College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Courtney Boucher

  • Pronouns: she, her, hers

  • Researcher, Tucker Center

  • School of Kinesiology
    Cooke Hall
    1900 University Ave SE
    Minneapolis, MN 55455-0376

  • bouch114@umn.edu
Courtney Boucher

Areas of interest

Sport sociology, girls and women in sports, gender, organizational culture, hiring practices, coaching science & education

Degrees

PhD (Kinesiology), University of Minnesota
MS (Kinesiology), University of Minnesota
BA (Chemistry, minor in Political Science), Gustavus Adolphus College

Biography

Dr. Courtney Boucher is a critical feminist scholar who examines hiring practices and organizational culture of college athletic departments and the impact on women in sports leadership. She received her PhD in Kinesiology, specializing in Sport Sociology with a minor in Sociocultural Studies in Education in August 2022. Boucher is now the Assistant Director of Research and Programming in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and an instructor in the School of Kinesiology. Boucher received her masters from the University of Minnesota in the spring of 2019, studying the hiring practices of NCAA Division-I athletic directors. Before her graduate studies, Boucher was the Assistant Hockey Coach at her alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College. Boucher graduated from Gustavus with BA in Chemistry and a minor in Political Science.