PCS News
PCS graduate students volunteer at Aspen Institute’s Project Play 2024 Summit
Read about their experiences here
May 2024
Emilio Weber successfully defends Master’s Thesis:
A Case Study of Red Bull’s Use of Sporting Events in the Neoliberal Urban Environment
April 2024
Brandon Wallace successfully defends Doctoral Dissertation:
Sport, Race, and Grassroots Activism: A Contextual Analysis of Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp
April 2024
Dr. Joseph Cooper (University of Massachusetts, Boston) visits UMD, delivers guest lecture to Department of Kinesiology
April 2024
PCS Graduate Student Association hosts 15th annual Conference:
Nature, Nurture, (Physical) Culture
Keynote lecture delivered by PCS alum, Dr. Julie Maier
April 2024
Tori Justin successfully defends Doctoral Dissertation:
Creating a Socially Just Kinesiology: Addressing Anti-Blackness in Theory, Research and Pedagogy
March 2024
PCS Alumni, Dr. Anna Posbergh, to speak at 2024 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport
Dr. Posbergh’s presentation details featured in Hearing unheard in sport: a pioneering symposium series
February 2024
Lilah Drafts-Johnson successfully defends Master’s Thesis:
A Healthy Relationship? The Entanglement of State, Corporate, and Labor Interests in Gender-Based Violence Sport Policies
November 2023
PCS Doctoral Candidate, Tori Justin, awarded North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Gary Sailes Graduate Diversity Scholarship
September, 2023
Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption by Dr. Michael Friedman published by Cornell University Press, featured in Maryland Today
Listen to Dr. Friedman and Emilio Weber discuss Mallparks on the New Books in Urban Studies podcast
July 2023
PCS Alumni, Dr. Kristi Tredway, delivers Keynote Lecture titled: “Bodies that Matter: Intersectionality, Female Athletes, and Breast Cancer” at 2023 PCSGSA Conference
Friday, April 7, 2023
Wekesa Earth Center featured by UMD’s School of Public Health, with plans to host “Forest Bathing” event in honor of Earth Day
Thursday, March 30, 2023
PCS Faculty and Active Living Conference Co-Chair, Dr. Jennifer Roberts, delivers opening remarks, gives presentations, and moderates panels at 2023 Conference in Bethesda, Maryland
March 2023
PCS Doctoral Students, Shuling Wu and Roger Isom, present at 2023 Active Living Conference in Bethesda, Maryland
March 2023
2023 PCS Symposium: Rethinking the Cultural Politics of Sport in the 21st Century
Featuring presentations by: Dr. Ben Carrington (University of Southern California), Dr. Doug Hartmann (University of Minnesota), Dr. Janelle Joseph (University of Toronto), and Dr. Jules Boykoff (Pacific University)
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
PCS Master’s Student, Lilah Drafts-Johnson, awarded UMD Flagship Fellowship, UMD Kinesiology Dean’s Scholar Award, and American Kinesiology Association Scholar Award
Spring 2023
PCS Faculty and Students–Dr. Shannon Jette, Tori Justin, and Lauren Nowosatka–awarded Faculty-Student Research Award for Summer 2023 from UMD’s Graduate School
Winter 2023
PCS Doctoral Candidate, Tori Justin, receives NASSS Barbara Brown Outstanding Paper Award at 2023 NASSS Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
November 2022
PCS Students, Faculty, and Alumni Present at 2023 NASSS Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
November 2022
AAJEP hosts Culture Jam Kickback at the end of Fall 2022 semester
December 2022
Dr. Jennifer Roberts receives REI Cooperative Action Fund to establish Wekesa Earth Center
November 2022
PCS Doctoral Student and Athletic Advisor in UMD’s School of Public Health, Bryan Pointer, recognized at UMD Football Game
September 2022
PCS Master’s Student, Junbin Yang, successfully defends Thesis titled: “Wrestling with the Angels: Mapping Sport with Assemblage Theory and Articulation of the Korean Sporting Context”
June 2022
PCS Master’s Student, Lauren Nowosatka, successfully defends Thesis titled: “America’s Sweethearts? A Feminist Discourse Analysis of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team”
May 2022
PCS Doctoral Candidate, Anna Posbergh, successfully defends Dissertation titled: “Protection for Whom? A Critical Examination into the Governance of Women Athletes Through Policies”
April 2022
