Rate My Professor Jason Harding

Dr. Jason Harding is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Marketing at Griffith Business School, Griffith University, based on the Gold Coast campus in room G27 2.16A. He is an academic, graphic designer, artist, and design thinker whose background lies in elite-level sports science. Harding holds a Bachelor's degree and a PhD in sports science from Griffith University, with his doctoral thesis completed in 2010 titled 'Technological Performance Assessment Innovation for Elite-Level Snowboarding.' This work was conducted in association with the Australian Institute of Sport and the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, where he previously served as a sports scientist. His transition to academia at Griffith reflects a career bridging sports performance analysis and business disciplines in tourism, sport management, and marketing.

Harding's research specializations include sports science, sports technology, and sports management, focusing on performance assessment innovations for elite-level snowboarding and the social identity aspects of technological innovation in international sport. Key publications encompass 'Automated scoring for elite half-pipe snowboard competition using inertial sensors' (2008, Journal of Sports Technology, cited 38 times), 'Feature extraction of performance variables in elite half-pipe snowboarding using body mounted inertial sensors' (2009), 'Analysis of Snowboarding Performance at the Burton Open Australian Half-Pipe Championships' (2010), 'Insight from the Australian national snowboard coach' (2008), and 'A social identity analysis of technological innovation in an international sport' (2016, European Sport Management Quarterly, cited 25 times). His research outputs total 12 works with 218 citations per ResearchGate. Harding received the Griffith Business School Learning and Teaching Award in 2013. He convenes courses including The Hospitality Experience (7202THS), Tourism, Travel and Technology (1007THS), Sport and Social Media (7334THS), and Design Innovation & Digitisation (7234THS), integrating technology, innovation, design thinking, and human experiences into tourism and marketing education.