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Subverting Academia & Subversive Academics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, 2015

I presented my paper, “The Original 9: A Feminist Social Movement Through Sports Entertainment and Fashion, 1968-1973,” which is part of my dissertation study, at the Subverting Academia & Subversive Academics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium held March 6-7 in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Teaching “Women, Sports and Culture”

I am teaching “Women, Sports and Culture,” a senior-level course for the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, this semester. From the description: “This course will offer an overview of contemporary cultural issues in women’s sports. Topics that will be covered are the controversial nature of sex verification, gender and female bodily comportment, TitleContinue reading “Teaching “Women, Sports and Culture””

Joined the Diversity and Conference Climate Committee at NASSS

I am very excited to be joining the Diversity and Conference Climate Committee of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport on November 7, 2014. I will be completing the final two years of NASSS president-elect Cheryl Cooky’s four year appointment.

Foray Into Public Intellectualism

On June 6, 2014, Emma Span published an op-ed in the New York Times titled, “Is Softball Sexist?” In this piece, Span asserts that softball is a distinctly different sport than baseball and that there is no inherent need for girls to be pushed out of baseball and into softball. However, she warns that thereContinue reading “Foray Into Public Intellectualism”

Publication in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

My article, “Judith Butler redux — The heterosexual matrix and the out lesbian athlete: Amélie Mauresmo, gender performance, and women’s professional tennis”, has been published in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport — volume 41, issue 2 (the July 2014 issue), p. 163-176. This article has been available electronically since April, 2013.

2014-2015 University of Maryland’s Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

I won a University of Maryland’s Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Award for the 2014-2015 academic year. This award will free up my time from teaching during the fall term so that I can fully focus on my dissertation.