Danielle Sarver Coombs PhD

Danielle Sarver Coombs (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) specialises in research related to sport, politics, and the politics of sport, with particular emphasis on fandom and gender. 

She is co-editor of two books on the 2023 Women’s World Cup that will be released in 2025 (one focused on media, one on the social impact of the tournament), as well as rapid-response publications on the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Dr. Coombs’s textbook The Consumer Insights Handbook has been adopted in multiple countries and a second edition will be released in 2026.