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.