Dr. Ron Mower (he/him)
An avowed anti-racism educator, Ron seeks to develop students’ capacities for collaborative dialogue and critical self-awareness leading to empathetic action and equitable social change. Outside the classroom, and though the AAJEP organization, Ron works to facilitate opportunities for interracial, intercultural connection and collaboration to mitigate hate, bias, disinformation and misdirected anger. Specifically within his research, teaching, and event organizing, the sheer popularity of sport and physical culture function as powerful contexts through which to examine social relations, challenge oppressive structures, and advocate for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in sport and society.
Education:
B.A., University of Maryland (Kinesiology)
M.S. in Human Movement Science (Sport Management), University of Memphis
Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Physical Cultural Studies), University of Maryland
Research:
Interests: Physical Cultural Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Sporting Activism, Social Justice, Qualitative Inquiry, Critical Pedagogy
Contact:
Email: mower1@umd.edu
Website: https://sph.umd.edu/people/ronald-l-mower
Instagram: @dr.mower
Featured Publications
Mower, R. L., Stone, E., & Wallace, B. (2022, Forthcoming). Conformity and Delinquency: Surveillance, Sport, and Youth in the Charm City. Accepted for special issue, “Leisure & Surveillance” in the Journal of Leisure Sciences.
Mower, R. L., (2022). A Baltimore Benevolence Thing? American Philanthropy, Neoliberal Fitness, and the Persistence of “Colorblind” Racial Silencing. Sociology of Sport Journal. Advance online publication in special issue: A Critical Examination of Race and Antiracism in the Sport for Development Field: Reimagining and Recreating Spaces for True Racial Inclusion and Equity. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2022-0003.
Mower, R. L. (2021). On the subject of race and sport: Covid-19, Zoom, and the necessity of antiracist dialogic pedagogy. In D. L. Andrews, H. Thorpe, & J. Newman (Eds., forthcoming), Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times: COVID Assemblages. Palgrave; Macmillan.
Mower, R. L., Bustad, J. J., & Andrews, D. L. (2018). Confronting America: Black commercial aesthetics, athlete activism, and the nation reconsidered. In P. Dolan & J. Connolly (Eds.), Sport and National Identities: Globalization and Conflict. Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Series.
Bustad, J. J., & Mower, R. L. (2017). Welcome to the factory: College athletes and corporatized recruiting. In R. K. White (Ed.), Sport in the Neoliberal University. Rutgers University Press.
Mower, R. L. (2015). Sport in the global marketplace. In M. Nagel and R. Southall (Eds.), Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice (2nd ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Mower, R. L., Andrews, D. L. & Rick, O. (2014). Football and ‘ghettocentric’ logics?: The NFL’s essentialist mobilization of black bodies. In Z. Furness and T. Oates (Eds.), The NFL: Critical/Cultural Perspectives. Temple University Press.
Andrews, D.L. and Mower, R. L. (2012). Sport and globalization. In G. Ritzer (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Globalization (pp. 1914-1922). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Andrews, D. L., & Mower, R. L. (2012). Specters of Jordan. Ethnic and Racial Studies, First published on March 26, 2012 (iFirst).
Andrews, D. L., Mower, R. L., & Silk, M. L. (2011). Ghettocentrism and the essentialized Black athlete. In D. Leonard (Ed.). Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Clift, B. C., & Mower, R. L. (2011). Transitioning to an athletic subjectivity: First-semester experiences at a corporate (sporting) university. Sport, Education and Society, First published on June 9, 2011 (iFirst).
Amis, J., Mower, R. L., & Silk, M. L. (2009). (Michael) Power, gendered subjectivities, and filmic representation: Brand strategy and Guinness’ Critical Assignment in Africa. In L. A. Wenner & S. J. Jackson (Eds.), Sport, beer, and gender: Promotional culture and contemporary social life. New York: Peter Lang.
