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Welch Suggs
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Biography
Welch Suggs is Associate Professor of Journalism and Associate Director of the Carmical Sports Media Institute at the University of Georgia, USA. He has served in both roles since 2012. He and colleagues developed an undergraduate certificate curriculum in sports media for Georgia’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication, with alumni now working for a range of media organizations including ESPN, the Washington Post, the PGA Tour, and numerous NFL, NBA, MLB and MLS teams. Suggs’ research includes work in both sports media and college athletics policy, and he is a past officer and head of AEJMC’s Sports Communication Interest Group. He is the author of A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters.