Interpreting Sports, LLC is a museum consulting firm that helps organizations create sports content that is balanced, in-depth, timely, and relevant. We work with a simple, but not small, aim – to interpret sports history with empathy, balanced humanity, and authentic connection, one interpretive project at a time. Our principal consultants bring 30+ years combined field experience and are the co-editors and contributing authors of Interpreting Sports at Museums and Historic Sites, a groundbreaking contribution that provides a roadmap, their ‘Game Plan,’ for the future of sports interpretation in public spaces.
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Meet Our Team
Kathryn Leann Harris is Founder & CEO of Interpreting Sports, LLC and lead author/editor for Interpreting Sports at Museums and Historic Sites. As a Certified Public Historian, she brings balance and depth to sports history interpretation and helps cultural organizations enhance their sports narratives through curation and content development. Her clients include Housatonic Museum of Art, Rediscover Mapledale, International Tennis Hall of Fame, James Madison’s Montpelier, adidas History Management Department, and Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
Douglas Stark served as the museum director at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. He successfully directed the museum’s pursuit of accreditation by AAM resulting in the ITHF becoming the first sports hall of fame to be accredited and the first independent sports museum to be a Smithsonian Affiliate. He has also held positions at the United States Golf Association Museum in Far Hills, New Jersey and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Past Interns
Megan Reynolds is the Sports Interpretation & Education Development Intern, working directly with Kathryn Leann. Her work for Interpreting Sports is centered around the reinterpretation of sports history and aiding in the education of museum professionals in the public sport history field. As a Masters student at the University of Massachusetts – Boston, Megan is studying to become a public historian with a focus in sports history. Her love for the Boston Bruins, and more recently the Boston Fleet, has led her to seek an internship with Interpreting Sports as well as a Tour Guide at The Sports Museum in TD Garden. Once graduated, Megan looks to continue in the public sport history field and curate sports history exhibits, hopefully all within the Boston area.
Lilianna Palmer is the Social Media Intern for Interpreting Sports. Her love for sports is intertwined with her appreciation for history and culture. As a rising Sophomore at Babson College, her Boston roots and lifelong support for the Red Sox have fueled her passion for a career in Sports Business and Entrepreneurship. Lilianna currently serves on the board of Babson’s Sports Business Club and is part of a group of students that brought a Sports Business concentration to the school that debuts Fall 2024. She is also an avid fan of baseball and tennis, and holds a position with the Red Sox while actively volunteering with the ATP Tour, Best Buddies, and the Celtics Shamrock Foundation!
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