Katelynn works with Dr Claire Madigan as a Research Associate in weight management as a qualitative and co-design researcher. Katelynn is a co-lab lead for Workforce for the Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub.
Katelynn completed her PhD at Loughborough University in 2024 on challenging situations between coaches and athletes in performance sport, with a focus on selection and deselection. Katelynn received a grant to support her PhD research from the IOC Olympic Studies Centre for PhD Students and Early Academics.
Prior to her PhD, in 2016 Katelynn completed her BA in Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience at Drury University where she played NCAA volleyball. In 2017, she completed her MSc in War & Psychiatry at King’s College London with her dissertation focusing on Personality Traits and PTSD in first responders.
Katelynn’s PhD focused on how coaches and athletes perceive and manage various challenging situations in performance sport, namely selection and deselection. Katelynn’s research has also focused on women in coaching in collaboration with the FIVB and the Female Coaching Network. In addition, Katelynn has also worked on various research projects that focused on safe sport, safeguarding, and the evaluation of coach education programmes for Safe Sport International, FIFA, and UK Sport. Her main research interests include the coach-athlete relationship, managing selection and deselection, safeguarding in sport, and behaviour change.
Featured publications
- Slade, K., Jowett, S., & Rhind, D. (2024). Managing challenging situations in the coach–athlete dyad: Introducing the Grey Zone Model from the coach perspective. International Sport Coaching Journal, 12(2), 272-285. DOI: 10.1123/iscj.2023-0023
- Slade, K., Jowett, S., & Rhind, D. (2024). Developing guidelines for selection-deselection in high performance sport for athletes, coaches, and organisations: A delphi study. Journal of Sports Sciences, 42(13), 1209–1223. DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2024.2387968
- Jowett, S., Slade, K., Gosai, J., & Davis, L. (2024). Women coaches leadership development programme: an evaluation study of programme effectiveness. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, 1433787. DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1433787
- Jowett, S., Gosai, J., & Slade, K. (2022). Women in coaching: What are the problems and probable solutions? Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 17(1), 16-29. DOI: 10.53841/bpssepr.2022.17.1.16
- Jowett, S. & Slade, K. (2021). Understanding the coach-athlete relationship and the Role of Ability, Intentions, and Integrity. In C. Heaney, N. Kentzer, & B. Oakley (Eds.), Athletic development: A psychological perspective. The Open University.