Courtney Boucher
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Pronouns: she, her, hers
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Researcher, Tucker Center
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School of Kinesiology
Cooke Hall
1900 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0376 - bouch114@umn.edu
Areas of interest
Sport sociology, girls and women in sports, gender, organizational culture, hiring practices, coaching science & education
PhD (Kinesiology), University of Minnesota
MS (Kinesiology), University of Minnesota
BA (Chemistry, minor in Political Science), Gustavus Adolphus College
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.