Dr. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University’s Tisch institute for Global Sport, is a globally-recognized sports diplomacy expert specializing in Franco-United States relations. A historian, writer, and consultant, she utilizes her in-depth knowledge of global sport, communications, and diplomacy to help people be more effective communicators to international audiences. Author of Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA (Bloomsbury, 2023) and The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010 (Lexington Books, 2013), her work has appeared with outlets like TIME, CNN International, The Athletic, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and more.


Dr. Krasnoff directs the FranceAndUS project, which illuminates what different types of sports diplomacy can look like and demonstrates the important role individuals play. Previously, as a Research Associate with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London, she co-directed the “Basketball Diplomacy in Africa” project pegged to the NBA’s Basketball Africa League. A veteran of the U.S. Department of State’ Office of the Historian, Krasnoff has taught at SOAS University of London, the Foreign Service Institute, The George Washington University, Queens College, Baruch College, and Riverdale Country School.


In addition to serving as a SIGA Women Global Mentorship Programme mentor, Krasnoff is an advisory board member for the History Communications Institute, editorial board member of Sports Law, Policy and Diplomacy Journal, scientific committee member of the RERIS Studies in International Sport Relations series (De Gruyter), and correspondent for Les Sports Modernes. She previously served as an advisory board member for the Leadership, Ethics, and Practice Initiative at The Elliott School, The George Washington University and “All Americans: Sport and Identity” exhibit at the U.S. National Archives, and Executive Committee member of Sport & Démocratie (France) focused on sports diplomacy.


Dr. Krasnoff holds a PhD in History from The Graduate Center (City University of New York), MA in Journalism and French Studies (NYU), and BA in International Affairs (The George Washington University).

Publications

• Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA By Bloomsbury (Sep 07 2023)
• "Bill Cain's 'Scrutiny,' and his Transformation Into an Athlete Ambassador in French Professional Basketball" in Sport and Protest in the Black Atlantic (Gennaro & McGowan) By Routledge (Nov 15 2022)
• The up-front legacies of France 2019: changing the face of â¿¿le foot fémininâ¿¿ By Sport in Society (Sep 01 2022)
• Barnstorming Frenchmen: Paris Université Club and the Role of the Individual in Sports Diplomacy By Manchester University Press (Aug 15 2018)
• Views From The Embassy: The U.S. Diplomatic Community in France, 1914 By U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian (Sep 15 2014)
• The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010 By Lexington Books (Dec 15 2012)