The 2019 Fall Distinguished Lecture, "Celebrating the Career of a Groundbreaking Scholar: Professor Mary Jo Kane," video available here z.umn.edu/tcvideo
Featured Media
The Tucker Center/tptMN film collaboration, "Game On: Women Can Coach," explores supporting research, dispels false narratives and celebrates female coaching pioneers. This film marks the third collaboration between tptMN and the Tucker Center. [LEARN MORE]
Featured Research
A 26-year longitudinal analysis of intercollegiate Division I media guides in a changing sports media landscape. Media guides are university-produced and distributed publications whose role has changed as the college sports media landscape has changed. This longitudinal study documents changes in male and female athlete portrayals and representations over time. ... [READ THE RESEARCH]
News + Updates
Profile on Collegiate Coaches, with Dr. Austin Stair Calhoun
LaVoi quoted in WomensRunning.com article
Weiss Gives Keynote Presentation at Taiwan Kinesiology Research Conference
Kane comments on Title IX in Washington Post girls’ wrestling article
Kane invited panelist for center directors at NASSS annual conference
TC director Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi interviews founder and first director of Tucker Center, Dr. Mary Jo Kane
The first 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.