DR. SINGER | Diversity & Inclusion & DR. CUNNINGHAM | Health & Kinesiology - P2
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • 15-Jan-2022
Take a water break and venture off into the academic side of sport. Two experts share their experience in research and academia through the lens of sport. For advice in academic writing, publishing, and researching.
Topics such as diversity within sport, female coaches, life as a caddy, and combining researchers and athletics department are discussed in depths with Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Singer. Watch for a fresh perspective and excellent learning opportunity.
AS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
To read Dr. John Singer’s book:
https://www.amazon.com/John-N-Singer/e/B08127DCXF?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627513753&sr=1-1
To read Dr. George Cunningham’s book:
https://www.amazon.com/George-B-Cunningham/e/B001JP49X4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627513837&sr=1-1
To read Dr. Singer’s Dissertation on the Black Male Athlete:
http://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9172/AGYEMANG-DISSERTATION.pdf?sequence=2
For more on MSU’s Bridge program:
https://undergrad.msu.edu/programs/bridge
To learn about the Evans Scholarship for Caddies:
https://www.wgaesf.org/a-life-changing-opportunity/
For more from Donna Pastore:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=j8JeXDoAAAAJ
For more from Janet Fink:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Bxf8afQAAAAJ
For more from Mary Bresnahan:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=95Py7uEAAAAJ
For George Cunningham’s work published in The Conversation:
https://theconversation.com/profiles/george-b-cunningham-301204/articles
RELATED RESEARCH
For John Singer’s profile on the Texas A&M website:
https://directory.education.tamu.edu/view/singerjn
For George Cunningham’s profile on the Texas A&M website:
https://directory.cehd.tamu.edu/view/276
Access more of John Singer’s work here:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=XDFkGwMAAAAJ
Access more of George Cunningham’s work here:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xU8P9K4AAAAJ
For more on the exploitation of the black athlete:
Sailes, G. A. (1986). Guest editorial: The exploitation of the Black athlete: Some alternative solutions.
Leonard, W. M. (1986).
The sports experience of the black college athlete: Exploitation in the academy. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 21(1), 35-49.
For more on the elite white male dominance system:
Feagin, J. R., & Ducey, K. (2018). Racist America: Roots, current realities, and future reparations. Routledge.
Hextrum, K. (2021). Special admission: How college sports recruitment favors white suburban athletes. Rutgers University Press.
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