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Research in the Sociology of Sport Volume 19

Family and Sport: Notable Contributions to Sociology

Edited By

Steven M. Ortiz

Oregon State University, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Dedication

To sport families everywhere

About the Contributors

Unwana Samuel Akpan is a multidisciplinary media scholar-practitioner with over two decades of broadcast experience. He is presently a Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria. Unwana is the Editor of the University of Lagos Communication Review.

Matthew Atencio is a Professor of Kinesiology at California State University East Bay. He is also the Co-Director of the Center for Sport and Social Justice. His teaching and research revolves around youth sport and social inclusion. He recently co-authored the book “Sociology of Sport” (12th edition) published by University of Oxford Press (2022).

Diana Tracy Cohen is a Professor of Political Science at Central Connecticut State University. She is the author of Iron Dads: Managing Family, Work, and Endurance Sport Identities (2016). An avid endurance sport enthusiast, she enjoys participating in triathlons and running events. Diana is also a fourth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Francine Darroch is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her research focuses on equitable access to physical activity, particularly for pregnant and parenting individuals from elite athletics to community programs.

Mikaela J. Dufur is a Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University. Her research focuses on child and adolescent social resources and how those resources are related to positive development.

Audrey Giles is a Full Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. An applied cultural anthropologist, she focuses on the intersections of gender, culture, and place.

Heather Hillsburg has a PhD and postdoctoral fellowship in women's studies. She works for the BC public service.

Umer Hussain is an Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Wilkes University, USA. His areas of research include exploring the intersection of race, religion, and gender in sports. Hussain has more than nine years of experience in academia and practice. For more information about him and his scholarship, visit https://www.uhussain.info/

Roslyn Kerr is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Tourism, Sport and Society at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She is a sociologist of sport with a longstanding interest in the role of parents and coaches in children's sporting experiences.

Tom R. Leppard studies the unequal distribution of resources in social networks using theories like the diffusion of social capital, and how inequalities influence people's access to, the mobilization of, and the return on resources. His work demonstrates how social norms associated with institutions like family, work, and sport reinforce inequality.

Vera Lopez is a Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. She is the author of “Complicated Lives: Girls, Parents, Drugs, and Juvenile Justice” and co-editor of Latinas in the Criminal Justice System: Victims, Targets, and Offenders. Her recent research focuses on Latina teens and sports.

Chuka Onwumechili is a Professor at Howard University in Washington, DC, and Editor of The Howard Journal of Communications. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 100 pieces in popular outlets. Additionally, he has authored 12 books including Sport Communication: An International Approach.

Greg Ryan is a Professor of History in the Department of Tourism, Sport and Society at Lincoln University, New Zealand. He has published extensively on the historical and contemporary role of sport in New Zealand society.

Anne Schmitt is an Associate Professor at Paris-Saclay University. Her research focuses on gender, body, and social class in sports practice, particularly in school sports and water sports. She has published in 2021 “When women surf the world's biggest waves: Breaking gender barriers,” Sport in Society.

Sydney Smith holds an MA in Human Kinetics and works as a Research Manager at Carleton University. Through her research, she examines parenthood and its impact on elite athletes.

Aleksandra Stojanovska is a PhD student in the Department of Tourism, Sport and Society at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She has a Master of Science in Criminology with an interest in researching the influence of family on changes in children's behavior.