VICTORIA JACKSON

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Victoria Jackson, Ph.D.

Sports Historian and Associate Clinical Professor of History

Arizona State University

School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Director, Sports @ Humanities Institute

Global Sport Scholar with the Global Sport Institute

American Studies affiliated faculty

Barrett, The Honors College honors faculty

Lattie F. Coor Hall, Rm 4469

975 S. Myrtle Ave. c: (480)313-2922

Tempe, AZ 85287 Victoria.Jackson@asu.edu

Education

2015 Ph.D., History, Arizona State University

Dissertation: Title IX and the Big Time: Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1950-1992

2007 M.A., History, Arizona State University

2004 B.A., History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa

Employment

July 2023- Associate Clinical Professor, History

Director, Sports @ Humanities Institute

July 2019-June 2023 Clinical Assistant Professor, History

Fall 2015-Spring 2019 Lecturer, Modern United States History

Fall 2012-Spring 2015 Graduate Student Instructor, History

May 2006-December 2008 Professional Runner, endorsement contract with Nike

Courses (* denotes courses designed)

*Sports and Globalization (cross-listed in HST, Cronkite, and Thunderbird)

*Sports in United States History (two versions, fall and spring)

*History of College Sports

*History of Baseball: America’s Pastime and American Dreaming

*History of the Olympic Movement (two versions, Summer and Winter Games)

*Mexico City 1968 Olympics in Global Context (to be renamed Sport and the Cold War)

*College Game Day: American Football History (first-year seminar)

HST 130: The Historian’s Craft: Sport and Society

HST 640: Historical Methods

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Degree Development 
 
Sport, Society and The Human Experience, interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences BA and 
MA degrees  
 
Sports, Cultures, and Ethics undergraduate certificate 
 
Editorship 
 
  Power Plays: The New Sports Studies, series co-editor, University of Oklahoma Press 
  https://www.oupress.com/power-play-the-new-sports-studies-series/ 
 
Grants 
 
  Sun Angel Sport Humanities Fund, 2022-23 
  $15,000 designated for special projects from the Sun Angel Fund for Sport Humanities Events 
  50
th
 anniversary of Title IX Fall ’22 and Spring ’23 events   
 
Global Sport Institute Race and Sport grant, 2019 
$20,000 grant for course buyouts and research support for race, gender, and college sports project  
 
Public Scholarship  
 
White Papers 
 
•  “Want College Sports Reform? Start with Paying Power 5 Football Players.” Arnold Ventures. March, 
2022. 
https://craftmediabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/AVCollegeSportWhitePaper_NoPay_VIctoria
Jackson-v2B-1.pdf 
Arnold Ventures college sports policy engagement initiative: 
https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/asking-the-hard-questions-about-college-sports 
Athletic Director U white paper excerpts:  
Part I: https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/why-power-5-football-athletes-drive-the-case-for-
compensation/ 
Part II: https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/why-power-5-conferences-should-split-media-
rights-revenue-with-football-athletes/ 
  Part III: https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/college-athletic-redesign-opportunities/ 
 
Capitol Hill Testimony and Engagements with U.S. Congress 
 
•  “NIL Playbook: Proposal to Protect Student Athletes’ Dealmaking Rights,” legislative hearing of the 
U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce. Capitol Hill, 
January 18, 2024. Written testimony: https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-
event/116756?s=1&r=5 
Hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1CNL6JrLU 
•  “The Future of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sport” public hearing of the Commission on the State of 
the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics. Served as historian to present 10-minute testimony to set the 
stage and stakes for the hearing. Capitol Hill, September 6, 2023. 
C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/video/?530206-1/state-us-olympics-paralympics-part-1 

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ASU News story: “ASU sports historian to speak on state of sports in the US” 
https://news.asu.edu/20230905-asu-sports-historian-speak-state-sports-us 
•  Panel presentation with House Energy and Commerce staffers 
Ramogi Huma, Executive Director of the National College Players Association, and I were invited to 
present and answer questions during a one-hour panel with approximately 25 House staffers 
•  Consulting sessions with Senate and Congressional committee staffers, including House Energy and 
Commerce and Senate Judiciary committees, and individual Senators’ staffers 
•  Consulting sessions with Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics staffers 
regarding draft report and recommendations, sports ecosystem and legislative history, national 
polling, stakeholder small group sessions 
 
Opinion Pieces and Magazine-style Articles 
 
•  “What I Wanted to Say to Congress’ NIL Hearing But Wasn’t Asked,” Sportico, January 31, 2024. 
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/nil-congress-college-football-olympic-
sports-1234764612/ 
•  “College and Olympic Sports Need Rebuilds. Why Does Only One Get It?” Sportico, November 29, 
2023. https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2023/ncaa-crossroads-college-olympic-
sports-1234747966/ 
•  “The Pac-12 is the ‘Conference of Champions.’ Don’t Let It Disappear,” Los Angeles Times, October 
14, 2023. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-14/pac-12-ucla-usc-football-
olympics-sports 
Also appeared on TV show LA Times Today to discuss the demise of the Pac-12 and why the 
Conference of Champions deserves to live on with its best-in-world Olympic sports. 
•  “Affirmative Action’s End Will Underline Jim Crow Divide in College Sports,” Sportico, August 9, 
2023. https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2023/affirmative-action-end-college-
sports-1234733421/ 
•  “The U.S. Law That Made the Rest of the Globe So Strong at the Women’s World Cup,” Slate, July 29, 
2023. https://slate.com/culture/2023/07/world-cup-college-soccer-players-title-ix.html 
•  “How Title IX Helped Boost Parity in Women’s Soccer,” guest column in Power Plays Newsletter by 
Lindsay Gibbs, July 10, 2023. https://www.powerplays.news/p/how-title-ix-helped-boost-parity 
•  “How Title IX Catapulted Women’s Soccer onto the Global Stage,” with Andrés Martinez for The 
Thread published by New America, July 18, 2023. https://www.newamerica.org/the-thread/how-
title-ix-catapulted-womens-soccer-onto-the-global-stage/ 
•  “The Legacy of the NCAA and Title IX Can Be Seen in the Loaded 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup,” 
Global Sport Matters, June 28, 2023. 
https://globalsportmatters.com/research/2023/06/28/legacy-ncaa-title-ix-fifa-womens-world-
cup/ 
•  “To Get Congress’ Attention, NCAA Should Go Bigger,” Sportico, February 1, 2023: 
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2023/ncaa-redesign-1234707816/ 
•  “History Spurring Change,” special Title IX at 50 edition of Arizona Attorney Magazine, December 
2022: https://www.azattorneymag-digital.com/azattorneymag/library/page/202212/34/ 
•  “The Demise of Roe v. Wade is a Threat to College Sports,” Global Sport Matters, September 27, 
2022: https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2022/09/27/demise-roe-v-wade-threat-college-
sport/ 
•  Video op-ed. Title IX Chalk Talk for All Vote No Play. https://www.allvotenoplay.org/video-
library/victoria-jackson Catalog of chalk talks here: https://www.allvotenoplay.org/video-library 
•  “‘A Rethinking of Sports Governance at the Highest Level: How college sports can thrive without the 
NCAA,” Global Sport Matters, March 22, 2022: 

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https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2022/03/22/how-college-sports-can-thrive-without-
ncaa/ 
•  “Saving College Sports: A History Lesson for Today’s NCAA Reformers,” Sportico, March 2, 2022: 
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2022/saving-college-sports-ncaas-history-
1234666685/ 
•  “NCAA Gender Inequity is a Feature, Not a Bug,” Global Sport Matters, November 9, 2021: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/opinion/2021/11/09/ncaa-gender-inequity-feature-not-bug-title-
ix/ 
•  “In Tokyo, as was the case in previous Olympics, mixed gender events remain a mixed bag,” The 
Athletic, August 5, 2021: https://theathletic.com/2753773/2021/08/05/in-tokyo-as-was-the-case-
in-previous-olympics-mixed-gender-events-remain-a-mixed-bag/ 
•  “‘We’re all complicit to an extent’: How Team USA uses college football and basketball as funding 
sources,” The Athletic, July 22, 2021: https://theathletic.com/2696130/2021/07/22/were-all-
complicit-to-an-extent-how-team-usa-uses-college-football-and-basketball-as-funding-sources/ 
•  “The NCAA’s Farcical Anti-Athlete Argument,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 29, 2021: 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-ncaas-farcical-anti-athlete-argument 
•  “Hey Disruptors! Women’s Basketball Needs You,” Global Sport Matters, March 26, 2021: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2021/03/26/hey-disruptors-womens-basketball-needs-
you/ 
•  Thoughts on athlete activism in 2020 and predictions for 2021, The Aspen Institute Sport and Society 
Program, December 22, 2020: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/how-covid-19-in-2020-could-
impact-the-future-of-sports/ 
(I was also included in The Aspen Institute’s “Who We’re Following in 2021”: 
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/sports-society/who-sports-society-is-following-in-2021/) 
•  “Why Sport and Exercise Are So Important For College And University Students,” The Sport Review, 
November 14, 2020: https://www.thesportreview.com/health-and-fitness/sport-exercise-college-
university-students/ 
•  “Cancel the fall college football season,” Boston Globe, June 23, 2020: 
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/23/opinion/cancel-fall-college-football-season/ 
(shared on History News Network “The Roundup Top Ten” for the week ending 6/26 
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/176163) 
•  “El hermoso juego tiene un horrible problema. Tres acontecimientos lo demuestran,” El Universal, 
October 31, 2019: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/victoria-jackson/el-hermoso-juego-
tiene-un-horrible-problema-tres-acontecimientos-lo 
•  “The Pac-12 should defy the NCAA and embrace California’s law letting student-athletes earn 
dollars,” Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-
13/ncaa-pac-12-pay-student-athletes-california-law 
•  “From Fiction to Reality, Woman Athlete Bonds Run Deep,” Global Sport Matters, October 10, 2019: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2019/10/10/opinion-from-fiction-to-reality-female-
athlete-bonds-run-deep/ 
•  “Great Women’s World Cup, FIFA. Now scrap the whole thing and start over,” co-authored with 
Andrés Martinez, Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-
jackson-martinez-fifa-world-cup-women-reform-20190711-story.html 
•  “Un buen momento para el futbol feminine,” Letras Libres, June 20, 2019: 
https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/cultura/un-buen-momento-el-futbol-femenino 
•   “Como o Futebol Feminino Brasileiro Pode Se Fortalecer Depois da Copa,” Epoca, June 13, 2019: 
https://epoca.globo.com/artigo-como-futebol-feminino-brasileiro-pode-se-fortalecer-depois-da-
copa-23735202 

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•  “Stop Penalizing Athletes for Getting Pregnant,” Global Sport Matters, May 23, 2019: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2019/05/23/opinion-stop-penalizing-female-athletes-for-
getting-pregnant/ 
•  “La década de humillación a Caster Semenya,” Letras Libres, May 14, 2019: 
https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/ciencia-y-tecnologia/la-decada-humillacion-caster-semenya 
•  “The Decadelong Humiliation of Caster Semenya,” Slate/Future Tense, May 1, 2019: 
https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/caster-semenya-testosterone-gender-appeal-ruling.html 
•  “USWNT discrimination lawsuit underscores importance of Title IX,” Global Sport Matters, March 
12, 2019: https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2019/03/12/opinion-uswnt-discrimination-
lawsuit-underscores-importance-of-title-ix/ 
•  “Why are women still having to fight so hard for their rightful place in the male-dominated sporting 
world?” The Independent, February 7, 2019: 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women-sport-inequality-media-football-
premier-league-super-bowl-nfl-baseball-a8766736.html  
•  “How to take the scandal out of big-time college football and basketball,” Los Angeles Times, January 
4, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-ncaa-lifetime-scholarships-
20190104-story.html 
•  Printed in syndication as “‘Lifetime scholarships’ for student-athletes would let them make up for 
lost academic time” in Miami Herald, Raleigh News & Observer, and elsewhere: 
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article224083410.html 
•  “The myth of amateurism: How America’s multi-billion-dollar sports industry exploits its stars,” The 
Independent, October 11, 2018: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/college-sports-
industry-exploitation-amateurism-ncaa-chra8579606.html 
•  “The forgotten organization behind one of the most iconic moments in sports history,” Washington 
Post, October 3, 2018: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/03/forgotten-
organization-behind-one-most-iconic-moments-sports-history/?utm_term=.4d0c66577e24 
•  “El poder de activismo deportivo: del Black Power en México 68 a la ‘era Trump’,” El Universal, 
September 14, 2018: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/victoria-jackson/nacion/el-poder-
del-activismo-deportivo-del-black-power-en-mexico-68-la 
•  “Colin Kaepernick’s Nike sponsorship shows that athletes have more power than they realize,” The 
Washington Post, September 6, 2018: 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/06/colin-kaepernicks-nike-sponsorship-
shows-that-athletes-have-more-power-than-they-realize/?utm_term=.c41336b59055 
•  “How Should Officials Decide When Cutting-Edge Medical Interventions for Athletes Cross the Line?  
A sports historian responds to Maureen McHugh’s short story ‘The Starfish Girl,’” Slate/Future 
Tense, July 23, 2018: https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/sports-historian-victoria-jackson-
responds-to-maureen-mchughs-short-story-the-starfish-girl.html 
•  Printed with permission as “How should officials decide when cutting-edge medical interventions 
for athletes cross the line?” Global Sport Matters, July 30, 2018: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/science/2018/07/30/how-decide-cutting-edge-medical-
interventions-athletes/ 
•  “Having ‘El Tri’ as America’s other team a natural,” Global Sport Matters, July 2, 2018: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/07/02/opinion-having-el-tri-as-americas-other-
team-a-natural/ 
•  “It’s time to end the notion of NCAA amateurism,” Global Sport Matters, April 10, 2018: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/04/10/opinion-its-time-to-end-the-notion-of-ncaa-
amateurism/ 

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•  “Take it from a former Division I athlete: College sports are like Jim Crow,” Los Angeles Times, 
January 11, 2018: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-college-sports-
20180111-story.html 
•  Printed in syndication as “A Jim Crow Divide in College Sports” in the Dallas Morning News, Chicago 
Tribune, Raleigh News & Observer, Akron Beacon Journal, Wisconsin State Journal, and others: 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-college-sports-ncaa-
black-athletes-exploited-0117-20180116-story.html 
•  “Deportistas que se arrodillan por una causa,” El Economista, November 2, 2017: 
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/opinion/Deportistas-que-se-arrodillan-por-una-causa-
20171102-0141.html 
 
Interviews and Profiles—Print, Television, Podcast, Radio, Documentary Film 
 
•  ABC 15 evening news “Labor Victory for Dartmouth Basketball Players Only Start of Path to a Union 
Deal,” March 5, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePUSdZCAfw 
•  KJZZ The Show interview with Lauren Gilger, “Super shoes ushered in a new era of competitive 
running—and they’re not going away,” February 1, 2024. 
https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1870045/super-shoes-ushered-new-era-competitive-running-
and-theyre-not-going-away 
•  KJZZ The Show roundtable on conference realignment and college sports, “College Sports Have 
Shifted Dramatically and Arizona Schools Have Played a Big Part,” with Paola Boivin and in 
conversation with Mark Brodie, September 7, 2023. https://kjzz.org/content/1856894/college-
sports-have-shifted-dramatically-and-arizona-schools-have-played-big-part 
•  Disrupt Radio, Global Disruptors series, Phil Knight – founder of Nike episode, September 11, 2023. 
https://www.disrupt.radio/programs/global-disruptors 
•  “Women’s Soccer is Growing Globally. U.S. College Sports are Part of That,” NPR Marketplace 
interview with Sabri Ben-Achour, August 18, 2023. 
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/08/18/womens-soccer-is-growing-globally-u-s-college-
sports-are-part-of-that/ 
•  Scholar Spotlight on Edge of Sports TV episode “The Women’s World Cup and the Fight for Equal 
Pay with Julie Foudy,” interview with Dave Zirin, July 27, 2023. 
https://www.edgeofsports.com/tv/the-womens-world-cup-and-the-fight-for-equal-pay-w-julie-
foudy/index.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAPV4yYSqfo&t=1816s 
•  “What’s What with the Women’s World Cup,” 1A roundtable on NPR, hosted by Jenn White, July 20, 
2023. https://the1a.org/segments/whats-what-with-the-fifa-womens-world-cup/ 
•  “Transgender Athlete Bans are Part of a Long, Problematic History of Policing Women’s Sports,” KJZZ’s 
The Show, interview with Lauren Gilger, June 13, 2023. 
https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1849426/transgender-athlete-bans-are-part-long-problematic-history-
policing-womens-sports 
•  “Former ASU Coach Among Plaintiffs in Suit Against NCAA over Unpaid Coaches,” KJZZ’s The Show, 
interview with Lauren Gilger, March 27, 2023. https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1842533/former-asu-
coach-among-plaintiffs-suit-against-ncaa-over-unpaid-coaches 
•  “Handful of NHLers Object to Wearing Pride-Themed Jerseys,” CBC News, March 24, 2023. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-j9yuLPJ4 
•  “College Athletics: What’s New, What’s Next,” Trusteeship, the Association of Governing Boards 
magazine, cover story, March/April 2023. Digital magazine: 
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/agb/trusteeship_03042023/index.php? 

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Website: https://agb.org/trusteeship-issue/trusteeship-march-april-2023/ 
•  “Because (American) Football,” Unorthodox Gymnastics newsletter Q&A with Dvora Meyers, February 
24, 2023. https://dvora.substack.com/p/because-american-football 
•  “A Look at the History of the Super Bowl,” ASU News Q&A, February 6, 2023. 
https://news.asu.edu/20230206-discoveries-look-history-super-bowl 
•  Mark Brodie interview, “How Concerns about the Economy Affect the World of College Sports,” 
KJZZ’s The Show, January 19, 2023. https://kjzz.org/content/1836516/how-concerns-about-
economy-affect-world-college-sports 
•  JustLove Archdiocese of New York radio show on Sirius XM Catholic Channel. Conversation about 
play, labor, and economic justice in big-time college sports. November 18, 2022. 
•  FutureU podcast, “Rethinking College Athletics,” conversation with hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael 
Horn and alongside Matt Brown of Extra Points. Part II. November 7, 2022: 
https://futureupodcast.com/episodes/rethinking-college-athletics/ 
•  FutureU podcast, “The Great Realignment and Student Athlete Well Being,” conversation with hosts 
Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn and alongside Matt Brown of Extra Points. Part I of II, September 18, 
2022: https://www.futureupodcast.com/episodes/the-great-realignment-student-athlete-
wellbeing/ 
•  Burn It All Down podcast, “Interview: Victoria Jackson, Sports Historian, on the Current Chaos of Fall 
Collegiate Sports,” conversation with Amira Rose Davis, September 6, 2022: 
https://www.burnitalldownpod.com/episodes/interview-victoria-jackson-sport-historian-on-the-
current-chaos-of-fall-collegiate-sports 
•  NPR News, All Things Considered. “College Football is Back and Players Still Aren’t Getting Paid,” 
interview with Andrew Limbong, September 2, 2022: 
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/02/1120610858/college-football-nil-big-ten 
Also broadcasted on NPR’s Morning Edition! 
•  True Hoop podcast, “The NCAA and Sports with Victoria Jackson.” Conversation with Jarod Hector. 
August 29, 2022: https://www.truehoop.com/p/the-ncaa-and-sports-with-victoria#details 
•  BBC News Radio interview about the life and times of Jesse Owens. 15-minute interview with Colin 
Murray, August 3, 2022: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019rnr 
•  NBC News. “Student Athletes Face Uncertainty after College Go Silent Post-Roe,” August 2022: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGevRwriJIo 
•  Arizona Horizon PBS. “After 50 years, weighing the impact of Title IX.” interview with Ted Simon 
alongside Paola Boivin, July 19, 2022: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2022/07/after-50-years-
weighing-the-impact-of-title-ix/ 
•  Arizona Republic Valley 101 podcast. “Valley 101 says ‘Let Her Play’: 50 Years of Title IX through an 
Arizona lens,” June 27, 2022: 
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/27/50-years-title-ix-
arizona/7730633001/ 
•  “Reimagining Title IX: An opportunity to flex our civic muscles,” interview with Lisa Kay Solomon, 
designer in residence, Stanford d school, The Fulcrum, June 23, 2022: https://thefulcrum.us/Pop-
Culture/Sports/50th-anniversary-of-title-ix 
•  “50 Years of Title IX: An Interview with Victoria Jackson,” Jonathan Weiler’s Substack (UNC Global 
Politics professor), June 23, 2022: https://jonathanweiler.substack.com/p/fifty-years-of-title-ix-an-
interview 

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•  “Title IX at 50: Sun Devils Level Up for access, equity in academics, athletics,” Q&A with ASU News, 
June 21, 2022: https://news.asu.edu/20220621-sun-devil-life-title-ix-50-sun-devils-level-access-
equity-academics-athletics  
•  That’s What She Said with Sarah Spain podcast. “Episode 346: Title IX Compliance, with Duke VP 
and AD Nina King, ASU Sports Historian Victoria Jackson, and Honest Game co-founder Joyce 
Anderson,” June 14, 2022: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/346-title-ix-
compliance/id1076962094?i=1000566353951 
•  Mark Brodie, “Former student athlete discusses how NCAA’s new policy reshapes college sports,” 
KJZZ’s The Show, June 1, 2022: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1784389/former-student-athlete-
discusses-how-ncaas-new-policy-reshape-college-sports 
•  “’In Conversation’: Athletes and Activism,” WFPL Louisville, May 20, 2022: https://wfpl.org/this-
week-in-conversation-athletes-and-activism/ alongside historians Lou Moore and Johnny Smith 
and Athlete Ally’s Anne Lieberman. 
•  “NIL, College Football, & the Business of College Athletics, with Victoria Jackson,” AZ Sports 360 
interview with Jordan Hamm, May 18, 2022: https://sports360az.com/2022/05/nil-college-
football-the-business-of-sports-with-victoria-jackson/ 
•  Audible Originals Podcast: Out of Bounds: The Battle for the Soul of College Sports. Host and Produced 
by Chris Ballard. 6 episode series, March-April 2022. https://www.audible.com/pd/Out-of-Bounds-
Podcast/B09V9NVXPK 
I speak in nearly all of the episodes in this series, and especially episodes 1, 3, 5, and 6. I also served 
a research and fact-check/proofing role for this very rich and historically-grounded storytelling 
podcast series. The narrator/host’s script often pulls from my memos and published pieces I had 
shared with the producers. 
•  Rachel Bunning, “More Than Sports: 2022 Beijing Olympics Stir Up Conversations about Human 
Rights,” ASU News, February 3, 2022: https://news.asu.edu/20220203-more-sports-2022-olympics 
•  The Sports Mecca podcast. Episode 51: Victoria Jackson. December 2, 2021: 
https://player.fm/series/the-sports-mecca-podcast/ep-51-victoria-jackson-interview 
•  Out There podcast. “In the name of fairness: Why some of the best athletes are excluded, just for 
being themselves.” November 18, 2021: 
http://www.outtherepodcast.com/episodes/2021/11/15/excluded 
•  Agony of Defeat podcast. “Special Guest: Victoria Jackson” conversation with UNC professors 
Jonathan Weiler and Matt Andrews. October 5, 2021.  https://soundcloud.com/user-
154745845/special-guest-victoria-jackson 
•  Front Office Sports: College Live Interview Series conversation with Amanda Christovich. “Rethinking 
College Sports,” August 21, 2021: https://frontofficesports.com/library/rethinking-college-sports/ 
•  Arizona Horizon PBS, interview with Ted Simons, “Why are there so many Arizona Olympians?” 
August 4, 2021: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2021/08/arizonan-olympic-athletes/ 
•  Medio Tiempo interview on the Olympic Games, the power of human performance (and gendered 
power plays) on a global stage. Juan Martin Montes Zesatti, “Récords, tecnología y dopaje; las 
delgadas líneas entre ellas en Juegos Olímpicos,” Medio Tiempo, August 9, 2021: 
https://www.mediotiempo.com/juegos-olimpicos/tokio-2020/records-tecnologia-dopaje-
delgadas-lineas-juegos-olimpicos 
•  Medio Tiempo interview on the Olympic Games, medal counts, and geopolitics. Juan Martin Montes 
Zesatti, “¿Qué nos dice el medallero olímpico sobre la realidad de México?” Medio Tiempo, August 9, 
2021: https://www.mediotiempo.com/juegos-olimpicos/tokio-2020/que-nos-dice-el-medallero-
olimpico-sobre-la-realidad-de-mexico 

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Republished in Diario de Yucatán: https://www.yucatan.com.mx/deportes/mexico-su-lugar-en-el-
medallero-de-tokio-desnuda-su-realidad 
•  ASU Now video. “Olympics trivia with ASU athletes (and actual Olympians),” July 23, 2021: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9zfEloXSKs 
•  ASU Now interview. “Have athletes reached the limit of human potential? Not by a long shot, says 
ASU sports historian Victoria Jackson,” July 22, 2021: https://news.asu.edu/20210722-global-
engagement-have-humans-reached-limit-athletic-potential 
•  Arizona Horizon PBS, interview with Ted Simons, “Recent Supreme Court rulings could impact 
college athletics significantly,” July 12, 2021: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2021/07/recent-supreme-
court-rulings-could-impact-college-athletics-significantly/ 
•  KJZZ The Show, interview with Steve Goldstein. “Sports Historian: 'The Time Is Now' For A Female 
NBA Head Coach,” June 29, 2021: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1695380/sports-historian-
time-now-female-nba-head-coach 
•  Hang Up and Listen conversation about the Supreme Court and oral arguments in NCAA v Alston. 
“The Baylor, Haley, and a Buzzer Beater Edition,” Slate, April 6, 2021: 
https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen/2021/04/the-mens-and-womens-ncaa-finals-mlb-
and-voting-rights-and-alston-v-ncaa-on-hang-up-and-listen 
•  College Sports, Inc. VICE TV documentary film, produced by Pulse Films. Interview with Jeremy 
Bloom. April 2021. https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/college-sports-
inc/60ba68bb938b5d368a5edcd2 
•  Class is in Session with Doug Glanville, Marquee Sports Network. The State of Amateurism in 
Collegiate Athletics, also with Sonny Vaccaro and Ken Shropshire. April 2021. 
https://www.marqueesportsnetwork.com/ildemaro-vargas-inspiring-journey-to-be-part-of-the-
cubs-roster/ 
•  The College at ASU | Female faculty discuss women in academia. March 2021. Video: 
https://vimeo.com/521642673 
•  “Why the Humanities Matter to Sports,” ASU Now story about our SHPRS sports, cultures and ethics 
undergraduate certificate, January 4, 2021: https://asunow.asu.edu/20210104-why-humanities-
matter-sports 
•  “Episode 27: Burn the Ships,” Off Track podcast interview with 5 NCAA track and field coaches, 
December 27, 2020: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-27-burn-the-
ships/id1521388821?i=1000503632643 
•  “Supreme Court will hear NCAA case on athletes’ compensation limits,” WGN America/NewsNation 
TV interview (they cut from LeBron James to me!) with Nichole Berlie, December 16, 2020: 
https://www.newsnationnow.com/sports/us-supreme-court-will-hear-case-on-ncaa-athletes-
compensation-limits/ 
•  “Secondary college sports left behind,” Arizona Horizon/Arizona PBS, interview with Ted Simons 
discussing 60 Minutes report, December 10, 2020: 
https://azpbs.org/horizon/2020/12/secondary-college-sports-left-behind/ 
•  “Some college axing ‘secondary sports’ like gymnastics and tennis as pandemic continues,” 60 
Minutes, Bill Whitaker, correspondent, December 6, 2020: 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-sports-cuts-gymnastics-swimming-pandemic-60-
minutes-2020-12-06/ (In addition to the interview with Bill Whitaker, I had the opportunity to 
work with the producers on this report, over multiple calls and corresponding via email as I 
answered questions; I also contributed a white paper and sent multiple lengthy memos during the 
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•  “Visibilidad en el deporte femenino es crucial: Historiadora y campeona de atletismo,” profile by 
Itzé Coronel Salomón for El Debate, September 13, 2020: 
https://www.debate.com.mx/deportes/Visibilidad-en-el-deporte-femenino-es-crucial-
Historiadora-y-campeona-de-atletismo-20200913-0026.html 
•  “When History, Politics, Gender and Race Meet,” Tucker Center Talks podcast, Season 2, Episode 16, 
with Dr. Nicole LaVoi, September 10, 2020: https://chrisstafford.podbean.com/e/tucker-center-
talks-s2e16-when-history-politics-gender-and-race-meet/ 
•  “VICTORIA JACKSON SAYS TIME IS RIGHT TO CHANGE 'POWER DYNAMICS' ON CAMPUS,” Theresa 
Juva, for Dyestat and RunnerSpace, August 18, 2020: 
https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=607254 
•  “Should there be a fall college football season? (And is that the right question to ask?)” Going Deep: 
Sports in the 21
st
 century, Blue Ridge Public Radio, with John Shoop and Marcia Mount Shoop, 
August 19, 2020: https://www.bpr.org/post/should-there-be-college-football-season-fall-and-
right-question-ask 
•  “Will NCAA Football Players Be Required to Play Through The Pandemic?” Bloomberg QuickTake, 
with The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach and Bloomberg’s Brandon Kochkodin, August 8, 2020: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMMN-J9lUeE 
•  “Is college football cancelled?” Politics Politics Politics podcast with Justin Robert Young, August 5, 
2020: http://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/blog/2020/8/5/deep-diving-biden-v-trumps-
youtube-cocaine-mitch-caves-is-college-football-cancelled 
•  “Episode 24: Victoria Jackson, sports historian and former professional runner, on the deep roots of 
injustice in athletics,” Social Sport podcast interview with Emma Zimmerman, August 3, 2020: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6H6nBYcVyFZx2QhrYuCJfe 
•  “Episode 19: Victoria Jackson,” The Intercollegiate podcast, interview with Daniel Libit, July 27, 
2020: https://theintercollegiate.com/episode/episode-19-victoria-jackson/ 
•  “Sports during the pandemic,” episode 2, Podcast of the Plague Year with Terry Shoemaker, July 15: 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iuZUZdfGuDxiaJCbNf7Mb 
•  “ASU professor argues to remake NCAA football,” Fox Sports 910 Kenny & Crash, July 11, 2020: 
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/464-the-freaks-on-fox-sports-9-28240812/episode/asu-
professor-argues-to-remake-ncaa-68039017/ 
•  “The Huddle: Time Out!” segment “Victoria Jackson: Cancel the fall college football season,” Global 
Sport Matters podcast, July 1, 2020: https://globalsportmatters.com/listen/2020/07/01/13278/ 
•  “Victoria Jackson, Boston Globe,” Spain and Company ESPN Radio interview, June 25, 2020: 
http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play/_/id/29366601 
•  The Paul Finebaum Show, SEC Network TV and ESPN Radio, interview about Boston Globe op-ed 
calling on schools to cancel the college football season to re-imagine college sports, June 25, 2020: 
http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?id=29366027 
•  “In the Green Room: ASU Sports Historian Victoria Jackson,” Zócalo Public Square, June 18, 2020: 
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/06/18/asu-sports-historian-victoria-
jackson/personalities/in-the-green-room/ 
•  “What it would take to get more women in sports ownership,” with Steve Goldstein, The Show 
Radio interview KJZZ, May 19, 2020: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1576416/what-it-would-
take-get-more-women-sports-ownership 
•  “The Lie of Amateurism with Victoria Jackson and Andy Schwarz,” The End of Sport Podcast, May 
11, 2020: https://theendofsport.podbean.com/e/episode-8-the-lie-of-amateurism/ 

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•  “The NCAA and COVID-19 with Victoria Jackson and Andy Schwarz,” The 7 Footers Basketball 
podcast, April 29, 2020: https://shows.acast.com/the-7-footers-basketball-podcast-with-jarod-
jenna/episodes/the-ncaa-and-covid-19-with-victoria-jackson-and-andy-schwarz 
•  TV appearance on Al Jazeera English, speaking about American college sports and the coronavirus 
pandemic, April 24, 2020: 
https://boards.wetransfer.com/board/skoib22y8x0h675m220200503132606/latest 
•  “Transgender Athlete Ban Stokes Controversy in Arizona Legislature,” The Show Radio interview 
KJZZ, March 3, 2020: https://kjzz.org/content/1467606/transgender-athlete-ban-stokes-
controversy-arizona-legislature 
•  “When NCAA Critiques Clash,” The Intercollegiate, January 29, 2020: 
https://theintercollegiate.substack.com/p/when-ncaa-critics-clash 
•  “How Universities could Start Paying NCAA Student-Athletes,” The Show radio interview KJZZ, 
January 13, 2020: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1392516/how-universities-could-start-
paying-ncaa-student-athletes 
•  “Former Tar Heel student-athlete a name to know amid debate of collegiate sports reform,” profile 
by Chapel Fowler for Raleigh News & Observer, November 28, 2019: 
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article237769564.html 
•  ”Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick’s Scheduled Tryout & Victoria Jackson on the NCAA,” Bill Rhoden on 
Sports podcast, November 15, 2019: https://soundcloud.com/user-876026376/thoughts-on-colin-
kaepernicks-scheduled-tryout-victoria-jackson-on-the-ncaa  
•  Global Sport Institute’s Sport and The Body theme video, November 6, 2019: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StDKe7sEg2Y 
•  “The Broken Culture That Broke Mary Cain,” Q & A with Patrick Hruby for Hreal Sports newsletter, 
November 14, 2019: https://hrealsports.substack.com/p/the-broken-culture-that-broke-mary 
•  Re-published as “Will Mary Cain’s story of a broken running culture initiate change? by Global Sport 
Matters, November 19, 2019: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2019/11/19/the-broken-
culture-that-broke-mary-cain/ 
•  “A name to know in the debate of college athlete reform,” profile by Chapel Fowler, UNC Media Hub, 
October 31, 2019: http://mediahub.unc.edu/a-name-to-know-in-the-debate-of-collegiate-sport-
reform/?kl 
•  Published by WRAL (Raleigh’s NBC affiliate), November 4, 2019: 
https://www.wralsportsfan.com/a-name-to-know-in-the-debate-of-collegiate-sports-
reform/18743567/ 
•  “California law could catalyze a new future for college sports,” The State of Things radio show, 
WUNC, October 11, 2019: https://www.wunc.org/post/california-law-could-catalyze-new-future-
college-sports  
•  Conversation about college sports and “name, image, and likeness” with UNC professors Matt 
Andrews and Jonathan Weiler, Agony of Defeat podcast, recorded in October, release date TBD 
•  “California Governor signs ‘Fair Pay to Play’ Act,’” The Show radio interview, KJZZ, October 1, 2019: 
https://kjzz.org/content/1201436/california-governor-signs-fair-pay-play-act-allowing-college-
athletes-receive 
•  “Is the Fair Pay to Play Act fair?” Karen Conti Show, WGN, September 23, 2019: 
https://wgnradio.com/2019/09/23/is-the-fair-pay-to-play-act-fair/ 
•  “College Football 150: This is Us,” appearances in multiple episodes in the documentary series, 
ESPN Films, first airing September 17, 2019: https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/20367363 
•  “Oos-Oos-Oos-ah!  Devoney Looser watches the American women’s football team,” The Times 
Literary Supplement, July 8, 2019: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/uswnt-world-cup-
2019/ 

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•  “All eyes are on the U.S. women’s soccer team.  But what’s next?” Marketplace, interview with Erika 
Beras, July 5, 2019: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/all-eyes-are-on-the-u-s-
womens-soccer-team-but-whats-next/ 
•   “Montaño’s outrage over Nike ad pushed changes for pregnant athletes,” Why Sport Matters 
podcast conversation with Ken Shropshire, June 7, 2019: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/podcast/2019/06/07/podcast-montanos-outrage-over-nike-ad-
pushed-changes-for-pregnant-athletes/ 
•  “Episode 87: Gender and Sex in Athletics with Dr. Victoria Jackson,” Olympic Fever podcast, May 30, 
2019: https://olymfever.com/2019/05/30/episode-87-gender-and-sex-in-athletics-with-dr-
victoria-jackson/ 
•  “The case of Caster Semenya,” Interview with Chris Hrapsky, NBC Minneapolis/St. Paul kare11: 
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/the-case-of-caster-semenya/89-
bd8bf47f-8b82-4e40-900b-eac9117c9914 
•  “New ‘Sports, Cultures, and Ethics’ certificate enhances student opportunities,” ASU Now, March 26, 
2019: https://asunow.asu.edu/20190326-sun-devil-life-new-sports-cultures-and-ethics-
certificate-enhances-student-opportunities 
•  “Heckling pro athletes is part of being a fan [is it? I disagree], but where’s the line?” Interview with 
Ryan Cody, ABC15 News, April 5, 2019: 
https://twitter.com/RyanThomasCody/status/1114401634589728768 
•  “What the ‘Varsity Blues’ indictments, Wilken decision say about NCAA sports,” Why Sport Matters 
podcast conversation with Ken Shropshire, March 15, 2019: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/podcast/2019/03/15/what-the-varsity-blues-indictments-
wilken-decision-say-about-ncaa-sports/ 
•  “Can Student-Athlete Gain More Control Over Their Lives and Earnings?” Interview with Steve 
Goldstein, The Show, KJZZ/NPR, March 19, 2019: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/824191/can-
student-athletes-gain-more-control-over-their-lives-and-earnings 
•  “How do NCAA’s amateurism rules impact a player like Zion Williamson?”  Why Sport Matters 
podcast conversation with Ken Shropshire, February 22, 2019: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/podcast/2019/02/22/podcast-how-does-ncaas-amateurism-
rules-impact-a-player-like-zion-williamson/ 
•  “College athletics are ‘21
st
 century Jim Crow’” Agony of Defeat podcast interview with UNC 
professors Matt Andrews (history) and Jon Weiler (global studies), discussing my research on 
college sports and thesis that black athlete labor pays for white athlete privilege, December 10, 
2018: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/agony-of-defeat/id1158575487?mt=2 
•  “A 1968 Roundtable with Reflections on the Legacy of 1968 Olympics w/ Dr. Amy Bass and Dr. 
Victoria Jackson,” conversation moderated by Dr. Amira Rose Davis, co-host, Burn it All Down 
Podcast, October 16, 2018: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-only-on-
22102216?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_e
ngagement&token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LW
FjY2VzczowYzcwOGQ3OS01MzMyLTQyNDQtYjJiMy03MjRjOThiNTk0MzEifQ.7qHre6EmfiWKJW6A
MPCcRdN0JjNrH17pTkzCLGFnJJs 
•  “Commemorating Mexico City ’68 50 years later, on the anniversary of Smith and Carlos’ podium 
protest,” Al Jazeera TV interview, October 16, 2018: 
https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/videos/vl.205266793387357/2159167580769645/?type=1 
•  “Sports and politics in historical context,” W Radio interview with Carlos Bravo Regidor in Mexico 
City, September 25, 2018. Aired on October 2. 
•  “How Will Nike’s Brand Be Affected By the Colin Kaepernick Ad?” Interview with Steve Goldstein, 
The Show, KJZZ-NPR, September 11, 2018: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/697657/how-will-
nikes-brand-be-affected-colin-kaepernick-ad 

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•  “Corporations and Activism,” All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU-NPR Radio show, September 10, 
2018: http://radio.wosu.org/post/corporations-and-activism 
•  “Nike courts controversy by featuring Colin Kaepernick in ad campaign,” Interview with Ted 
Simons, Arizona Horizon PBS, September 5, 2018: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2018/09/nike-
courts-controversy-by-featuring-colin-kaepernick-in-ad-campaign/ 
•  “ASU historian: In sports, the power plays are often off the field,” ASU Now Q&A with Penny Walker, 
August 30, 2018: https://asunow.asu.edu/20180830-discoveries-asu-sports-historian-protests-
politics 
•  “Know Your Roots: Prof. Victoria Jackson,” ESPN Podcast “That’s What She Said with Sarah Spain,” 
August 8, 2018: http://m.espn.com/general/play?id=24321786&cast=14603142&wjb 
•  “Why Sport Matters: What Constitutes a Performance-Enhancing Drug or Treatment?” Why Sport 
Matters Podcast with Kenneth Shropshire, August 3, 2018: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/podcast/2018/08/03/what-constitutes-performance-enhancing-
drug-treatment/ 
•  “History of Using the National Anthem as Protest,” Interview with Ted Simons, Arizona Horizon PBS, 
July 4, 2018: https://www.pbs.org/video/070418-trump-and-the-constitution-protesting-the-
anthem-quj7ds/ [segment starts 15:40] 
•  ASU Now Video Series, “Sport is…”  For National Physical Fitness and Sport Month, video by 
Suzanne Wilson and Jamie Ell.  May, 2018: https://vimeo.com/271369000 
•  “Unlocking ASU Sports History,” by Britt Lewis, about ASU Libraries fundraising campaign to 
digitize ASU sports history for ASU Now, March 13, 2018: https://asunow.asu.edu/20180313-sun-
devil-life-unlock-spark-sports-film-history 
•  “Victoria Jackson’s A Jim Crow Divide in College Sports,” Bill Rhoden on Sports Podcast, Episode 
123.  Interview with Bill Rhoden and Jamal Murphy.  January 25, 2018: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bill-rhoden-on-sports-brospod/id991391708?mt=2 
•  “The NCAA as Modern Jim Crow? A Sports Historian Explains Why She Drew the Parallel,” The 
Chronicle of Higher Education interview with Emma Kerr,  January 12, 2018: 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-NCAA-as-Modern-Jim-Crow-A/242240 
•  “Lecturer builds ASU’s sports history curriculum as a graduate student,” profile by Amanda 
Stoneman, ASU Now, October 18, 2017: https://asunow.asu.edu/20171018-lecturer-builds-
asu%E2%80%99s-sports-history-curriculum-graduate-student 
•  Interview with Gregg Paul, NBC News Radio/KFYI, on the NFL and athlete activism.  Segments aired 
on Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Chris Merrill, Mike Broomhead, Jim Sharpe, and the 
Nearly Famous Barry Young Show.  Rush Limbaugh: 
https://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/29863301?token=878eb890-224e-4c6a-8ccc-
5683f798c470  Chris Merrill: 
https://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/29863995?token=878eb890-224e-4c6a-8ccc-
5683f798c470 
•  “A brief history of sports and political protest,” interview with Ted Simons, Arizona Horizon PBS, 
September 25, 2017: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2017/09/brief-history-sports-political-protest/ 
•  “Shot clock: sports and social issues, and how far back does it go?” Arizona Republic interview with 
Greg Moore, September, 2017: https://www.azcentral.com/videos/sports/heat-
index/2017/08/31/shot-clock-sports-and-social-issues-and-how-far-back-does-go/105146024/ 
•  “Collegiate Esports and Title IX: What you Need to Know,” The Esports Observer interview with 
Ferguson Mitchell,  February 17, 2017: https://esportsobserver.com/collegiate-esports-title-ix-
need-know/ 
•  “Why Do Women Run?” essay by Peter Sagal, based on a conversation we had on a run.  Runners 
World, April 14, 2013: https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20837791/why-do-
women-run/ 

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Speaking Engagements 
 
o  Sun Devil Athletics disordered eating panel for ASU athletes, March 14, 2024 
o  Aspen Institute Sport & Society program webinar, “College Sports Reform in the Public Interest,” 
Future of Sports series, February 28, 2024. Video: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/future-
of-sports-college-sports-reform/ 
o  Rio Verde ASU Speaker Series, “Higher Education Can Fix The American Sports Ecosystem,” 
February 13, 2024.  
o  Roundtable on sports and soft power, State Department sports diplomacy sponsored trip with 
Armenian girls’ basketball players and coaches, hosted by Sports @ Humanities Institute. December 
2023. 
o  “The Power in Women’s Sports” State Department sports diplomacy sponsored trip with Armenian 
girls’ basketball players and coaches, hosted by Sun Devil Athletics. December 2023. 
o  Keynote at first annual Duke-UNC Sports Symposium, A Critical Study of Big-Time College Sport. 
November 10, 2023. 
Talk: “Higher Education Can Fix the American Sports Ecosystem” 
Also moderated a panel on athlete labor and compensation. 
Website: https://fhi.duke.edu/event/duke-unc-sports-symposium/ 
o  CronkiteLIVE Gender Inclusivity in Sports panel. First Amendment Forum, Cronkite School, October 
25, 2023. https://cronkite.asu.edu/events/2023/cronkitelive-gender-inclusivity-in-sports/ 
o  ASU Humphrey Fellows gender and sport presentation at Phoenix Mercury game August 10, 2023 
o  ASU Early Start sport humanities presentation July 26, 2023 
o  “Sports and Games: Modeling (and Making) Reality through Play,” Worldbuilding Workshop with 
Matt Bell, ASU Lincoln Center for Ethics. February 27, 2023. https://news.asu.edu/20230206-
discoveries-look-history-super-bowl YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOUD2OJdIY 
o  “Fifty Years of Title IX: The Past, Present, and Future of Girls’ and Women’s Sports,” Mirabella 
community talk, February 2, 2023. 
o  ASU Sports Business Symposium. Moderator DEI in Sports panel with Nona Lee, Kim Corbitt, Shaun 
Mayo, and Scott Brooks. November 18, 2022. https://sbaatasu.org/events/ 
o  The Drake Group webinar series Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics. “Students, Employees, or 
Both? Is There an Alternative Educational Model for College Sport?” Panelist alongside Gabe 
Feldman, Michele Roberts, Len Simon, and Andrew Zimbalist. November 17, 2022. 
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2s3YIVubSkeRqZ7BAQPGFQ 
o  Sparky’s Cup Education Panel: ASU Celebrates the World’s Game ASU Event, “Geopolitics of Sport 
and Sportswashing,” November 15, 2022: https://asuevents.asu.edu/content/sparkys-cup-
education-panel-world-cup-and-global-sports-geopolitics-sport-and-
sportswashing?eventDate=2022-11-15T13%3A30 
o  Sparky’s Cup Education Panel: ASU Celebrates the World’s Game ASU Event, “It’s Complicated: 
America’s Relationship with the Global Game,” November 1, 2022: 
https://asuevents.asu.edu/content/sparkys-cup-education-panel-its-complicated-americas-
relationship-global-game?eventDate=2022-11-01 
o  University of Minnesota Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport Distinguished 
Lecture Series, “The Changing Landscape of College Sport & The Impact on Women,” October 25, 
2022: https://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/events/lecture/default.html 
o  “Writing, Drawing, and Storytelling as Radical Acts: A Conversation with Kelcey Ervick,” ASU IHR 
and Sport Humanities event, October 5, 2022: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-drawing-
and-storytelling-as-radical-acts-dr-kelcey-ervick-tickets-427626581617 
o  ASU Sport Humanities 50
th
 anniversary of Title IX series. “Title IX and Global Football, featuring 
Briana Scurry,” Sport Humanities 50
th
 anniversary of Title IX programming x Sparky’s Cup ASU 
World Cup programming. Moderator of panel with current and former players and academic 

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experts from the U.S., Mexico, and England, speaking about the role of Title IX in global women’s 
football history. October 4, 2022: https://asuevents.asu.edu/content/title-ix-and-global-football-
featuring-briana-scurry?eventDate=2022-10-04 
ASU News write-up: https://news.asu.edu/20221006-global-engagement-former-us-goalie-briana-
scurry-featured-speaker-title-ix-and-global 
o  The Chronicle of Higher Education webinar, “The Legacy of Title IX for College Athletics,” June 23, 
2022. Moderated by Executive Editor Liz McMillen, and with panelists Candice Storey Lee, 
Vanderbilt VP and AD; Ellen Staurowsky, Professor; Gabrielle Tenzer, Kaplan, Hecker & Fink law 
firm which performed NCAA gender equity review. https://connect.chronicle.com/che-ci-wbn-
2022-06-23-titleix-tiaa_01LandingPage.html?cid=che_ci_web_edit_1_vf_titleix_tiaa_22-6 
(The Chronicle also published a report from this event.) 
o  “IX Things to Know About Title IX,” One Day U class on the 50
th
 anniversary of Title IX.  
o  The 19
th
 Represents 2022 Summit: 50 Years of Title IX. “Title IX Today: On College Sports,” panel 
moderator with panelists U.S. Congresswoman Lori Trahan, Vanderbilt VP and AD Candice Storey 
Lee, Pro Athlete Brittany Collens, and Howard softball coach Tori Tyson. June 16, 2022. Our panel 
was sandwiched between interviews with Candace Parker and Dawn Staley! 
https://19thnews.org/summit-2022/title-ix-today-stem-sports-representation/ 
o  Women’s History Month invited talk at University of Texas San Antonio. “50 Years of Title IX: The 
Past, Present, and Future of Women’s College Sports.” March 29, 2022. 
https://www.utsa.edu/womenshistorymonth/2022/week5/fifty-years-of-title-IX.html 
UTSA Today news coverage: https://www.utsa.edu/today/2022/03/story/victoria-jackson-
presentation.html 
o  State Department Sports Visitors Program. “Title IX and Women College Athletes” for Israeli soccer 
coaches delegation. Panel moderator alongside 3 current ASU athletes. March 21, 2022. 
o  Sun Devil Athletics 50
th
 anniversary of Title IX EmpowHER conversation with Victoria Jackson and 
Nona Lee, EVP and Chief Legal Officer, Arizona Diamondback (and founder, Phoenix Women’s 
Sports Association). Program for Sun Devil Athletes, for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. 
February 9, 2022. 
o  Financial Times Business of Sport Summit. Panel: Sports and labor -- Free Agency, NIL reform, and 
the rise in athlete power. Panelist alongside: Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, Knight 
Commission CEO Amy Perko, and Providence Equity’s Joshua Empson; moderated by Sujeet Indap, 
US Lex Editor, Financial Times. October 14, 2021. https://businessofsport.live.ft.com/ 
o  ASU Digital Prep talk with graduating seniors, Spring 2021 
o  Washington University American Culture Studies guest lecture, with Stanford professor emeritus 
Roger Noll, “Sport & Society: NCAA and Athletic Labor.” November 5, 2021. 
o  University of Michigan’s Michigan Women Empowerment in Sport and Entertainment (MWESE) 
conversation about working in sports, and gender, sport, and power. October 5, 2021. 
o  University of Colorado, University of South Carolina, Duke University, Virginia Commonwealth 
University Fall 2021 class guest lectures  
o  University of Washington system workshop on teaching large classes online 
o  ASU Humanities Week Sports in U.S. History 2 open classes, in conversation with Andrew Maraniss, 
director of the Sport & Society Initiative at Vanderbilt University and Kurt Streeter, Sport of the 
Times columnist at the New York Times. October 18 and 20, 2021. 
o  “50 Years of Title IX,” Capital Times Ideas Fest panel, hosted by Andrew Maraniss, and panelist 
alongside Courtney Cox, Simone Charley, and Kristi Oshiro. Video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHP6hOxqNvc 
Capital Times write-up by Katie Dean: https://captimes.com/news/local/cap-times-idea-fest-
unfinished-business-in-womens-sports-50-years-on/article_86a10bf9-50df-5f5f-8a09-
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o  “How Have Women’s Sports Changed since Title IX?” Zócalo Public Square live event panelist. Event 
promo: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/event/how-have-womens-sports-changed-since-
title-ix/ 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvnlbvQ4Kis 
o  “College Athlete Activism: Why 2020-2021 and What Comes Next?” College Sports Research 
Institute invited panel. March 26, 2021. Conference website: https://www.csri.org/friday-virtual-
schedule 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgIv8kMPhA&feature=emb_imp_woyt 
o  Global Sport Matters Live: “Is 2021 the Year of Girls and Women in Sports?” moderator for live 
event. March 12, 2021. Event promo: https://globalsportmatters.com/events/2021/01/25/gsm-
live-is-2021-the-year-for-womens-sport/ 
Event video: https://globalsportmatters.com/watch/2021/03/19/gsm-live-is-2021-the-year-for-
women-and-girls-sport-video/ 
o  UNC Chapel Hill Department of Athletics talk on race, gender, and college sports with 
administrators, coaches, students, December 2, 2020 
o  Vanderbilt University “race, gender, and sport” speaker series, Sport and Society Institute and 
Osher Lifelong Learning, November 11, 2020 
o  “Dilemma, Decision, and the Debate over College Choice,” Global Sport Institute event on Black 
athletes considering attending PWIs vs HBCUs, moderated by Bill Rhoden, October 28, 2020: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/events/2020/10/21/global-sport-matters-live-dilemma-decision-
and-the-debate-of-college-choice/  
o  “College Athletics in the Time of Covid-19,” UConn Sport Management Program “Beyond the Field” 
speaker series, with Dr. Derrick White, Dr. Derek Silva, and college athlete Nyah Willis, October 20, 
2020: https://sport.education.uconn.edu/beyond-the-field-speaker-series/# 
o  “In Life and on the Pitch, Thriving in 3 Leagues (En la Vida y en la Cancha, Triunfando en 3 Ligas),” 
ASU Convergence Lab event moderator with Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Daniela Solis 
(Rayadas de Monterrey) and Caprice Dydasco (Sky Blue), September 8, 2020: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcJlt6xffk&feature=youtu.be 
ASU Now event write-up: https://asunow.asu.edu/20200911-global-engagement-womens-soccer-
building-future-next-generation-%E2%80%94-and-pitch 
El Debate event coverage: https://www.debate.com.mx/deportes/Campeonas-de-futbol-en-
Mexico-y-el-mundo-hablan-de-su-trayectoria-en-el-deporte-20200915-0110.html 
o  “Working in Sync in the Age of Coronavirus,” ASU Institute for Humanities Research “Adaptation, 
Resiliency, and Care” series, July 14, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8X-1EqwUTw 
o  “Can We Build A Better Summer Olympics,” Zócalo Public Square, June 18, 2020. Event description: 
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/event/can-we-build-a-better-summer-olympics/ Video: 
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/category/events/video-archive/ 
o  “Global Sport Matters Live: COVID-19 & The Reset of Sport,” Global Sport Institute webinar/Zoom 
event, May 1, 2020: https://globalsport.asu.edu/events/global-sport-conversation-series/global-
sport-matters-live-covid-19-reset-sport 
o  “Week of Women in Sport” USA in UAE embassy grant program engaging Emirati girls and women 
in sport, Abu Dhabi, February 15-22, 2020. Write-up in English-language Abu Dhabi City guide (and 
6 outlets in Arabic): https://abudhabieduguide.com/nyu-abu-dhabi-kicks-off-10-days-women-
sports-part-anniversary-celebrations/ 
o  Green Sports Alliance sustainability (and broader justice) panel conversation during USA Triathlon 
Endurance Exchange conference, Sun Devil Stadium, January 24, 2020: 
https://www.enduranceexchange.com/event-schedule 
o  Women in Sport and Entertainment student networking event, hosted by Sun Devil Athletics, 
January 10, 2020: https://arizona.wiseworks.org/ 

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o  Talk on the academic study of sport, The College Dean’s Council Fall Event, Papago Golf Course 
Clubhouse, December 11, 2019 
o  Future Tense Fiction book launch event, Changing Hands Phoenix, October 10, 2019.  (in 
conversation with sci-fi authors Maureen McHugh on debates around gender, athletes, performance 
enhancement, and perceptions of unfair advantage). https://www.newamerica.org/future-
tense/events/future-tense-fiction-stories-tomorrow-phoenix/ 
o  “Reflections on NCAA Exploitation Debates: Victoria Jackson and Nathan Kalman-Lamb in 
Conversation” invited talk at Duke University, October 4, 2019.  
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1QLs1AqhUU  
o  “What Makes a Successful Grant Proposal?” IHR Mock Panel participant, with NEH Deputy Director 
Russell Wyland, September 25, 2019 
o  “Black athlete labor pays for white athlete privilege, and other ways American college sports should 
make us all uncomfortable,” Invited keynote, University of Arizona Controversial Issues in Higher 
Education annual conference.  June 27, 2019: https://cihe.arizona.edu/speakers 
Video: https://cihe.arizona.edu/livestream 
Tucson Daily Star coverage: https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/ua-s-controversial-issues-
symposium-addresses-student-athletes-title-ix/article_1c9b0bf2-c1b8-5976-a263-
8d3ad3075751.html 
o  “Mujeres Floreciendo en el Deporte” (Women in Sports forum), hosted by Tec de Monterrey, in 
partnership with CONAPRED (Mexican federal commission to prevent discrimination) and ASU Sun 
Devil Athletics/women’s soccer, June 24, 2019: 
https://tec.mx/es/noticias/monterrey/deportes/vivira-tec-futbol-femenil-internacional-en-el-
estadio-borregos 
o  “Black athlete labor and white athlete privilege – and disparate educational outcomes – in big-time 
college sports,” invited talk, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 9, 2019.  In addition to this talk, 
I visited and spoke in 2 Philosophy of Sport classes and 1 Sports Governance class while in Boulder. 
o  “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in College Sports,” Invited talk and panel participant, University 
of South Carolina College Sports Research Institute annual conference, April 3-5, 2019. 
o  Panel moderator, “Shut Up and Dribble: Black Athlete Activism in Global Context, ASU Global Sport 
Summit, March 29, 2019.  Global Sport Matters article covering panel: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2019/04/10/to-shut-up-and-dribble-or-not-bryant-
davis-discuss-black-athlete-activism/ 
o  Panel moderator, “Race, Gender, and Inclusion in Intercollegiate Athletics,” ASU Global Sport 
Summit, March 29, 2019.  ASU Now write-up covering panel: https://asunow.asu.edu/20190331-
arizona-impact-looking-sports-microcosm-racial-gender-disparities-society 
o  “Critical issues in race and sport” HST 130 class visit, speaking on panel with Robert Turner and 
Greg Moore, March 28, 2019.  Greg Moore’s article about the class, for Arizona Republic: 
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2019/03/28/arizona-state-students-
sports-experts-race-culture-economics/3289407002/ 
o  “Sport Majilis: A Conversation on Global Sport, Gender Equity, and More,” public talk at NYU Abu 
Dhabi, February 28, 2019. 
o  “Can Sport Save Globalization?” presentation and conversation with the Phoenix Commission on 
Foreign Relations, February 21, 2019 
o  Host and Moderator, “The Renaissance of the African American Athlete,” Global Sport Institute 
Black History Month event with London 1948 Olympians Herb Douglas and Harrison Dillard, and 
discussion of their documentary on 9 African American medalists in the Berlin 1936 Olympic 
Games, February 11, 2019: https://globalsport.asu.edu/events/global-sport-conversation-
series/renaissance-african-american-athlete; ASU Now write-up: “Sport Continues to Drive Social 
Change”: https://asunow.asu.edu/20190211-global-engagement-global-sport-institute-african-
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https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/02/12/1948-olympians-still-passing-
forward-inspiration-jesse-owens/2842526002/ 
o  “Sports and Leadership: Using Our Platform for the Greater Good. A Conversation with John Carlos, 
Paul Hoffman, and Gina Hemphill-Strachan.” I provided opening remarks and moderated this panel 
conversation with SHPRS sports history students and Sun Devil Athletics administrators, coaches, 
and athletes, October 23, 2018: https://asunow.asu.edu/20181023-global-engagement-raising-fist-
change-asu-global-sport-institute 
o  “Activismo político en los deportes” Invited talk at Centro Público de Investigación y Educación 
Superior (CIDE) a social science research institute, policy center, and graduate school in Mexico 
City, September 25, 2018.  Panel discussion, three women—two historians and a journalist—talking 
sports and politics in historical context.  Organized for 50
th
 anniversary of 1968 Olympic Games. 
o  “Geopolitics 101: Russia 2018” Panel discussion around the World Cup, and sport and geopolitics, 
COMEXI (Mexico’s Council on Foreign Relations), June 19, 2018.  Video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQjL2v3mxk 
o  “Are Big-Time Athletics Compatible with Academics?” Colorado University at Boulder invited 
panelist, April 5, 2018.  Also spoke and fielded questions in Roger Pielke’s Intro to Sports 
Governance class.  Boulder Daily Camera write-up: 
http://www.buffzone.com/columnists/ci_31788940/rooney-old-ncaa-problems-need-new-
solutions 
o  “Sport Matters, History Matters: How To Take Sport Seriously, and Study What We Love,” 
University of New Mexico college sports symposium invited keynote address, March 19, 2018.  
During this trip I met with UNM student-athletes in a small-group workshop format to help them 
translate their skills as athletes into qualities to highlight in resumés and job interviews.  I also 
participated in a faculty/graduate student seminar focused on sports research, and helped some 
graduate students on their group research projects related to college sports. 
o  “Power Play: Behind the Scenes of College Sports,” Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Arizona 
chapter panel, March, 2018.  Fun conversation with Christine Wilkinson about ASU women’s sports 
history, a networking event for women in sports business before an ASU softball game. 
o  “The Future of Doping and the Olympic Movement,” SHPRS Pop-up Talk, moderator/conversation 
with Olympian Desiree Davila Linden, February, 2018.  Two months later Des won the Boston 
Marathon!!  Watch me lose it on NBC 12News Arizona (segment also ran in Tucson): 
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37976051/bostonmarathon 
o  “Expanding Opportunity: National Girls and Women in Sports Day,” Sun Devil Athletics panel 
participant, February, 2018 
o  “Must See Mondays: Future of the Olympic Games,” Walter Cronkite School and Global Sport 
Institute, moderator/interviewer in conversation with Anita DeFrantz, IOC executive board 
member, January, 2018.  Video: https://vimeo.com/253828913 
o  “Title IX and NCAA Emerging Sports,” ASU Triathlon Title IX Celebration, November, 2017.  I spoke 
about the historical importance of Title IX in expanding sporting opportunities for women, as part 
of a pitch to other universities’ athletics directors thinking about adding triathlon as a new women’s 
sport.  This was the evening before ASU hosted and won the second-ever women’s college triathlon 
national championships. 
o  “Masculinit(ies) and Femininit(ies) in Sport, and Creating Inclusive, Safe Spaces,” Sun Devil 
Athletics Championship Life, October 2017.  Championship Life is a program to provide more 
academic-like programming for student-athletes to think critically about their identities and 
responsibilities as critically-engaged Sun Devils. 
o  “Fandom in American College Football,” True North Companies Lunch and Learn, August, 2017 
o  “¿El Deporte Nos Une o Nos Divide?”  “Do Sports Unite or Divide Us?” Arizona State University 
Event in Mexico City, June, 2017.  ASU Now write-up: https://asunow.asu.edu/20170615-global-
engagement-asu-mexico-panel-sports-unifying 

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o  “Can Technology Make Sports Safer?” Future Tense Event at New America, Washington, D.C., March, 
2017  Video: https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/can-technology-make-sports-
safer/ 
o  “Expanding Opportunity: National Girls and Women in Sports Day,” Sun Devil Athletics panel 
participant, February, 2017 
o  “Title IX and Big-Time College Sports: Expanded Opportunity—and Resistance—in Chapel Hill, 
1972-1988,” History faculty Works in Progress Series, January, 2017 
o  “Representing Masculinity and Femininity in Sport,” Sun Devil Athletics Championship Life, 
November, 2016 
o  “Are eSports the Future of Entertainment?” Future Tense Event at New America NYC, New York, 
April, 2016  Video: https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/are-esports-the-future-of-
entertainment/ 
o  “Sports History at ASU: History Matters, Sport Matters,” Institute for the Science of Teaching and 
Learning (ISTL), January, 2016 
o  “Fandom in American College Football: Identity and Community,” Arizona Commerce Authority, 
December, 2014 
o  “The History of Student-Athlete Rights,” New York Times Café Lecture, ASU- Downtown, November, 
2014 
o  “Reflections on Teaching Sports History in the Twenty-First Century,” Keynote Address, Phoenix 
Women’s Sports Association (PWSA) Annual Power to Inspire Event, May, 2014 
o  “A Brief History of Title IX and Women’s College Sports,” Good Sports Lecture Series, Tempe History 
Museum, September, 2014 
 
Quotes in Selected Journalistic Pieces (since 2018) 
 
o  Rachel Bachman, “Caitlin Clark’s NCAA Scoring Record Will Have an Asterisk,” Wall Street Journal, 
February 8, 2024. https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-total-career-points-
record-lynette-woodard-afc762ea 
o  Dennis Dodd, “Dawn of new age for college athletics is on the horizon with NCAA appearing 
powerless to stop it,” CBS Sports, February 6, 2024. https://www.cbssports.com/college-
football/news/dawn-of-new-age-for-college-athletics-is-on-the-horizon-with-ncaa-appearing-
powerless-to-stop-it/ 
o  Jesse Dougherty, “A College QB Testified about NIL. He Says Congress is Missing the Point,” 
Washington Post, January 19, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/19/nil-
reform-bill-congress-testimony/ 
o  Ben Portnoy, “College Sports: Getting What You Pay For?” Sports Business Journal, November 27, 
2023. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/11/27/college-sports-
landscape.aspx?publicationSource=sbj&issue=5d0363c3567f4ff3b399365b919d96de 
o  Helen Li, California newsletter of the Los Angeles Times, “How the Pac-12 Became the Pac-2,” 
September 6, 2023. https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-09-06/how-the-pac-12-
became-the-pac-2-essential-california 
o  Martin Fritz Huber, “The U.S. Model for College Sports in Unsustainable,” Outside Magazine, August 
17, 2023. https://www.outsideonline.com/running/news/college-sports-pac-12-running-
programs/ 
o  Maggie Hicks, “Conference Realignment is Sweeping College Sports. Here’s Why It Matters,” The 
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 9, 2023. https://www.chronicle.com/article/conference-
realignment-is-sweeping-college-sports-heres-why-it-matters 

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o  Jim Alexander, “The U.S. Women’s National Team’s Legacy is Multi-Faceted,” Orange County 
Register, July 18, 2023. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/07/18/alexander-the-uswnts-legacy-is-
multi-faceted/ 
o  Ethan Bauer, “Leveling the Playing Field: Exploring How Trans Athletes Fit Into Elite Sports,” 
Deseret News, June 23, 2023. https://www.deseret.com/sports/2023/6/15/23727094/trans-
women-sports-debate 
o  Philip Jankowski and Marcela Rodrigues, “Could Texas Senate’s Bill to Thwart DEI hurt sports 
recruiting at Texas, A&M, and others?” Dallas Morning News, April 21, 2023. 
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/21/will-texas-efforts-to-dismantle-dei-
risk-ncaa-compliance-for-college-sports/ 
o  Sara Germano, “Life or Death Crisis on Football Field Puts Spotlight on NFL’s Priorities,” Financial 
Times, January 6, 2023: https://www.ft.com/content/2d5d00bf-fe49-4f69-ac96-
5a22a0d58412?shareType=nongift 
o  Tommy Birch, “Former players accuse Iowa State soccer coach of verbal abuse,” Des Moines 
Register, October 26, 2022: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-
state/2022/10/26/iowa-state-womens-college-soccer-coach-verbally-abusive-title-ix-matt-
fannon/10389295002/ 
o  Amanda Christovich, “DePaul Implementing Women’s Sports Fee on MBB Tickets,” Front Office 
Sports, September 29, 2022: https://frontofficesports.com/depaul-womens-initiative/ 
o  Nicole Auerbach and Stewart Mandell, “The future of College Football, Inc.: Where the sport’s money 
and management go from here,” The Athletic, September 27, 2022: 
https://theathletic.com/3627099/2022/09/27/college-football-ncaa-breakaway-revenue-sharing/ 
(This long read discusses my white paper.)  
o  Michael Silverman, “If the LIV golf series is an attempt at Saudi ‘sportswashing,’ it isn’t working,” 
Boston Globe, September 1, 2022: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/01/sports/if-liv-golf-series-is-
an-attempt-saudi-sportswashing-it-isnt-working/  
o  Lulu Kesin, “The Trouble with the Pill,” Sports Illustrated, August 29, 2022: 
https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/29/birth-control-pills-college-athletes-roe-wade 
o  Jim Alexander, “Is the professionalization of college football getting closer?” Orange County Register, 
August 24, 2022: https://www.ocregister.com/2022/08/24/alexander-is-the-professionalization-of-college-
football-getting-closer/ 
o  Sara Germano, “Nike’s scores success with early backing for women’s football,” Financial Times, 
August 2, 2022: https://www.ft.com/content/2a88d3b1-62d6-4414-8f7d-1a5f728d4f16 
o  Alanis Thames, “Pretty in Any Color: Women on the Court Make the Style Rules,” New York Times, July 
24, 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/sports/basketball/wnba-style-fashion-marketing.html 
o  Nancy Gaardner, “Title IX at 50: Lost to History: Nebraska’s Three-peat College Softball Champions 
Paid the Price for Equity,” Omaha World-Herald, July 17, 2022: https://omaha.com/sports/college/lost-
to-history-nebraskas-three-peat-college-softball-champions-paid-the-price-for-equity/article_ad2c3f60-
032b-11ed-ac5a-97863e8f9922.html 
o  Brianna Hatch, “’There’s So Many Questions’: Sports Realignment Shocker Could Mean a Sea Change 
for Higher Ed,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 1, 2022: 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/theres-so-many-questions-sports-realignment-shocker-could-mean-a-
sea-change-for-higher-ed 
o  Erin Strout, “4 Reflections after 50 years of Title IX,” Women’s Running, June 23, 2022: 
https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/news/4-reflections-after-50-years-of-title-ix/ 
o  Dvora Meyers, “Title IX Gave Women More Chances to Coach in College. But It Gave Even More 
Opportunities to Men," FiveThirtyEight, June 23, 2022: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/title-ix-gave-
women-more-college-coaching-opportunities-but-it-gave-even-more-chances-to-men/ 

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o  Billy Witz, “Oklahoma’s Abortion Law Raises Questions About N.C.A.A.’s Softball World Series,” New 
York Times, June 10, 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/sports/oklahoma-abortion-softball.html 
o  Maggie Mertens, “50 Years of Title IX: How One Law Changed Women’s Sports Forever,” Sports 
Illustrated, May 19, 2022. Cover story for special Title IX issue: 
https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/19/title-ix-50th-anniversary-womens-sports-impact-daily-cover 
o  Jim Alexander, “An Opportunity to change the NCAA?” Orange County Register, May 10, 2022: 
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/10/alexander-an-opportunity-to-change-the-ncaa/ 
o  Jane McManus, “50 Years Ago, Roe v. Wade Changed Everything,” Deadspin, May 5, 2022: 
https://deadspin.com/50-years-ago-roe-v-wade-and-title-ix-changed-everythi-1848885585 
o  Eva Schram, “De Amerikaanse Mythe van de studentensport,” FD (Netherlands), April 11, 2022: 
https://fd.nl/samenleving/1435187/de-amerikaanse-mythe-rond-de-studentensport 
o  Frankie (Britni) de la Cretaz, “Sidelined: Title IX leveled the playing field, but did it miss the goal?” 
Bitch Magazine, April 1, 2022: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/title-IX-missed-the-goal 
o  Frankie de la Cretaz, “The IOC Has a New Trans-Inclusion Framework, But Is The Damage Already 
Done?” Sports Illustrated, March 23, 2022: https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/03/23/transgender-
athletes-testosterone-policies-ioc-framework 
o  Amanda Christovich, “The Battle for Equity in NCAA Basketball,” Front Office Sports, March 19, 2022: 
https://frontofficesports.com/newsletter/ncaas-road-to-basketball-equity/ 
o  Eric Kelderman, “The Money Monster: University Presidents Created the Mess in College Sports. Can 
They Fix It?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 11, 2022: 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-athletics-money-monster 
o  Andrew Carter, “NC colleges celebrate 50 years of Title IX, women’s sports,” Raleigh News & Observer, 
October 31, 2021. 
o  Megan Tomasic, “Colleges have a history of cutting programs when financial troubles arise,” Pittsburgh 
Tribune, October 17, 2021: https://triblive.com/sports/colleges-have-a-history-of-cutting-programs-when-
financial-troubles-arise/ 
o  Sara Germano, “Payday for US college athletes rattles $14bn industry,” Financial Times, October 4, 
2021: https://www.ft.com/content/447c3300-2fd2-4d70-829a-18b3715be498 
o  Robert O’Connell, “For the college athletes who aren’t stars, making money off their image is a job,” 
Washington Post, September 7, 2021: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/09/07/nil-money-
college-athletes-non-stars/ 
o  Josh Planos, “Even in a pandemic, the NCAA made it harder to cheer on female athletes,” 
FiveThirtyEight, August 31, 2021: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/even-in-a-pandemic-the-ncaa-
made-it-harder-to-cheer-on-female-athletes/ 
o  Vaughan Jones, “DACA Recipient Represents Northern Arizona University In Tokyo Olympics Track 
And Field Final,” KJZZ, August 8, 2021: https://kjzz.org/content/1706565/daca-recipient-represents-
northern-arizona-university-tokyo-olympics-track-and-field 
o  Lauren Zumbach, “How Women’s Track and Field Fought Their Way Into the Olympics—by Staging 
Their Own,” Women’s Running, July 29, 2021: 
https://www.womensrunning.com/events/olympics/womens-track-and-field-olympics-history/ 
o  Kylie Cheung, “Treated as a ‘criminal mastermind’: Black women athletes punished for mental and 
reproductive health,” Salon, July 17, 2021: https://www.salon.com/2021/07/17/black-women-athletes-
brianna-mcneal-naomi-osaka/ 
o  Eric Kelderman, “‘Everybody Is Floundering’: Colleges Scramble to Adapt to a World Where Their 
Athletes Can Cash In,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 7, 2021: 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/everybody-is-floundering-colleges-scramble-to-adapt-to-a-world-
where-their-athletes-can-cash-in?cid2 
o  Robert O’Connell, “The Ugly Side of NBA Fandom can no longer be Ignored,” The Atlantic, June 2, 
2021: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/06/nba-fan-problem/619079/ 

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o  Ken Belson, “A Boxer May Miss the Olympics Because of Her Prepandemic Pregnancy,” The New York 
Times, May 9, 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/sports/olympics/boxing-pregnancy-mandy-
bujold.html 
o  Kaylee Connors, “WNBA stars praise college players for exposing NCAA inequality,” KOLD News, 
April 13, 2021: https://www.kold.com/2021/04/13/wnba-stars-praise-college-players-exposing-ncaa-
inequality/ 
o  Binghui Huang, “How student athletes use March Madness to demand pay, equal rights,” Indianapolis 
Star, April 7, 2021: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2021/04/07/march-madness-tournament-
becomes-platform-student-athletes/4835805001/ 
o  Laine Higgins, “Women’s College Sports Was Growing. Then the NCAA Took Over.” Wall Street 
Journal, April 3, 2021: https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-college-sports-ncaa-aiaw-11617422325 
o  Howard Fendrich and Eddie Pells, “In AP survey, ADs raise worries about women’s college sports,” 
Associated Press, April 1, 2021: https://apnews.com/article/womens-college-basketball-basketball-mens-
sports-coronavirus-pandemic-womens-sports-197d9b296da8e060dfbaf0bfeac69bfa 
o  Amanda Christovich, “Bubble Problems,” Front Office Sports, March 24, 2021: 
https://frontofficesports.com/newsletter/fos-college-bubble-problems/ 
o  Daniel Libit and Eben Novy-Williams, “Grand Canyon’s First NCAA Tourney Highlights Its For-Profit 
Past,” Sportico, March 19, 2021: https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2021/ncaa-tourney-
grand-canyon-1234625178/ 
o  Binghui Huang, “NCAA Tournament could be a boon for Indianapolis. It could be an unnecessary risk, 
too,” Indianapolis Star, March 18, 2021: 
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2021/03/18/ncaa-tournament-indianapolis-
promise-and-covid-risk-march-madness/4699281001/ 
o  Robert O’Connell, “To Play or Not to Play: How parents should approach sports during COVID-19’s 
winter season,” Deseret News, January 8, 2021: 
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/1/8/22178325/covid-19-pandemic-youth-sports-winter-risk-play-
parenting-parents-choice-salt-lake-city-utah 
o  Eddie Pells, “COVID, legislation, lawsuits signal change in college sports,” AP, December 23, 2020: 
https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-basketball-lawsuits-football-legislation-
791f6006d9da4bd234f46754ce71c259 
o  Erin Strout, “Can We Run Away from Politics?” Women’s Running Magazine, October 30, 2020: 
https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/can-we-run-away-from-politics/ 
o  Yvonne Kim, “What to do: UW athletes and staff fighting racism feel thwarted by status quo,” The 
Capital Times/Madison.com, October 21, 2020: https://madison.com/ct/news/local/education/work-to-do-
uw-athletes-and-staff-fighting-racism-feel-thwarted-by-status-quo/article_91085d08-e459-5a84-8a0e-
2f3e05a43f67.html 
o  Brandon Kleen, “Can a bubble be built for college sport?” Global Sport Matters, September 24, 2020: 
https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2020/09/24/can-a-bubble-be-built-for-college-sport/ 
o  Ken Goe, “Men’s College Track is Being Threatened in Budget-Strapped Division I Athletic 
Departments,” The Oregonian, September 23, 2020: 
https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2020/09/mens-college-track-is-being-threatened-in-budget-
strapped-division-i-athletic-departments.html 
o  Jane McManus, “The Political Football of Political Football,” Deadspin, September 21, 2020: 
https://deadspin.com/the-political-football-of-political-football-1845129464 
o  Eric Kelderman, “‘A Scene out of Gladiator’: Big Ten Football Players Get Daily Coronavirus Test, But 
Other Students Don’t,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 17, 2020: 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-scene-out-of-gladiator-big-ten-football-players-get-daily-
coronavirus-tests-but-other-students-dont 
o  Kurt Streeter, “When you love, and loathe, watching the N.F.L.” The New York Times, September 14, 
2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/sports/football/nfl-season-restart.html 

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o  Amanda Christovich, “College Athletic Department Diversity Efforts Face Scrutiny,” Front Office 
Sports, August 30, 2020: https://frontofficesports.com/college-athletics-department-diversity-efforts/ 
Additional story: “Layoffs Sweep College Athletic Departments Nationwide,” September 18, 2020: 
https://frontofficesports.com/layoffs-sweep-college-athletic-departments-nationwide/ 
o  Robert O’Connell, “Past taking a knee: How a wildcat strike led the NBA to embrace political activism,” 
Deseret News, August 28, 2020: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/8/28/21404627/nba-strike-
boycott-kenosha-jacob-blake-espn-donovan-mitchell-milwaukee-bucks 
o  Caitlin Schmidt, “Eight former UA athletes detail 'rotten culture' in track and field program,” 
Arizona Daily Star, August 17, 2020: https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/eight-former-ua-
athletes-detail-rotten-culture-in-track-and-field-program/article_26ead223-11c5-5fc1-8c17-
73ef134ed973.html 
o  Ethan Bauer, “Is it time for college football to turn pro?” Deseret News, August 8, 2020: 
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/8/8/21357306/college-football-players-letter-pac-12-
big-10-ncaa-george-floyd-protests-civil-rights-paid-amateur 
o  Brandon Kochkodin and Janet Lorin, “Breakup of NCAA Could Result From Its Decision on Fall 
Sports,” Bloomberg, August 5, 2020: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-04/breakup-of-
ncaa-could-result-from-its-decision-on-fall-sports 
o  Matt Brown and Daniel Libit, “#WeAreUnited looks to correct 120 years of college athlete subjugation 
in four weeks,” Extra Points newsletter, The Intercollegiate, August 3, 2020: 
https://extrapoints.substack.com/p/weareunited-looks-to-correct-120 
o  Jeré Longman, “A Stadium at Iowa State Says His Name: Jack Trice,” The New York Times, July 20, 
2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/sports/ncaafootball/Iowa-State-Jack-Trice-
Stadium.html 
o  Kurt Streeter, “W.N.B.A. Star’s Role in Freeing Man From Prison Shows Female Athletes at 
Forefront,” The New York Times, July 2, 2020: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/sports/basketball/maya-moore-jonathan-irons-
freed.html 
o  Ken Goe, “Oregon Ducks’ decision not to report the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus 
raises oversight concerns,” The Oregonian, June 25, 2020: 
https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2020/06/oregon-ducks-decision-not-to-report-the-number-of-athletes-
testing-positive-for-coronavirus-raises-oversight-concerns.html 
o  Ann Killion, “Future of women’s sports uncertain after the coronavirus halted momentum,” San 
Francisco Chronicle, May 14, 2020: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/Future-
of-women-s-sports-uncertain-after-the-15268199.php 
Additional stories: “‘Sports can’t become the next nursing homes’ as California restart approaches”: 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/Sports-can-t-become-the-next-nursing-
15278797.php and “Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer: ‘Women will be losers’ of California pay-to-play law”: 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/Stanford-s-VanDerveer-Women-will-be-
14501634.php 
o  Jeff Metcalfe, “Arizona could join states allowing athletes to benefit from name, image, likeness,” 
Arizona Republic/AZ Central, January 17, 2020: 
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2020/01/17/arizona-could-join-states-
allowing-college-athletes-benefit-name-image-likeness/4502647002/ 
o  Ethan Bauer, “Amid a minefield of generic nicknames, how do college mascots distinguish 
themselves?” Deseret News, January 10, 2020: 
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/1/10/21052358/clemson-lsu-tigers-nicknames-
mascots-college-tribal (I imagine Ethan was not expecting a discussion of Confederate symbology in 
Southern PWI football, but glad he enjoyed it!) 
o  Jane McManus, “Megan Rapinoe strikes a World Cup pose, demands equality, and challenges us all 
to be better,” New York Daily News, December 26, 2019: 

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https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/ny-megan-rapinoe-uswnt-world-cup-20191226-
maaih6kvd5arreym5djdht6cvi-story.html 
o  Jarod Hector, “Too Big to Fail? Why the NCAA is at Another Crossroads over Athletes’ Rights,” BET, 
November 15, 2019: https://www.bet.com/news/sports/2019/11/15/op-ed--too-big-to-fail--why-
the-ncaa-is-at-another-crossroads-ov.html  
o  Wesley Jenkins, “Hundreds of Colleges may be out of Compliance with Title IX.  Here’s Why,” The 
Chronicle of Higher Education, October 23, 2019: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Hundreds-of-
Colleges-May-Be/247396 
o  ESPNW summit panel talking points for moderator Sarah Spain, “The Value of College Athletes. To 
Pay or Not to Pay,” October 22, 2019: https://www.espnwsummit.com/event/print_agenda 
Also aired as an episode of Sarah Spain’s That’s What She Said podcast, “Image and Likeness,” 
October 29, 2019: http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/14603142  
o  Nathan Fenno, “NCAA Sports are doomed they say.  Yeah, we’ve heard that before,” Los Angeles 
Times, October 2, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10-02/college-athletics-
reform-ncaa-doomsday-title-ix 
o  Brady McCollough, “Women respond to Pac-12 assertion that new California law would hurt female 
athletes,” Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10-
01/college-athletics-reform-ncaa-women-olympics 
o  Ethan Bauer, “Should college athletes be paid for their names and images? Where college sports 
could go from here,” Deseret News, October 1, 2019: 
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/9/19/20871318/college-athletes-paid-for-their-names-
and-images-college-sports-terrelle-pryor-tattoogate 
o  Jarod Hector, “’Fair Pay to Play’ Act seems like a step in the right direction, but if NCAA has its way, 
it will be more of the same,” BET, September 13, 2019: 
https://www.bet.com/news/sports/2019/09/13/fair-pay-to-play-act-seems-like-a-step-in-the-
right-direction-bu0.html 
o  Chris Hummer, “The NCAA vs. Everyone: On the student-athlete likeness debate,” 247sports.com, 
September 13, 2019: https://247sports.com/Article/NCAA-student-athlete-likeness-debate-
California-bill-Fair-Pay-to-Play-Act-135516864/ 
o  Noble Ingram, “The End of Amateurism? What’s Behind the Calls to Pay College Athletes,” The 
Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2019: https://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2019/0327/The-
end-of-amateurism-What-s-behind-calls-to-pay-NCAA-athletes 
o  A.J. Perez, “College admissions scandal a ‘slap in the face’ to minority athletes,” USA Today, March 
18, 2019: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/03/18/college-admissions-scandal-
how-wealthy-leveraged-racial-bias-sports/3167906002/ 
o  Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, “Video Games: Entertainment or Sports?” [article on current state of collegiate 
esports] Inside Higher Ed, February 12, 2019: 
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/12/new-frontier-college-athletics-video-games 
o  Michael Weinreb, “Muslim women athletes changing skeptical worldview,” Global Sport Matters, 
November 13, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/11/13/muslim-women-
athletes-changing-skeptical-world-view/ 
o  Sean Keeler, “If players’ deaths aren’t enough, what will change coaching culture?” Global Sport 
Matters, November 2, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/11/02/if-player-
deaths-arent-enough-what-will-change-coaching-culture/ 
o  Greg Moore, “Charles Barkley knows what it feels like to be Colin Kaepernick, trying to do the right 
thing,” USA Today and Arizona Republic, September 7, 2018: 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/09/07/suns-charles-barkley-colin-
kaepernick-nike/1227540002/ 

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o  Jane McManus, “At odds with modern sport, ring, grid girls slowly disappearing,” Global Sport 
Matters, July 16, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/07/16/ring-grid-girls-
slowly-disappearing/ 
o  Allison Torres Burtka, “Mom was right: Title IX a game-changer for daughters,” Global Sport 
Matters, May 11, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/youth/2018/05/11/title-ix-game-changer-
for-daughters/ 
o  Allison Torres Burtka, “Native American mascots—honoring culture or symbol of disrespect?”  
Global Sport Matters, April 24, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/04/24/native-
american-mascots-honoring-culture-symbol-disrespect/ 
o  Larry Platt, “Athlete activism is on the rise, but so is the backlash,” Global Sport Matters, April 16, 
2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/04/16/athlete-activism-is-on-the-rise-but-
so-is-the-backlash/ 
o  Jesse Holland, “Black Athletes in 1980s, ‘90s not outspoken, but not silent,” Associated Press, 
February 16, 2018.  ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/black-athletes-1980s-
90s-outspoken-silent-53136366 
Syndicated, also in Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/black-athletes-in-
1980s-90s-not-outspoken-but-not-silent/2018/02/16/ae99f87a-12f2-11e8-a68c-
e9374188170e_story.html?utm_term=.f087e79e58a9 
o  Joelle Renstrom, “The Blurring of Olympics and Paralympics,” Daily Beast, February 15, 2018: 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-blurring-of-olympics-and-paralympics 
 
Workshops and Expert Consultant Work 
 
o  National Endowment for the Humanities Connections Workshop facilitator for Rowan University, 
“The super fun project of developing an interdisciplinary sports degree,” March 22, 2024. 
o  U.S. Department of State sports diplomacy visit to ASU by Armenian girls’ basketball players and 
coaches. Presentation on gender equity and sport; roundtable on the power of sport to inspire 
personal and community transformation. Presentation hosted in Sun Devil Athletics Dutson Theater 
and roundtable hosted by the Humanities Institute, in collaboration with the Melikian Center. 
December 1 and 6, 2023.  
o  Compete Sports Diversity Summit, DEI workshop facilitator for Arizona Cardinals, September 17, 
2022. https://competenetwork.com/compete-sports-diversity-summit/ 
o  adidas roundtable on U.S. sports, politics, and culture at North America headquarters to welcome 
new CEO Rupert Campbell. November 2021. (ongoing—October 2022 meeting rescheduled for 
Spring 2023 with adidas global CEO search underway) 
o  Arnold Ventures college sports policy roundtable and consulting, September 2021-April 2022 
o  adidas Title IX workshop, sponsored by Global Sport Institute and follow-up, July and August 2021 
o  Overtime Elite Academy June 2021 
o  NCAA Gender Equity Review performed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink. Report: 
https://ncaagenderequityreview.com/ Spring 2021 
Executive Summary: https://kaplanhecker.app.box.com/s/xc1v5gjnmk4ndku1s2n2n1net4fwczeh 
o  Eos Foundation. Women’s Power Gap Initiative. https://www.womenspowergap.org/ July 2020 
 
Articles Published About My Work 
 
o  “Letters to the Editor: It Isn’t All About Football. These Pac-12 Teams Deserve to Stay Put,” October 19, 
2023. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-10-19/pac-12-teams-deserve-to-
stay-put 
o  Matt Brown, “Here’s Another Idea for How Congress Could Get Involved In College Sports,” Extra 
Points, February 6, 2023. https://www.extrapointsmb.com/p/college-sports-reform-congress-gambling-tax 

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o  Kent Somers, “Canceled season could provide opportunity to fix what’s wrong with college football,” 
August 10, 2020: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/2020/08/10/canceling-college-football-
would-provide-chance-fix-its-problems/3340640001/ 
o  Ethan Bauer, “The grim reality facing the sports world,” Deseret News, July 28, 2020: 
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/7/28/21327211/baseball-mlb-coronavirus-miami-marlins-
outbreak-sports-pandemic-covid-19-nba-bubble 
o  Jeff Metcalfe, “Arizona State professor advocates canceling college football season for more than 
COVID-19,” Arizona Republic, July 8, 2020: 
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2020/07/08/arizona-state-professor-advocates-
cancelling-college-football-season-more-than-covid/5394319002/  
and USA Today, July 9, 2020: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2020/07/09/arizona-state-
professor-victoria-jackson-cancel-college-sports/5404444002/ 
o  Langston Wertz, Jr., “Here’s why a former UNC student-athlete doesn’t plan to watch one second of 
March Madness,” The Charlotte Observer, March 13, 2018: 
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/mens-basketball/article204898139.html 
o  “Arizona State University Historian Compares College Athletics to Jim Crow,” The Journal of Blacks 
in Higher Education, January 31, 2018: https://www.jbhe.com/2018/01/arizona-state-university-
historian-compares-college-athletics-to-jim-crow/  
 
Motivational Speaking Engagements and Elite Athlete Appearances 
 
o  Local Schools and Community Organizations, Track and Field Teams, Community Sports and 
Fitness Events, Local Road Races, Fundraising and Awareness-Raising Events, 2006-  
o  Recent motivational speaking events: Sonoran Distance Project high school girls running camp, 
January 2019; PlayWorks Arizona youth coach leaders, May 2017; Stanfield Elementary assembly 
talk (Title I school west of Casa Grande), February 2017 
 
Academic Presentations 
 
Academic Conference Papers and Roundtables, and Works in Progress Talks 
 
o  “High Education’s Responsibility to the Future of American Sports and Olympic Development.” 
Sport Studies Caucus-sponsored Panel: Love and Labor in College Sports. American Studies 
Association, November 2023. 
o  ASU History Works in Progress talk: “Amateur Hour: The Rise and Fall of the NCAA” book project 
talk, October 21, 2022 
o  Roundtable: Committing Public Scholarship in a Post(?)-COVID World, North American Society for 
the Sociology of Sport. April 2022. 
o  Roundtable: The Revolt of the College Athlete: Creative Resistance to the Dominance of the NCAA, 
Sport Studies Caucus sponsored panel at the 2020 American Studies Association Conference, 
November 2020 postponed to November 2021 
o  “Sex-segregated Sport and the Contradictions of Opportunity in American Intercollegiate Athletics,” 
American Studies Association Conference, November, 2017 
o  “Sports and Politics: The Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games,” Arizona Council for History Education 
(ACHE) Conference, August 2017.  Sharing ideas for Arizona high school teachers to connect 
current moment of athlete activism (Colin Kaepernick) to 1968’s “revolt of the black athlete” and to 
capitalize on the 50
th
 anniversary of the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games. 
o  “Using Sport to Excite Students about Learning History,” ACHE Conference, August, 2016 
o  “Title IX and the Big Time,” North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Conference, May, 
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o “University of National Champions: Expanding Sporting Opportunities for Women at the University

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) Conference,

May, 2014

o “Trash Talk, Baggy Shorts, Black Socks, and Shaved Heads: Black Masculinity in Hoop Dreams and

The Fab Five,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Convention,

October, 2011

o “Asserting Indian Identity: The East Carolina Indian School, 1940-1965,” New Directions in

American Indian Research Conference, April, 2004

Conference Working Groups and Retreat Workshops

o “Global Sport: Race and Sport Roundtable,” ASU Global Sport Institute workshop, Santa Monica,

California, June 1, 2018

o “Esports and Title IX: Thinking about Inclusivity,” AnyKey.org collegiate Esports workshop on

diversity and inclusion, Irvine, California, October 14, 2016

White Paper: http://www.anykey.org/project/anykey-white-paper-4-diversity-and-inclusion-in-

collegiate-esports/ I presented on Title IX and participated in this workshop that included major

industry stakeholders; I also wrote the policy recommendations in the White Paper.

o “Public History and the Potential of Sports History Museums,” National Council on Public History,

March, 2016 Case Statement: http://ncph.org/conference/2016-annual-meeting/working-groups/

Additional Projects

Sports @ Humanities Institute organized annual community service award honoring

Community service award individuals whose work in the sports space eradicates

systemic injustice, builds inclusive and equitable sporting

spaces, and inspires others to create a culture of sport for all

and sport for good

Sparky’s Cup: ASU Celebrates education planning committee; host of 4 educational events

the World’s Sport participating in more events, and hosting watch parties, etc.

ASU #TitleIX50 anniversary sessions with women athletes; 2021-22 research initiative;

social media campaign for Sun Devil Athletics; research

project with SHPRS students; organized huge event on Title

IX’s global impact featuring an international panel of

speakers and Briana Scurry and collaborated with local

youth sports stakeholders like Phoenix Rising to bring

together youth athletes, Sun Devil athletes, and community

in Sun Devil Stadium

Gender & Sport research cluster lead facilitator, 2016-2017 faculty seminar sponsored by

Institute for Humanities Research (IHR):

https://ihr.asu.edu/research/clusters/gender-and-sport

ASU #TitleIXat45 #TitleIXTuesday 2017-2018 research initiative to celebrate women in sports

and higher education at Arizona State University; social

media campaign for Sun Devil Athletics; research project

with SHPRS student for Undergraduate Research Experience

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Murphy’s Girls History Project oral history of ASU female students who competed in

athletics before Title IX, 1936-1972

Past Editorial Projects

Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation, Editorial Board, 2016-2018

Mohammed Ennaji, Paul Lovejoy, and Chouki El Hamel, eds. Confronting Slavery: Towards a

Dialogue of Cultural Understanding. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, TBD.

Service – Academics, Athletics, and Community

All Vote No Play Advisory Board, 2022-2023

Sparky’s Cup (ASU’s World Cup celebration) education planning group, 2022

ASU Media Enterprises (Future Tense, Global Sport Matters, Zócalo Public Square), 2017-

SST American Studies Grants and Research committee, 2021-

Athletes’ Voices Academic Advisory Board, 2020-

Advising on Title IX training in Sun Devil Athletics 2017-

Informal advising with Sun Devil Athletics, 2015-

Informal advising with U.S. Senate staffer on college sports, 2020-

Search Committee, ACLS Emerging Voices postdoc, 2022

Search Committee, SHPRS Assistant Professor, History of 20

Century U.S. Race and Politics,

2019-2020

Mentor, Native Narratives Mellon Grant program through Center for Indian Education, 2019-2020

Global Sport Summit planning committee, SHPRS representative as a summit partner and co-

sponsoring unit, 2019-

SHPRS Sports, Cultures, and Ethics certificate

SHPRS Sports, Cultures, and Ethics certificate proposal, 2017-2018

Search Committee, SHPRS U.S. History Lecturer, 2018

Ad Hoc Search Committee, SHPRS U.S. History Lecturer, 2018

Diversity and Inclusion Committee, History faculty, 2017-

History M.A. Supervisory Committee

History M.A. Thesis Chair, 2016-

Barrett, The Honors College

Honors Thesis Committee Chair, 2016-

Honors Thesis Committee Member, 2015-

Honors Contract Supervisor, 2014-

ASU Sun Devil Athletics Faculty Athletics Ambassador, 2017-

Tri for the Cure Arizona, Elite Athlete Coordinator, 2007-2016

Phoenix Women’s Sports Association (PWSA), board of directors, 2008-2012

Healing Racism Project, 2011-2012

Sun Devil Club Ambassador, 2007-2009

Fundraising campaigns and events

Volunteer Coach, ASU Cross Country and Track and Field, 2007-2008

Professional Development

Workshop participant, IHR writing studio, facilitated by Chris Jones, 2019

Workshop participant, IHR “writing for a wider public,” facilitated by Steven Beschloss, 2019

ASU security training 2018-

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ASU Online Master Class for Online Teaching

Active Shooter Training

“Practicing a Multicultural Digital Humanities” workshop participant

Scalar digital humanities projects workshop participant

CITI Research with Human Subjects certification

Echo360 instructional technology training

Title IX training, Preventing Harassment certification, 2015-

Faculty Seminar: Religion, Sport, and Violence, 2015-2016

Awards and Achievements – Academic and Athletic

Power of the Pac: Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX, honored at Pac-12 Baseball Tournament for our

research on Title IX, including 3 ASU students honored by the Pac-12 Conference on the field! 2022

ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Lecturer of the Year, nominee, 2018

ThinkWoman Scholar Baller award recipient, 2018

ASU Faculty Women’s Association Distinguished Graduate Student Award, nominee, 2015

Professional track and field athlete, 2006-2008, competed on national and international circuits

U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA)

Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2006

GPSA Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, 2005-2006

NCAA National Champion, outdoor track & field, 10,000m, 2006

NCAA All-American

outdoor track & field, 10,000m, 2006

indoor track & field, 5,000m, 2006

Member of three ASU NCAA national trophy teams in one academic year, 2005-2006

cross country, 4

; indoor track & field, 3

; outdoor track & field, 3

Academic Events Planning

“For the Athletes”: Bringing Justice to Big-Time College Sports, event honoring Ramogi Huma with

the Sports @ Humanities Institute inaugural community service award, April 4, 2024

Sparky’s Cup: ASU Celebrates the World’s Sport, Education Planning Committee

host of 4 events, October-November 2022

Title IX and Global Football week of events to celebrate the 50

anniversary of Title IX and kick off

the ASU institution-wide celebration of the Men’s World Cup, October 4-6, 2022

SHPRS and History Faculty book talk, April 2020 postponed to Fall 2021/Spring 2022

Event planner and host

SHPRS and History Faculty book talk, April 2019

Global Sport Summit planning committee, 2019-

IHR Gender and Sport events, March 2017

Event planner and host

SHPRS and History Faculty book talk, March 2017

Event planner and host

Barack Obama and American Democracy National Conference, 2011

Conference logistics

Launch of the Center of the Study for Race and Democracy, 2011

Event logistics