Kirsten M. Hextrum, PhD Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, The University of Oklahoma 820 Van Vleet Oval, 210 Collings Hall Norman, OK 73019 Email:
[email protected] EDUCATION PhD Education, UC Berkeley, 2017 Emphasis in: Social & Cultural Studies Dissertation: Racing to class: School, sport, and inequality Committee: Lisa García Bedolla (Chair), Zeus Leonardo and Raka Ray MA Education, UC Berkeley, 2012 Emphasis in: Cultural Studies of Sport & Education Thesis: Are women smarter than men? Gender academic disparity of student athletes Committee: Murray Sperber and Derek Van Rheenen BA History, UC Berkeley, 2007 Thesis: The steelpan in the formation of Trinidad & Tobago’s national identity Advisor: Nadja Durbach ACADEMIC POSITIONS Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2017 – Present RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Critical studies of gender, race, and class Social and cultural contexts of sport Social and cultural contexts of higher education History of college sport from an intersectional perspective Economics, policy, and reform of college sport Theoretical foundations and challenges for student athlete support services Theoretical foundations and methodologies of qualitative research PUBLICATIONS Cummins, J., & Hextrum, K. (2013). The management of intercollegiate athletics at Cal: Turning points and consequences. Center for Studies in Higher Education Research and Occasional Paper Series. 12(13): 1-41. Hextrum, K. (2017). Segregated bodies: Gender reproduction within college sport. In Milner and Braddock II (Eds.) Women in sport: Breaking barriers, facing obstacles. Santa Barbara, CA: Kirsten Hextrum, Curriculum Vitae Updated, August 2017 Praeger. Hextrum, K. (2014). A Feminist perspective on the school-to-labor pipeline.