Research

Research Interests

Grounded in intersectionality, qualitative methods, and social justice, Kristi’s research rests at the confluence of cultural studies, social medicine (and, more broadly, medical humanities), public health, and sport. She focuses on the body — viewing them on a continuum from the hyper-ability of elite athletes to the social epidemiology of illness, disease, and cancer — while maintaining particular attention on women, race, gender expression, and LGBTQ+ issues. The broader goal of her research is to highlight inequitable cultural understandings of the body and to work collaboratively with colleagues to redress them.

Pictured: Patricia Hill Collins, one of intersectionality’s leaders, and Kristi (with Serena Williams serving in the background) at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Publications

Books

Tredway K (2020). Social Activism in Women’s Tennis: Generations of Politics and Cultural Change, London: Routledge.

→ Review – Segrave, JO (2021). Journal of Sport History, 48(1), p. 91-92. “Kristi Tredway’s Social Activism in Women’s Tennis is the best book about tennis since David Foster Wallace’s String Theory.”

Refereed Journal Articles

Pratt-Chapman ML, Tredway K, Wheldon CW, Streed CG, Scout NFN, Ose J, & Jackson S (2024). Strategies for Advancing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection in Cancer Research. Journal of Clinical Oncology – Oncology Practice. [pdf]

Tredway K (2022). A Lived Experience of Breast Cancer As A Scholar of Intersectionality. JAMA Oncology, 8(10), p. 1396-1397. [pdf]

Dean LT, Greene N, Adams MA, Geffen S, Malone J, Tredway K, Poteat T (2021). Beyond Black and White: Race and Sexual Identity as Contributors to Healthcare System Distrust after Breast Cancer Screening among US Women. Psycho-Oncology, 30(7), p. 1145-1150. [pdf]

Tredway K (2020). Serena Williams and (the Perception of) Violence: Intersectionality, the Performance of Blackness, and Women’s Professional Tennis. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43(9), p. 1563-1580. [pdf]

Tredway K (2019). Rainbow Flags Over Margaret Court Arena: Commemoration vs. Grassroots LGBTQ Social Activism at the Australian Open Tennis Championships. Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture, 10(1/2), p. 71-90. [pdf]

Tredway K (2018). Engaging Students of Intersectionality Through Sports Media: Using Women’s Tennis to Teach the Matrix of Domination. Teaching Media Quarterly, special issue on Intersectionality and Media, 6(2), p. 1-8. [pdf]

Tredway K & Liberti R (2018). “‘All Frocked Up in Purple’: Rosie Casals, Virginia Slims, and the Politics of Fashion at Wimbledon, 1972.” Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, 5(2); p. 235-247. [pdf]

Tredway K (2016). “‘The Leaning Tower of Pizzazz’: Ted Tinling, Couturier for the Women’s Professional Tennis Revolution.” Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, 3(3), p. 295-312. [pdf]

Tredway K (2014). “Judith Butler Redux — The Heterosexual Matrix and the Out Lesbian Athlete: Amélie Mauresmo, Gender Performance, and Women’s Professional Tennis.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 41(2), p. 163-176. [pdf]

Refereed Book Chapters

Tredway K (2019). “The Original 9, Women’s Lob Feminism, and the Social Movement That Launched Women’s Professional Tennis, 1968-1973.” In S. Wagg, C. Osborne, & R. Lake (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics, London: Routledge.

Tredway K (2018). “The Performance of Blackness and Femininity in Postfeminist Times: Visualizing Serena Williams Within the Context of Corporate Globalization.” In K. Toffoletti, H. Thorpe & J. Francombe-Webb (eds.), New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times, London: Palgrave. [pdf]

Tredway K (2018). “Judith Butler, Feminism and the Sociology of Sport.” In L. Mansfield, J. Caudwell, R. Watson & B. Wheaton (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Feminisms in Sport, Leisure and Physical Education, London: Palgrave. [pdf]

Published Abstract

Tredway K, Camp MS, Poteat T, & Dean LT (2022). Patient Relatedness with Healthcare Providers: An Intersectional Mixed-Methods Analysis Focused on Race and Sexual Orientation in Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment. Abstract PO-159: 14^th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 31(1 supplement), p. PO-159.

Tredway K, Cork SJ, Camp MS, Poteat T, & Dean LT (2020). LGBTQ Patients and Cancer Care: A Scoping Review of U.S. Physician Attitudes, Biases, and Interactions. Abstract PO-067: 13^th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 29(12 supplement), p. PO-067.

Tredway K (2020). The Cultural Experiences of Gender and Sexual Minorities Accessing Preventative Breast Cancer Screenings: Making Medical Settings More Inclusive to Increase Uptake. Abstract C130: 12^th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 29(6 supplement), p. C130.

Other Publications

Tredway K (2016). “Charging the Net: Social Activism in Women’s Professional Tennis.” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maryland.

Tredway K (2001). “A Nation of the Plains: The Religious Nationalism of the Lakota, 1851-1890.” Master’s Thesis, University of Colorado.

Conference Participation

Papers Presented

Tredway K (2018). “Caster’s Shorts: How Fashion Transgression Triggered Medical Intervention for an Elite Track Athlete.” Eastern Sociological Society annual conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

Tredway K (2017). “Intersectionality and Articulation: Epistemological Overlaps.” National Women’s Studies Association annual conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

Tredway K (2017). “Charging the Net: A Generational Model of Social Activism in Women’s Professional Tennis.” American Sociological Association annual conference, Montreal, Canada.

Tredway K (2017). “Intersectionality and Articulation: Overlaps and Disconnects.” Eastern Sociological Society annual conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tredway K (2015). “‘Are There Any Questions?’: Press Conference Participation as a Qualitative Research Method in the Sociology of Sport.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport annual conference, Santa Fé, New Mexico.

Tredway K (2015). “The Original 9, Women’s Lob Feminism, and the Social Movement That Launched Women’s Professional Tennis.” International Sociology of Sport Association World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Paris, France.

Tredway K (2015). “Women’s Lob: The Original 9 as a Feminist Social Movement in Women’s Professional Tennis.” North American Society for Sport History annual conference, Miami, Florida.

Tredway K (2015). “The Original 9: A Feminist Social Movement Through Sports Entertainment and Fashion, 1968-1973.” Subverting Academia & Subversive Academics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Tredway K (2014). “Rainbow Flags Over Margaret Court Arena: LGBT Politics vs. Christian Fundamentalism in Women’s Professional Tennis.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport annual conference, Portland, Oregon.

Tredway K (2013). “Toward a Feminist Physical Cultural Studies: Reflections From an ‘Outsider Within.'” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport annual conference, Quebec City, Canada.
→ Honorable Mention, 2013 NASSS Barbara Brown Student Paper Award

Tredway K (2013). “Serena Williams: Gender, Race and (the Perception of) Violence in Women’s Professional Tennis.” International Sociology of Sport Association annual conference, Vancouver, Canada.
→ Winner, 2013 ISSA Graduate Student Paper Award

Tredway K (2012). “Serena Williams: Gender, Race and (the Perception of) Violence in Women’s Professional Tennis.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport annual conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tredway K (2011). “Out on the Court: Gender Performance, Sexuality and Women’s Professional Tennis.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport annual conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Tredway K (2011). “The Philosopher on the Court: Judith Butler, Gender Performance, and Women’s Professional Tennis.” International Association for the Philosophy of Sport annual conference, Rochester, New York.

Tredway K (1999). “Science Among ‘Squaws’ and ‘Savages’: The Representation of American Indians in Scientific American, circa 1845-1900.” (Sections on Science and Religion), American Academy of Religion – Regional Conference, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Tredway K (1998). “Science Among ‘Squaws’ and ‘Savages’: The Representation of American Indians in Scientific American, circa 1845-1900.” (Sections on Gender and Science), The New Mexico Statewide Women’s Studies Conference, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Tredway K (1998). “Science Among ‘Squaws’ and ‘Savages’: The Representation of American Indians in Scientific American, circa 1845-1900.” (Sections on Gender and Science), Talking Across Disciplines: A Feminist Symposium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

Posters Presented

Tredway K, Dibble KE, & Connor AE (2022). A qualitative analysis of coping with genetically exacerbated risk of breast and ovarian cancers among medically-underserved women with BRCA1/2 mutations. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tredway K, Camp MS, Poteat T, & Dean LT (2021). Patient Relatedness with Healthcare Providers: An Intersectional Mixed-Methods Analysis Focused on Race and Sexual Orientation in Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment. 14^th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.

Tredway K, Cork SJ, Camp MS, Poteat T, & Dean LT (2020). “LGBTQ Patients and Cancer Care: A Scoping Review of U.S. Physician Attitudes, Biases, and Interactions.” 13^th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Miami, Florida.

Tredway K, Cork SJ, Camp MS, Poteat T, & Dean LT (2020). “LGBTQ Patients and Cancer Care: A Scoping Review of U.S. Physician Attitudes, Biases, and Interactions.” GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality annual conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Tredway K (2019). “Cultural Obstacles for Sexual and Gender Minorities Accessing Preventive Breast Cancer Screenings – Emerging Themes.” 12^thAmerican Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, San Francisco, California.

Tredway K (2012). “Picturing Martina Navratilova: A Genealogy of Gendered Embodiment.” International Visual Sociology Association annual conference, Brooklyn, New York.

Tredway K (2011). “Picturing Martina Navratilova: A Genealogy of Gendered Embodiment.” Girls & Women in Sport/Physical Activity conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Conference Seminars

Semester-Long Seminar Participant, “Performance Studies and Contemporary Sports.” Canadian Association for Theatre Research and the University of Victoria, British Columbia, June 2013.