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
"Game On: Women Can Coach" video and the Game On Toolkit dispels false narratives and help recruit and retain women. Introduction by Robin Roberts, and featuring interviews with Jill Ellis, Cheryl Reeve, Muffet McGraw and more... [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
Tucker Center’s Kane responds to football program eliminations in WCCO interview
The lessons of coaching science after Mary Cain
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
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