Her research focuses on how sport and events can be used as instruments of social change. Dr. Misener’s work critically examines numerous ways that sport events have been purported to positively influence community development, social infrastructure, social inclusion, and healthy lifestyles of community members. Dr. Misener’s current research program is focusing on the role of sport events for persons with a disability in influencing community accessibility and perceptions of disability. Her work on events and urban community development has been published in scholarly outlets such as Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Organization and Management, Managing Leisure, and Journal of Sport and Social Issues. She co-edited a special issue of Sport Management Review on Managing Disability Sport with Dr. Simon Darcy, and is currently an Associate Editor of Leisure Science.