Kasey Symons

Kasey Symons is a Lecturer of Communication - Sports Media at Deakin University in Melbourne. Kasey works across projects specialising in sport for development and sport and social impact. Kasey has completed a Bachelor of Arts (Professional Writing), Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) and PhD at Victoria University. Kasey's creative PhD thesis investigated experiences of female fans of elite men's sport through the lens of gender bias and performance.

Kasey’s current research interests include community development through sport, undertaking a broad range of research projects with national and regional sport organisations in Australia including the Victorian Government, National Rugby League and Australian Football League. Other recent research has included access and equity in sport participation, sport and recreation for at-risk and marginalised communities, sport marketing and fan engagement and representation of women in sport in literature and popular culture. Kasey is also the media manager for the North American based Sport Literature Association.

Kasey also frequently works in the media covering, predominantly women's sport and is a co-founder of the women in sport media collective, Siren Sport.