Tucker Center Newsletter - 2011 Fall
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Kudos & Announcements
Honors & Awards
- Ayanna Franklin, a sport & exercise psychology doctoral student, was awarded the Dorothy McNeill Tucker Fellowship for 2011-12. In her research, Franklin examines the psychological responses of athletes to sport injury, and her doctoral dissertation will examine the role of personality in athletes' sport injury responses and rehabilitation adherence. She is advised by Professor Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, TC Affiliated Scholar.
- In June, Lindsay Kipp, a sport & exercise psychology doctoral student, was awarded a competitive research grant from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA). The grant will help support her research titled, "Social Influences and Psychological and Physical Well-Being of Female Adolescents." She is advised by Professor Maureen Weiss.
- In September, Alyssa Norris, former sport & exercise psychology M.A. student, was presented the prestigious Student Diversity Award from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) at the annual meeting in Honolulu, HI. Norris, advised by TC Associate Director Nicole M. LaVoi, graduated this past spring and has started a doctoral program in clinical psychology at Washington State University.
- Emily Houghton, sport sociology doctoral student, was awarded a fellowship for 2011-12 from the Edith Mueller Endowed Fund for Graduate Education in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. She will use the award to support her collaborative research project, "(In)visible Pioneers: Exploring the Experiences of African American Female Athletes During the Civil Rights Era." Houghton is advised by Professor Mary Jo Kane, TC Director.
Scholarly Activities
- TC Affiliated Scholar Kent Kaiser, Northwestern College, published in the September issue of International Journal of Sport Communication. His article is titled, "Gender Dynamics in Producing News on Equality in Sports: A Dual Longitudinal Study of Title IX Reporting by Journalist Gender."
- TC Affiliated Scholars Daheia Barr-Anderson and Maria J. Camacho-Miñano, and LaVoi, published a paper in the June issue of Health Education Research titled, "Interventions to Promote Physical Activity Among Young and Adolescent Girls: A Systematic Review."
Presentations
- TC Research Assistants Julia Dutove and Maya Hamilton gave a keynote, "Females in Positions of Power in Sport," at the annual U of M Women's Physical Education Alumnae Association breakfast in September.
- LaVoi will give two invited keynote presentations this fall. October 20-22 she will share "Evidenced Based Practices of Developing Physically Active Girls" with participants at the First National Conference on Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In November, she will give a keynote, "Sexy Babes, Silence & Social Media: Female Athletes and Sport Media Research," to the Western Society for Physical Education of College Women in Cambria, CA.
- Kaiser presented a paper, "Conflict Frames, Media Bias, and Power Distribution: Title IX as a Longitudinal Social-Movement Case," in August at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention, St. Louis, MO.
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