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Sarah Hardin is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Iowa, specializing in Sport and Recreation Management. With over 20 years of leadership experience in collegiate, community, and nonprofit recreation, she focuses on experiential learning to prepare students for professional success. Her work emphasizes recreational facilities' role in campus and community health, student development, and youth engagement through sport.
Education: PhD from Florida State University. Research interests include experiential education, youth development via recreation, and student learning assessment. She has presented widely on leadership, workplace culture, and student professional development at conferences like NIRSA and the Association for Experiential Education.
National service roles include leadership in the NIRSA School of Recreational Sports Management and editorial board membership for the Recreational Sports Journal. She has also contributed to community initiatives, including curriculum development for nonprofit recreation professionals and program reviews for juvenile detention centers.
