University of Maryland Physical Cultural Studies @umd_pcs
The Twitter account of the Physical Cultural Studies research group at the University of Maryland, College Park. umdpcs.com College Park, Maryland Joined September 2022-
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Thrilled to announce our new SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport & Physical Culture is now available for pre-order; 37 chapters on the politics, philosophies, practices, and sites of inquiry by contributors from more than a dozen countries. Table of Contents can be…
Save the date! Please join us Friday, 25 April as we “Respond to the Moment,” featuring critical panel discussions by PCS alumni & network members, UMD Kinesiology faculty & staff, and current graduate students
following last night's #SuperBowl game, check me out on today's episode of @NPRCodeSwitch, with @Foxworth24, as we talk about how the pipeline to the #NFL particularly harms black players thanks to Gene Demby for this convo! npr.org/2026/01/01/124…
“White Men’s Roads Through Black Men’s Homes: Understanding How Environmental Racism Continues To Shape Buffalo, New York" Feb 10th -- don't miss UMD's @ActiveRoberts presentation at @UMD_MPRC Register here: brnw.ch/21wQsXv
Reminder: 21st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) will be held virtually May 14-17, 2025. Abstract submissions are open until 1/15. Keynote speakers will be Prof @SarahJTracy and Prof Sarah Pink. Submit abstracts at cvent.com/c/abstracts/31…
.@laur_now_ma is so smart. I loved listening to her on @TuckerCenter Talks (and I miss seeing her on campus at @UofMaryland/@umd_pcs!) Nice shoutout to @hollythorpe_nz at the end too! Such a fun, fascinating, feminist episode all around! open.spotify.com/episode/2il984…
🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Tucker Center Talks is back with Lauren Nowosatka, diving into constructed femininities and the impact of gendered spaces on athletes. Tune in today! ✨@laur_now_ma bit.ly/TuckerCenterTa… #TuckerCenter #WomenInSport #TuckerTeam #TCTPodcast
My paper…the one in which I was told to publish in a "Black column" when I tried to publish this piece as a newspaper editorial…was chosen for the 2024 EDITOR IN CHIEF AWARD! Thank you AJHP! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08… #DuBois #NatureEquity #BookerT #EJ
Let’s show our other PCSers at #NASSS2024 some love! Dr. Shannon Jette et al. theorizing ANT & governmentality, Junbin Yang explicating the (still) post-9/11 conjuncture, @emiliojweber (aka the Red Bull guy), and Dr. Michael Friedman in conversation re: accountable kindness
Third @NASSSport’s the charm! @umd_pcs crew never disappoints ⭐️⭐️⭐️ and shaking things up per usual with my fellow material girls 👯♀️ Mom also joined the party and got to see me present my work for the first time 🖤 See you at #NASSSS #StuckIt #TeamNASSS #UnityInDifference
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2024 Research Fellow @NASSSport @McCormackUMass Keaton et al. 2024, over the last 6 months is the 3rd most downloaded article out of 27 @Human_Kinetics Journals with 4,969 unique downloads This is a NASSS to celebrate
Congrats to PCS alumna @phylliskessel ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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