Past Tables
Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., and Vicki Schull, M.A., University of Minnesota
The final presentation of Spring 2009 featured Lisa Kihl and Vicki Schull's work on Leadership, gender politics, and organizational change.
Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Thursday, April 16, 11:15-12:15, 215 Cooke
Hall
The third presentation of Spring 2009 was delivered by Affiliated
Scholar Daheia Barr-Anderson. Her talk was entitled,
Environmental influences of physical activity among
African-American adolescent girls.
Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D., and Chelsey Thul, M.A., University of Minnesota
Thursday, March 26, 11:15-12:15, 215 Cooke Hall
Our second talk of Spring 2009 showcased Tucker
Center Associate Director Nicole LaVoi and Research Assistant Chelsey
Thul with a presentation entitled, Reducing physical inactivity and
promoting active living: From the voices of East African girls
Vikki Krane, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, and Sally Ross, Ph.D., University of Memphis
Thursday, February 26, 11:15-12:15, Cooke 215
Our first talk of the spring semester featured Vikki Krane, Ph.D., of Bowling Green State University and Sally Ross, Ph.D., from University of Memphis. Their presentation was entitled, Photographic self-representations of collegiate female athletes.
Maureen Weiss, Jennifer Bhalla, and Nicole Bolter
Thursday, December 11, 1:30-2:30 pm, Cooke Hall 110
Our last talk of the semester featured Maureen Weiss, Ph.d., Jennifer Bhalla, M.S., and Nicole Bolter, M.Ed., from the School of Kinesiology. Their talk was titled "Positive youth development through sport: The First Tee as an exemplar program."
Diane Gill
Thursday, November 13, 1:00-2:00pm, Fraser Hall 102
The third talk of the semester featured Diane Gill, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Gill's talk was titled "Social psychology and physical activity: Toward positive health for girls and women." Click here for more information.
Mary Jo Kane and Heather Maxwell
Thursday, October 30, 1:00-2:00pm, Cooke Hall 110
Second Tucker Table talk featured Mary Jo Kane, Ph.D., and Heather Maxwell, Ph.D., from the School of Kinesiology. Their talk was titled "Expanding the boundaries of sport media research: Consumer responses to representations of women's sports."
Beth Lewis
Thursday, September 25, 1:00-2:00pm, Cooke Hall 110
Our first session of the Fall semester featured Beth Lewis, Ph.D., from the School of Kinesiology. Lewis' talk was titled "An evaluation of a physical activity intervention for pregnant and postpartum women." For more information click here.
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
Friday, May 2, 12:00-1:00pm, Cooke Hall 110
Dr. Tiffany Muller Myrdahl, PhD in Geography and Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota, presented "Lesbians, the WNBA, and the Cultural Politics of Normativity" in lieu of the previously scheduled talk by Nicole LaVoi and Chelsey Rodd. Dr. Muller Myrdahl is a feminist urban geographer who specializes in contemporary urban social geography. Her research interests focus on the cultural politics of leisure landscapes, and feminist and queer theorizations of identity politics. Dr. Muller is a Visiting Instructor at Macalester College, and will begin a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta) in 2008.
Missy Price
Friday, April 18, 12:00-1:00pm, Cooke Hall 110
Our third session featured Missy Price from the School of Kinesiology. Her talk was entitled "Peer leadership of adolescent female athletes: Relationships among personal characteristics, leadership behaviors, and team outcomes."
Jennifer Bhalla
Friday, February 15, 12:00-1:00pm, Cooke Hall 110
Our first session featured the work of Jennifer Bhalla from the School of Kinesiology. Her talk is entitled "A cross-cultural perspective of parental influence on adolescent females’ achievement beliefs and behaviors in sport and school domains." Click here for the abstract.