manager with the Australian Sports Commission, Danya led teams that implemented programs in coaching, officiating, club & school participation, high performance and member development. 

From 2004-09, Danya was a Lecturer and Program Director of Health and Exercise Studies at Central Queensland University. This tenure gave her greater insight into sport management through facilitating the learning of future sport managers and researching the discipline. Danya’s enthusiasm for technology allowed her to implement innovative online learning programs for students and conduct research in the area of social viral marketing and sport education accessibility. She has an Honours Degree in Human Movement Science, a Masters in Business Administration and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) examining how major events can be leveraged to create legacies for community sport. In 2009-10 Danya worked with the Corporate Governance section at CQUniversity developing an academic support system to allow tertiary courses and programs to be benchmarked and improved.

Throughout this time, Danya continued to interact and consult with the industry, working with a range of Australian and New Zealand sporting organisations and government bodies in the areas of strategic planning and review, sport development and education and training.

Danya is obsessive about organisation, delivering real outcomes and making things happen. She is passionate about sport and its ability to generate social change. She is not an elite athlete.

Professional positions held:

Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ)

2012 – Australian Sports Commission – Women in Sport Leadership Grant ($5,000)

2012 - CQUniversity Population Research Grant Scheme – Event Leveraging Research ($15,000)

2009/10 CQUniversity Australian Postgraduate Award – Event Impact Research ($63,415.80)

2009 - CQUniversity Institute for Social Science Research Grant – Event Impact Research ($1,980)

2008 - CQUniversity National and International Conference Speakers Assistance Program – Event Impact Research ($1,500)

2006 - CQUniversity National and International Conference Speakers Assistance Program – Viral Marketing Research ($1,500)

2007 - CQUniversity Research Grant – Sport Education Barriers ($5,000)

2006 - CQUniversity Faculty Research Grant – Viral Social Marketing ($5,000)

Hodgetts, D., & Tate, C. (2012). Barriers and Strategies for Recruiting Officials in Victorian Swimming. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia New Zealand Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Hodgetts, D., & Duncan, M. (2012). Social capital as a legacy from a major sporting event. Paper presented at the Sport Management Australia Association of New Zealand Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Hodgetts, D., Mummery, K., & Duncan, M. (2010). Sport development legacies from major events: Legacy by osmosis? Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia New Zealand Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Hodgetts, D., Mummery, K., & Duncan, M. (2008). An examination of a major event and the sport legacies produced. Paper presented at the Sport Management Association of Australia New Zealand Conference, Fremantle, Australia.

Hodgetts, D., Mummery, K., & Duncan, M. (2008). An analysis of the impact on sport development resulting from the conduct of a major event. Paper presented at the European Association of Sport Management Conference, Heidelberg, Germany.

Hodgetts, D., Joyner, K., Mummery, K., Duncan, M., & Dobele, A. (2007). Viral social marketing: An examination of ad perception and forwarding behaviour based on physical activity. Paper presented at the Sports Management Association of  Australia New Zealand Conference, Waiheke Island , Auckland, New Zealand.

Hodgetts, D., Joyner, K., Mummery, K., Duncan, M., & Dobele, A. (2006). Viral social marketing: testing the effectiveness of the internet to effectively disseminate physical activity promotion messages. Paper presented at the ASICS Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Yanuca, Fiji Islands.

Ford, C., Giles, C., Hodgetts, D., & O'Connell, S. (2007). 2006 Year book - Surf lifesaving: an Australian icon in transition. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved September 1, 2007, fromhttp://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/845def90bfdc637aca257235007e7501!OpenDocument.