The first and only one of its kind in the world, the Tucker Center is an interdisciplinary research center leading a pioneering effort to examine how sport and physical activity affect the lives of girls and women, their families, and communities.
Tucker Center at the State Fair
Tucker Center faculty and students will be at the Tucker Center Booth at the State Fair on Wednesday, September 1, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the U of M building (located at Dan Patch Ave and Underwood St). Come and see us!
Fall 2010 Distinguished Lecture
The date for the Tucker Center's Fall 2010 Distinguished Lecture has
been set.
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 20. More details
coming soon!
Tucker Table Information
Check back in September for the 2010-11 Tucker Table line up. Videos clips from the 2009-10 presentations are available on the Tucker Center's YouTube channel.
Tucker Center News
The Tucker Center's State Fair Pictures
September 2, 2010
The Tucker Center staffed a booth at the Minnesota State Fair on Wednesday afternoon. Check out pictures from the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" here.
Fox 9 News interviews LaVoi on Elk River hazing incident
September 1, 2010
Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center associate director and lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, was interviewed live on Fox 9 News by Jeff Passolt regarding a recent hazing incident that led to suspension of students on the Elk River high school football team. LaVoi emphasized the importance of having strong policies regarding hazing and of imposing consequences for such behavior.
Kane on Lingerie Football League
August 18, 2010
Mary Jo Kane, professor and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, is quoted in an OrlandoWeekly.com article, "Balls Out: Lingerie Football League Brings Guts and Garters to Orlando," about a new football league in which the players—all women—will wear "blue-and-white helmets and shoulder pads, and bras, panties and garter belts adorned with the team's logo—fuzzy, white angel wings, similar to the ones worn by the women in Victoria's Secret commercials." Kane speaks to the "sex sells" marketing approach of the league's founder Mitch Mortaza.
Thul accepted as member of U's Health Disparities Research Group
August 17, 2010
Doctoral student Chelsey Thul, research assistant in the Tucker Center and graduate assistant in the physical activity social and behavioral science area of the School of Kinesiology, has been accepted as a member of the Program in Health Disparities Research Group (PHDR) at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The research group is a "trans-disciplinary team developing, implementing, and evaluating cutting-edge solutions to eliminate health inequities through collaborative research, innovative education, and trusted community partnership in Minnesota and beyond," according to their website.
LaVoi comments on recent research, girls' participation in sports
August 11, 2010
Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center associate director and lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, comments on recent research showing beneifts to girls' physical activity in "The Long-Term Benefits of Sports for Girls," an article appearing in the online magazine NYMetroParents.com. LaVoi indicates one of the main problems is much lower participation rates among girls as a result of lack of opportunity. On the same site are Dr. LaVoi's tips for getting your daughter active.
Tucker Center Grad Student's research profiled in Outlook magazine
August 5, 2010
School of Kinesiology third-year sport sociology doctoral student and Tucker Center research assistant Austin Stair Calhoun's research on how heteroseixsm is reinforced in online athletic coaching bios is profiled in a July 19, 2010, article by Dan Woog, "Reading Between the Lines".
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