Associations / Ambassadorial Roles
Dean has been a member of numerous associations and has sat on various committees and boards.
- International Ambassador for Community Conservation Fund Africa (CCFA)
- Ambassador for Nelson Mandela Bay
- Brand Ambassador for Mantis
- Brand Ambassador for Maxi-Cosi South Africa
- Editorial Board for International Sports History Journal (Associate Editor) and Impumelelo – The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports
- Committee Member, Cape Higher Education Consortium (South Africa)
- Committee Member, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Research Ethics Committee
- Research Associate, University of Ulster (South African Special Olympics Project)
- Historical Advisor to the RFU Museum, Twickenham & SARFU Centenary Committee
- British Society of Sports History Selection Panel for the Lord Aberdare Book Prize
- British Society of Sports History (Executive Committee Member)
- International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (Committee Member)
- Australian Society of Sports History
- North American Society of Sports History