Tucker Center Research Fund for Gender Equity in Sport [8673]

About this fund

The fund provides a flexible source of funding for critically-needed research in areas that address gender equity in sport and physical activity conducted through the auspices of the Tucker Center.

Background: The fund provides a flexible source of funding for critically-needed research in areas that address gender equity in sport and physical activity conducted through the auspices of the Tucker Center. It may be used for a broad range of research related needs and purposes. Such research may include, but is not limited to:

• Impact of critical media literacy training on girls' and women's self-perceptions—body image, body satisfaction and gendered beliefs of body ideals.
• Intersections among race, class, and gender as a means to understand the barriers preventing females from participating in physical activity (e.g., girls of color have more obstacles to participation in sports and physical activity than do white girls).
• Effective strategies and practices to challenge the routine sexualization of girls and women as it results in their objectification.
• Inequities related to gender norms along with an analysis on how to advocate for changes, not only in sport and physical activity, but in the larger gender order of society.
• Declines in the number of females in leadership positions in sport and physical activity organizations in the wake of Title IX.

Selection of research topics and recipients will be made by the Director of the Tucker Center in consultation with the co-director of the Tucker Center.

Contact: Nicole M. LaVoi nmlavoi@umn.edu

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