Dr Nigel Jarvis PhD, MA, BA

Senior Lecturer

contact:
Sport and Service Management
Darley Road
Eastbourne
BN20 7UR

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643628

Email: N.D.Jarvis@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

Nigel completed his Ph.D. in 2006 at the University of Brighton, which examined the meaning of sport in the lives of Canadian and British men. The research critically aids in understanding how the lived experiences of gay men taking part in sport relate to and inform relevant hegemonic and queer theoretical debates. He concluded that gay men are not overtly challenging traditional forms of hegemonic masculinity and sporting institutions as a whole, although on many occasions they subtly contest and disrupt these conservative ideological notions through their (queer) embodied practices.

Nigel undertook his M.A. in Leisure Management at the University of Sheffield (1996) and his B.A.A. in Geography at Ryerson University in Toronto (1986). He worked for 6 years as a consultant specializing in tourism, recreation and cultural master plans and feasibility studies in Toronto before returning to academia in England where he has lectured from 1996 to the present.

Nigel has a keen interest in gender and sexuality issues in leisure and tourism.  Along with his colleagues Dr. Clare Weeden and Jo-Anne Lester, he is currently working on a series of research papers related to lesbian and gay men's perceptions of the cruise industry in general as well as the gay cruise sector specifically.  The research is based on a survey of 171 lesbian, gay and bisexual people from around the globe, as well as a series of in-depth interviews.  Further research and teaching interests relate to sport tourism, sport and event sponsorship, the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism, attractions management, the politics associated with tourism planning, leisure management and research methods. He has also helped to develop a web-based theme park simulation for his students as part of his teaching.

Forthcoming Publication

Jarvis, N. (2013 forthcoming). The Inclusive Masculinities of Heterosexual Men within U.K. Gay Sport Clubs. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

Jarvis, N. (2013 forthcoming). Masculinity and the Gay Games:  A consideration of hegemonic and queer debates. In M. Casey and T. Thurnell-Read (eds.). Men, Masculinities, Travel and Tourism. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.

Jarvis, N. (2013 forthcoming). A short, selective history of the Gay Games: Conflicts, clashes and controversies. In U. Merkel (ed.). Power, Politics and International Events - Socio-Cultural Analyses of Festivals and Spectacles. London: Routledge.

Weeden, C., Jarvis, N. and White, S. (2013 forthcoming). Membership of the New Forest Green Leaf Tourism Scheme: An exploration of the commercial and environmental motivations among tourism and hospitality micro-SMEs. In I. Pantelidis (ed.). Routledge Handbook of Hospitality. London: Routledge.

Research Publications

Selected papers/research presented at Conferences include

• Jarvis, N. (2011). The Politics of Heterosexual Men's Participation in Gay Sport Clubs. International Sociology of Sport Association Conference, Havana, Cuba.
• Jarvis, N., Weeden, C. and Lester, J. (2011). Gay men's motivations and perceptions of the mainstream and gay cruise sector. "Advancing the Social Science of Tourism" Conference, Guildford, University of Surrey, UK.
• Weeden, C., Jarvis, N, and Lester, J. (2011). Comparative analysis of lesbian and gay men's motivations and perceptions of the (gay) cruise market. IV International Critical Tourism Studies.
• Pulido, A. and Jarvis, N. (2009). The Impacts of Climate Change on Small Hotels in Granada Spain. 7th International Symposium on Tourism and Sustainability – Travel and Tourism in the Age of Climate Change. Eastbourne, University of Brighton, England.
• Jarvis, N. (2008). Cocks and Balls: Sex and Desire among British Badminton and Canadian Softball Gay Male Athletes. Royal Geographical Society, London, England.
• Jarvis, N. (2008). The Politics of Heterosexual Men's Participation in GaySport. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, USA.
• Jarvis, N. (2005). The Sport Career Paths of Gay Canadian and British Men. International Sociology of Sport Association Conference, Third World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Jarvis, N. (2003). Gay sports and queer theory: Confirming or challenging the heterosexual social order? International Sociology of Sport Association Conference, Second World Congress, German Sports University, Cologne, Germany.
• Jarvis, N. (2003). Gay Men’s Sporting Masculinities. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Montreal, Canada.
• Jarvis, N. (2002). Twelve Men Out: Observations from a Gay Men’s Softball Team. Out From The Centre Queer Studies Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
• Jarvis, N. (2000). The Commodification of the Gay World Series. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Colorado Springs, USA.
• Hely, T. and Jarvis, N. (1999). Safety in Resorts: Key Issues for UK Tour Operators. 1999 Tourism Industry & Education Symposium Conference Proceedings, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
• Hely, T. and Jarvis, N. (1999). The Facilitation of Computer Simulated Business Exercises in Higher Education in the UK: A Case Study at the University of Brighton. 1999 CHRIE (Hospitality and Tourism Educators) Conference Proceedings, Albequerque, USA.
• Jarvis, N. and King, L. (1997). Volunteers in Uniformed Youth Organisations. 1997 Leisure Studies Association Conference, (Conference Proceedings), Roehampton, UK.

Postgraduate Student Supervision
MPhil/PhD (current)

• Rodrigo Lucena De Mello - Rainbow Families on Holiday: Motivations and Destination Choices
• Angela Wichmann - Tourism, Turnen, Tournaments: Understanding sports event
  tourists in the context of the 2011 World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne

Consultancy

Consultancy activities have recently included working for Eastbourne Borough Council on annual research focusing on the economic impacts of five major events (Airbourne, Hastings Direct International Tennis Championships, Xtreme, Beer Festival and Magnificent Motors) held in the town. Each event report further focused on issues such as sponsorship recall, changes in destination image, and visitor satisfaction.