Victoria Jackson, Ph.D. Sports Historian and Clinical Assistant Professor of History School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Global Sport Institute affiliated faculty American Studies affiliated faculty Barrett, The Honors College honors faculty Arizona State University Lattie F. Coor Hall, Rm 4469 c: (480)313-2922 975 S. Myrtle Ave. o: (480)965-2368 Tempe, AZ 85287 [email protected]
Education
2015 Ph.D., History, Arizona State University Dissertation: Title IX and the Big Time: Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1950-1992
2007 M.A., History, Arizona State University
2004 B.A., History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa
Employment
July 2019- Clinical Assistant Professor, History
Fall 2015-Spring 2019 Lecturer, Modern United States History
Fall 2012-Spring 2015 Graduate Student Instructor, History
May 2006-December 2008 Professional Runner, endorsement contract with Nike
Courses
new in 2021: Sports and Globalization (cross-listed in HST, Cronkite, and Thunderbird) Sports in United States History (two versions, fall and spring) History of College Sports History of Baseball: America’s Pastime and American Dreaming History of the Olympic Movement (two versions, summer and winter) Mexico City 1968 Olympics in Global Context College Game Day: American Football History (first-year seminar) HST 130: The Historian’s Craft: Sport and Society HST 640: Historical Methods
Grants
Global Sport Institute Race and Sport grant, for 2019 $20,000 grant to support research project on race and gender in college sports
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Public Speaking and Writing, and Outward-Facing Engagement
Opinion Pieces
o “Cancel the fall college football season,” Boston Globe, June 23, 2020: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/23/opinion/cancel-fall-college-football-season/ (shared on History News Network “The Roundup Top Ten” for the week ending 6/26 https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/176163) o “El hermoso juego tiene un horrible problema. Tres acontecimientos lo demuestran,” El Universal, October 31, 2019: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/victoria-jackson/el-hermoso-juego- tiene-un-horrible-problema-tres-acontecimientos-lo o “The Pac-12 should defy the NCAA and embrace California’s law letting student-athletes earn dollars,” Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10- 13/ncaa-pac-12-pay-student-athletes-california-law o “From Fiction to Reality, Woman Athlete Bonds Run Deep,” Global Sport Matters, October 10, 2019: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2019/10/10/opinion-from-fiction-to-reality-female- athlete-bonds-run-deep/ o “Great Women’s World Cup, FIFA. Now scrap the whole thing and start over,” co-authored with Andrés Martinez, Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe- jackson-martinez-fifa-world-cup-women-reform-20190711-story.html o “Un buen momento para el futbol feminine,” Letras Libres, June 20, 2019: https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/cultura/un-buen-momento-el-futbol-femenino o “Como o Futebol Feminino Brasileiro Pode Se Fortalecer Depois da Copa,” Epoca, June 13, 2019: https://epoca.globo.com/artigo-como-futebol-feminino-brasileiro-pode-se-fortalecer-depois-da- copa-23735202 o “Stop Penalizing Athletes for Getting Pregnant,” Global Sport Matters, May 23, 2019: https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2019/05/23/opinion-stop-penalizing-female-athletes-for- getting-pregnant/ o “La década de humillación a Caster Semenya,” Letras Libres, May 14, 2019: https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico/ciencia-y-tecnologia/la-decada-humillacion-caster-semenya o “The Decadelong Humiliation of Caster Semenya,” Slate/Future Tense, May 1, 2019: https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/caster-semenya-testosterone-gender-appeal-ruling.html o “USWNT discrimination lawsuit underscores importance of Title IX,” Global Sport Matters, March 12, 2019: https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2019/03/12/opinion-uswnt-discrimination- lawsuit-underscores-importance-of-title-ix/ o “Why are women still having to fight so hard for their rightful place in the male-dominated sporting world?” The Independent, February 7, 2019: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women-sport-inequality-media-football- premier-league-super-bowl-nfl-baseball-a8766736.html o “How to take the scandal out of big-time college football and basketball,” Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-ncaa-lifetime-scholarships- 20190104-story.html o Printed in syndication as “‘Lifetime scholarships’ for student-athletes would let them make up for lost academic time” in Miami Herald, Raleigh News & Observer, and elsewhere: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article224083410.html o “The myth of amateurism: How America’s multi-billion-dollar sports industry exploits its stars,” The Independent, October 11, 2018: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/college-sports- industry-exploitation-amateurism-ncaa-a8579606.html
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o “The forgotten organization behind one of the most iconic moments in sports history,” Washington Post, October 3, 2018: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/03/forgotten- organization-behind-one-most-iconic-moments-sports-history/?utm_term=.4d0c66577e24 o “El poder de activismo deportivo: del Black Power en México 68 a la ‘era Trump’,” El Universal, September 14, 2018: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/victoria-jackson/nacion/el-poder- del-activismo-deportivo-del-black-power-en-mexico-68-la o “Colin Kaepernick’s Nike sponsorship shows that athletes have more power than they realize,” The Washington Post, September 6, 2018: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/06/colin-kaepernicks-nike-sponsorship- shows-that-athletes-have-more-power-than-they-realize/?utm_term=.c41336b59055 o “Having ‘El Tri’ as America’s other team a natural,” Global Sport Matters, July 2, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/07/02/opinion-having-el-tri-as-americas-other- team-a-natural/ o “It’s time to end the notion of NCAA amateurism,” Global Sport Matters, April 10, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/04/10/opinion-its-time-to-end-the-notion-of-ncaa- amateurism/ o “Take it from a former Division I athlete: College sports are like Jim Crow,” Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2018: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-college-sports- 20180111-story.html o Printed in syndication as “A Jim Crow Divide in College Sports” in the Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Raleigh News & Observer, Akron Beacon Journal, Wisconsin State Journal, and others: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-college-sports-ncaa- black-athletes-exploited-0117-20180116-story.html o “Deportistas que se arrodillan por una causa,” El Economista, November 2, 2017: https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/opinion/Deportistas-que-se-arrodillan-por-una-causa- 20171102-0141.html
Essays
o Thoughts on athlete activism in 2020 and predictions for 2021, The Aspen Institute Sport and Society Program, December 22, 2020: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/how-covid-19-in-2020-could- impact-the-future-of-sports/ (I was also included in The Aspen Institute’s “Who We’re Following in 2021”: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/sports-society/who-sports-society-is-following-in-2021/) o “Why Sport and Exercise Are So Important For College And University Students,” The Sport Review, November 14, 2020: https://www.thesportreview.com/health-and-fitness/sport-exercise-college- university-students/ o “How Should Officials Decide When Cutting-Edge Medical Interventions for Athletes Cross the Line? A sports historian responds to Maureen McHugh’s short story ‘The Starfish Girl,’” Slate/Future Tense, July 23, 2018: https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/sports-historian-victoria-jackson- responds-to-maureen-mchughs-short-story-the-starfish-girl.html o Printed with permission as “How should officials decide when cutting-edge medical interventions for athletes cross the line?” Global Sport Matters, July 30, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/science/2018/07/30/how-decide-cutting-edge-medical- interventions-athletes/
Interviews and Profiles—Print, Television, Podcast, Radio, Documentary Film
o Coming in April 2021 Pulse Films documentary on college sports, amateurism, and athlete compensation
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https://globalsportmatters.com/podcast/2019/02/22/podcast-how-does-ncaas-amateurism- rules-impact-a-player-like-zion-williamson/ o “College athletics are ‘21st century Jim Crow’” Agony of Defeat podcast interview with UNC professors Matt Andrews (history) and Jon Weiler (global studies), discussing my research on college sports and thesis that black athlete labor pays for white athlete privilege, December 10, 2018: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/agony-of-defeat/id1158575487?mt=2 o “A 1968 Roundtable with Reflections on the Legacy of 1968 Olympics w/ Dr. Amy Bass and Dr. Victoria Jackson,” conversation moderated by Dr. Amira Rose Davis, co-host, Burn it All Down Podcast, October 16, 2018: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-only-on- 22102216?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_e ngagement&token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LW FjY2VzczowYzcwOGQ3OS01MzMyLTQyNDQtYjJiMy03MjRjOThiNTk0MzEifQ.7qHre6EmfiWKJW6A MPCcRdN0JjNrH17pTkzCLGFnJJs o “Commemorating Mexico City ’68 50 years later, on the anniversary of Smith and Carlos’ podium protest,” Al Jazeera TV interview, October 16, 2018: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/videos/vl.205266793387357/2159167580769645/?type=1 o “Sports and politics in historical context,” W Radio interview with Carlos Bravo Regidor in Mexico City, September 25, 2018. Aired on October 2. o “How Will Nike’s Brand Be Affected By the Colin Kaepernick Ad?” Interview with Steve Goldstein, The Show, KJZZ-NPR, September 11, 2018: https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/697657/how-will- nikes-brand-be-affected-colin-kaepernick-ad o “Corporations and Activism,” All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU-NPR Radio show, September 10, 2018: http://radio.wosu.org/post/corporations-and-activism o “Nike courts controversy by featuring Colin Kaepernick in ad campaign,” Interview with Ted Simons, Arizona Horizon PBS, September 5, 2018: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2018/09/nike- courts-controversy-by-featuring-colin-kaepernick-in-ad-campaign/ o “ASU historian: In sports, the power plays are often off the field,” ASU Now Q&A with Penny Walker, August 30, 2018: https://asunow.asu.edu/20180830-discoveries-asu-sports-historian-protests- politics o “Know Your Roots: Prof. Victoria Jackson,” ESPN Podcast “That’s What She Said with Sarah Spain,” August 8, 2018: http://m.espn.com/general/play?id=24321786&cast=14603142&wjb o “Why Sport Matters: What Constitutes a Performance-Enhancing Drug or Treatment?” Why Sport Matters Podcast with Kenneth Shropshire, August 3, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/podcast/2018/08/03/what-constitutes-performance-enhancing- drug-treatment/ o “History of Using the National Anthem as Protest,” Interview with Ted Simons, Arizona Horizon PBS, July 4, 2018: https://www.pbs.org/video/070418-trump-and-the-constitution-protesting-the- anthem-quj7ds/ [segment starts 15:40] o ASU Now Video Series, “Sport is…” For National Physical Fitness and Sport Month, video by Suzanne Wilson and Jamie Ell. May, 2018: https://vimeo.com/271369000 o “Unlocking ASU Sports History,” by Britt Lewis, about ASU Libraries fundraising campaign to digitize ASU sports history for ASU Now, March 13, 2018: https://asunow.asu.edu/20180313-sun- devil-life-unlock-spark-sports-film-history o “Victoria Jackson’s A Jim Crow Divide in College Sports,” Bill Rhoden on Sports Podcast, Episode 123. Interview with Bill Rhoden and Jamal Murphy. January 25, 2018: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bill-rhoden-on-sports-brospod/id991391708?mt=2 o “The NCAA as Modern Jim Crow? A Sports Historian Explains Why She Drew the Parallel,” The Chronicle of Higher Education interview with Emma Kerr, January 12, 2018: https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-NCAA-as-Modern-Jim-Crow-A/242240
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o “Lecturer builds ASU’s sports history curriculum as a graduate student,” profile by Amanda Stoneman, ASU Now, October 18, 2017: https://asunow.asu.edu/20171018-lecturer-builds- asu%E2%80%99s-sports-history-curriculum-graduate-student o Interview with Gregg Paul, NBC News Radio/KFYI, on the NFL and athlete activism. Segments aired on Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Chris Merrill, Mike Broomhead, Jim Sharpe, and the Nearly Famous Barry Young Show. Rush Limbaugh: https://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/29863301?token=878eb890-224e-4c6a-8ccc- 5683f798c470 Chris Merrill: https://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/29863995?token=878eb890-224e-4c6a-8ccc- 5683f798c470 o “A brief history of sports and political protest,” interview with Ted Simons, Arizona Horizon PBS, September 25, 2017: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2017/09/brief-history-sports-political-protest/ o “Shot clock: sports and social issues, and how far back does it go?” Arizona Republic interview with Greg Moore, September, 2017: https://www.azcentral.com/videos/sports/heat- index/2017/08/31/shot-clock-sports-and-social-issues-and-how-far-back-does-go/105146024/ o “Collegiate Esports and Title IX: What you Need to Know,” The Esports Observer interview with Ferguson Mitchell, February 17, 2017: https://esportsobserver.com/collegiate-esports-title-ix- need-know/ o “Why Do Women Run?” essay by Peter Sagal, based on a conversation we had on a run. Runners World, April 14, 2013: https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20837791/why-do- women-run/
Speaking Engagements
o UNC Chapel Hill Department of Athletics talk on race, gender, and college sports with administrators, coaches, students, December 2, 2020 o Vanderbilt University “race, gender, and sport” speaker series, Sport and Society Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning, November 11, 2020 o “Dilemma, Decision, and the Debate over College Choice,” Global Sport Institute event on Black athletes considering attending PWIs vs HBCUs, moderated by Bill Rhoden, October 28, 2020: https://globalsportmatters.com/events/2020/10/21/global-sport-matters-live-dilemma-decision- and-the-debate-of-college-choice/ o “College Athletics in the Time of Covid-19,” UConn Sport Management Program “Beyond the Field” speaker series, with Dr. Derrick White, Dr. Derek Silva, and college athlete Nyah Willis, October 20, 2020: https://sport.education.uconn.edu/beyond-the-field-speaker-series/# o “In Life and on the Pitch, Thriving in 3 Leagues (En la Vida y en la Cancha, Triunfando en 3 Ligas),” ASU Convergence Lab event moderator with Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Daniela Solis (Rayadas de Monterrey) and Caprice Dydasco (Sky Blue), September 8, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcJlt6xffk&feature=youtu.be ASU Now event write-up: https://asunow.asu.edu/20200911-global-engagement-womens-soccer- building-future-next-generation-%E2%80%94-and-pitch El Debate event coverage: https://www.debate.com.mx/deportes/Campeonas-de-futbol-en- Mexico-y-el-mundo-hablan-de-su-trayectoria-en-el-deporte-20200915-0110.html o “Working in Sync in the Age of Coronavirus,” ASU Institute for Humanities Research “Adaptation, Resiliency, and Care” series, July 14, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8X-1EqwUTw o “Can We Build A Better Summer Olympics,” Zócalo Public Square, June 18, 2020. Event description: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/event/can-we-build-a-better-summer-olympics/ Video: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/category/events/video-archive/
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https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2019/03/28/arizona-state-students- sports-experts-race-culture-economics/3289407002/ o “Sport Majilis: A Conversation on Global Sport, Gender Equity, and More,” public talk at NYU Abu Dhabi, February 28, 2019. o “Can Sport Save Globalization?” presentation and conversation with the Phoenix Commission on Foreign Relations, February 21, 2019 o Host and Moderator, “The Renaissance of the African American Athlete,” Global Sport Institute Black History Month event with London 1948 Olympians Herb Douglas and Harrison Dillard, and discussion of their documentary on 9 African American medalists in the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games, February 11, 2019: https://globalsport.asu.edu/events/global-sport-conversation- series/renaissance-african-american-athlete; ASU Now write-up: “Sport Continues to Drive Social Change”: https://asunow.asu.edu/20190211-global-engagement-global-sport-institute-african- american-athletes-social-change Arizona Republic: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/02/12/1948-olympians-still-passing- forward-inspiration-jesse-owens/2842526002/ o “Sports and Leadership: Using Our Platform for the Greater Good. A Conversation with John Carlos, Paul Hoffman, and Gina Hemphill-Strachan.” I provided opening remarks and moderated this panel conversation with SHPRS sports history students and Sun Devil Athletics administrators, coaches, and athletes, October 23, 2018: https://asunow.asu.edu/20181023-global-engagement-raising-fist- change-asu-global-sport-institute o “Activismo político en los deportes” Invited talk at Centro Público de Investigación y Educación Superior (CIDE) a social science research institute, policy center, and graduate school in Mexico City, September 25, 2018. Panel discussion, three women—two historians and a journalist—talking sports and politics in historical context. Organized for 50th anniversary of 1968 Olympic Games. o “Geopolitics 101: Russia 2018” Panel discussion around the World Cup, and sport and geopolitics, COMEXI (Mexico’s Council on Foreign Relations), June 19, 2018. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQjL2v3mxk o “Are Big-Time Athletics Compatible with Academics?” Colorado University at Boulder invited panelist, April 5, 2018. Also spoke and fielded questions in Roger Pielke’s Intro to Sports Governance class. Boulder Daily Camera write-up: http://www.buffzone.com/columnists/ci_31788940/rooney-old-ncaa-problems-need-new- solutions o “Sport Matters, History Matters: How To Take Sport Seriously, and Study What We Love,” University of New Mexico college sports symposium invited keynote address, March 19, 2018. During this trip I met with UNM student-athletes in a small-group workshop format to help them translate their skills as athletes into qualities to highlight in resumés and job interviews. I also participated in a faculty/graduate student seminar focused on sports research, and helped some graduate students on their group research projects related to college sports. o “Power Play: Behind the Scenes of College Sports,” Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Arizona chapter panel, March, 2018. Fun conversation with Christine Wilkinson about ASU women’s sports history, a networking event for women in sports business before an ASU softball game. o “The Future of Doping and the Olympic Movement,” SHPRS Pop-up Talk, moderator/conversation with Olympian Desiree Davila Linden, February, 2018. Two months later Des won the Boston Marathon!! Watch me lose it on NBC 12News Arizona (segment also ran in Tucson): http://www.kvoa.com/story/37976051/bostonmarathon o “Expanding Opportunity: National Girls and Women in Sports Day,” Sun Devil Athletics panel participant, February, 2018 o “Must See Mondays: Future of the Olympic Games,” Walter Cronkite School and Global Sport Institute, moderator/interviewer in conversation with Anita DeFrantz, IOC executive board member, January, 2018. Video: https://vimeo.com/253828913
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o “Title IX and NCAA Emerging Sports,” ASU Triathlon Title IX Celebration, November, 2017. I spoke about the historical importance of Title IX in expanding sporting opportunities for women, as part of a pitch to other universities’ athletics directors thinking about adding triathlon as a new women’s sport. This was the evening before ASU hosted and won the second-ever women’s college triathlon national championships. o “Masculinit(ies) and Femininit(ies) in Sport, and Creating Inclusive, Safe Spaces,” Sun Devil Athletics Championship Life, October 2017. Championship Life is a program to provide more academic-like programming for student-athletes to think critically about their identities and responsibilities as critically-engaged Sun Devils. o “Fandom in American College Football,” True North Companies Lunch and Learn, August, 2017 o “¿El Deporte Nos Une o Nos Divide?” “Do Sports Unite or Divide Us?” Arizona State University Event in Mexico City, June, 2017. ASU Now write-up: https://asunow.asu.edu/20170615-global- engagement-asu-mexico-panel-sports-unifying o “Can Technology Make Sports Safer?” Future Tense Event at New America, Washington, D.C., March, 2017 Video: https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/can-technology-make-sports- safer/ o “Expanding Opportunity: National Girls and Women in Sports Day,” Sun Devil Athletics panel participant, February, 2017 o “Title IX and Big-Time College Sports: Expanded Opportunity—and Resistance—in Chapel Hill, 1972-1988,” History faculty Works in Progress Series, January, 2017 o “Representing Masculinity and Femininity in Sport,” Sun Devil Athletics Championship Life, November, 2016 o “Are eSports the Future of Entertainment?” Future Tense Event at New America NYC, New York, April, 2016 Video: https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/are-esports-the-future-of- entertainment/ o “Sports History at ASU: History Matters, Sport Matters,” Institute for the Science of Teaching and Learning (ISTL), January, 2016 o “Fandom in American College Football: Identity and Community,” Arizona Commerce Authority, December, 2014 o “The History of Student-Athlete Rights,” New York Times Café Lecture, ASU- Downtown, November, 2014 o “Reflections on Teaching Sports History in the Twenty-First Century,” Keynote Address, Phoenix Women’s Sports Association (PWSA) Annual Power to Inspire Event, May, 2014 o “A Brief History of Title IX and Women’s College Sports,” Good Sports Lecture Series, Tempe History Museum, September, 2014
Quotes in Selected Journalistic Pieces
o Robert O’Connell, “To Play or Not to Play: How parents should approach sports during COVID-19’s winter season,” Deseret News, January 8, 2021: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/1/8/22178325/covid-19-pandemic-youth-sports-winter-risk-play- parenting-parents-choice-salt-lake-city-utah o Eddie Pells, “COVID, legislation, lawsuits signal change in college sports,” AP, December 23, 2020: https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-basketball-lawsuits-football-legislation- 791f6006d9da4bd234f46754ce71c259 o Erin Strout, “Can We Run Away from Politics?” Women’s Running Magazine, October 30, 2020: https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/can-we-run-away-from-politics/ o Yvonne Kim, “What to do: UW athletes and staff fighting racism feel thwarted by status quo,” The Capital Times/Madison.com, October 21, 2020: https://madison.com/ct/news/local/education/work-to-do-
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uw-athletes-and-staff-fighting-racism-feel-thwarted-by-status-quo/article_91085d08-e459-5a84-8a0e- 2f3e05a43f67.html o Brandon Kleen, “Can a bubble be built for college sport?” Global Sport Matters, September 24, 2020: https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2020/09/24/can-a-bubble-be-built-for-college-sport/ o Ken Goe, “Men’s College Track is Being Threatened in Budget-Strapped Division I Athletic Departments,” The Oregonian, September 23, 2020: https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2020/09/mens-college-track-is-being-threatened-in-budget- strapped-division-i-athletic-departments.html o Jane McManus, “The Political Football of Political Football,” Deadspin, September 21, 2020: https://deadspin.com/the-political-football-of-political-football-1845129464 o Eric Kelderman, “‘A Scene out of Gladiator’: Big Ten Football Players Get Daily Coronavirus Test, But Other Students Don’t,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 17, 2020: https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-scene-out-of-gladiator-big-ten-football-players-get-daily- coronavirus-tests-but-other-students-dont o Kurt Streeter, “When you love, and loathe, watching the N.F.L.” The New York Times, September 14, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/sports/football/nfl-season-restart.html o Amanda Christovich, “College Athletic Department Diversity Efforts Face Scrutiny,” Front Office Sports,” August 30, 2020: https://frontofficesports.com/college-athletics-department-diversity-efforts/ Additional story: “Layoffs Sweep College Athletic Departments Nationwide,” September 18, 2020: https://frontofficesports.com/layoffs-sweep-college-athletic-departments-nationwide/ o Robert O’Connell, “Past taking a knee: How a wildcat strike led the NBA to embrace political activism,” Deseret News, August 28, 2020: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/8/28/21404627/nba-strike- boycott-kenosha-jacob-blake-espn-donovan-mitchell-milwaukee-bucks o Caitlin Schmidt, “Eight former UA athletes detail 'rotten culture' in track and field program,” Arizona Daily Star, August 17, 2020: https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/eight-former-ua- athletes-detail-rotten-culture-in-track-and-field-program/article_26ead223-11c5-5fc1-8c17- 73ef134ed973.html o Ethan Bauer, “Is it time for college football to turn pro?” Deseret News, August 8, 2020: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/8/8/21357306/college-football-players-letter-pac-12- big-10-ncaa-george-floyd-protests-civil-rights-paid-amateur o Brandon Kochkodin and Janet Lorin, “Breakup of NCAA Could Result From Its Decision on Fall Sports,” Bloomberg, August 5, 2020: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-04/breakup-of- ncaa-could-result-from-its-decision-on-fall-sports o Matt Brown and Daniel Libit, “#WeAreUnited looks to correct 120 years of college athlete subjugation in four weeks,” Extra Points newsletter, The Intercollegiate, August 3, 2020: https://extrapoints.substack.com/p/weareunited-looks-to-correct-120 o Jeré Longman, “A Stadium at Iowa State Says His Name: Jack Trice,” The New York Times, July 20, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/sports/ncaafootball/Iowa-State-Jack-Trice- Stadium.html o Kurt Streeter, “W.N.B.A. Star’s Role in Freeing Man From Prison Shows Female Athletes at Forefront,” The New York Times, July 2, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/sports/basketball/maya-moore-jonathan-irons- freed.html o Ken Goe, “Oregon Ducks’ decision not to report the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus raises oversight concerns,” The Oregonian, June 25, 2020: https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2020/06/oregon-ducks-decision-not-to-report-the-number-of-athletes- testing-positive-for-coronavirus-raises-oversight-concerns.html o Ann Killion, “Future of women’s sports uncertain after the coronavirus halted momentum,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 14, 2020: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/Future- of-women-s-sports-uncertain-after-the-15268199.php
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Additional stories: “‘Sports can’t become the next nursing homes’ as California restart approaches”: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/Sports-can-t-become-the-next-nursing- 15278797.php and “Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer: ‘Women will be losers’ of California pay-to-play law”: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/Stanford-s-VanDerveer-Women-will-be- 14501634.php o Jeff Metcalfe, “Arizona could join states allowing athletes to benefit from name, image, likeness,” Arizona Republic/AZ Central, January 17, 2020: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2020/01/17/arizona-could-join-states- allowing-college-athletes-benefit-name-image-likeness/4502647002/ o Ethan Bauer, “Amid a minefield of generic nicknames, how do college mascots distinguish themselves?” Deseret News, January 10, 2020: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/1/10/21052358/clemson-lsu-tigers-nicknames- mascots-college-tribal (I imagine Ethan was not expecting a discussion of Confederate symbology in Southern PWI football, but glad he enjoyed it!) o Jane McManus, “Megan Rapinoe strikes a World Cup pose, demands equality, and challenges us all to be better,” New York Daily News, December 26, 2019: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/ny-megan-rapinoe-uswnt-world-cup-20191226- maaih6kvd5arreym5djdht6cvi-story.html o Jarod Hector, “Too Big to Fail? Why the NCAA is at Another Crossroads over Athletes’ Rights,” BET, November 15, 2019: https://www.bet.com/news/sports/2019/11/15/op-ed--too-big-to-fail--why- the-ncaa-is-at-another-crossroads-ov.html o Wesley Jenkins, “Hundreds of Colleges may be out of Compliance with Title IX. Here’s Why,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 23, 2019: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Hundreds-of- Colleges-May-Be/247396 o ESPNW summit panel talking points for moderator Sarah Spain, “The Value of College Athletes. To Pay or Not to Pay,” October 22, 2019: https://www.espnwsummit.com/event/print_agenda Also aired as an episode of Sarah Spain’s That’s What She Said podcast, “Image and Likeness,” October 29, 2019: http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/14603142 o Nathan Fenno, “NCAA Sports are doomed they say. Yeah, we’ve heard that before,” Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10-02/college-athletics- reform-ncaa-doomsday-title-ix o Brady, McCollough, “Women respond to Pac-12 assertion that new California law would hurt female athletes,” Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2019: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10- 01/college-athletics-reform-ncaa-women-olympics o Ethan Bauer, “Should college athletes be paid for their names and images? Where college sports could go from here,” Deseret News, October 1, 2019: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/9/19/20871318/college-athletes-paid-for-their-names- and-images-college-sports-terrelle-pryor-tattoogate o Jarod Hector, “’Fair Pay to Play’ Act seems like a step in the right direction, but if NCAA has its way, it will be more of the same,” BET, September 13, 2019: https://www.bet.com/news/sports/2019/09/13/fair-pay-to-play-act-seems-like-a-step-in-the- right-direction-bu0.html o Chris Hummer, “The NCAA vs. Everyone: On the student-athlete likeness debate,” 247sports.com, September 13, 2019: https://247sports.com/Article/NCAA-student-athlete-likeness-debate- California-bill-Fair-Pay-to-Play-Act-135516864/ o Noble Ingram, “The End of Amateurism? What’s Behind the Calls to Pay College Athletes,” The Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2019: https://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2019/0327/The- end-of-amateurism-What-s-behind-calls-to-pay-NCAA-athletes
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o A.J. Perez, “College admissions scandal a ‘slap in the face’ to minority athletes,” USA Today, March 18, 2019: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/03/18/college-admissions-scandal- how-wealthy-leveraged-racial-bias-sports/3167906002/ o Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, “Video Games: Entertainment or Sports?” [article on current state of collegiate esports] Inside Higher Ed, February 12, 2019: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/12/new-frontier-college-athletics-video-games o Michael Weinreb, “Muslim women athletes changing skeptical worldview,” Global Sport Matters, November 13, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/11/13/muslim-women- athletes-changing-skeptical-world-view/ o Sean Keeler, “If players’ deaths aren’t enough, what will change coaching culture?” Global Sport Matters, November 2, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/11/02/if-player- deaths-arent-enough-what-will-change-coaching-culture/ o Greg Moore, “Charles Barkley knows what it feels like to be Colin Kaepernick, trying to do the right thing,” USA Today and Arizona Republic, September 7, 2018: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/09/07/suns-charles-barkley-colin- kaepernick-nike/1227540002/ o Jane McManus, “At odds with modern sport, ring, grid girls slowly disappearing,” Global Sport Matters, July 16, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/07/16/ring-grid-girls- slowly-disappearing/ o Allison Torres Burtka, “Mom was right: Title IX a game-changer for daughters,” Global Sport Matters, May 11, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/youth/2018/05/11/title-ix-game-changer- for-daughters/ o Allison Torres Burtka, “Native American mascots—honoring culture or symbol of disrespect?” Global Sport Matters, April 24, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/04/24/native- american-mascots-honoring-culture-symbol-disrespect/ o Larry Platt, “Athlete activism is on the rise, but so is the backlash,” Global Sport Matters, April 16, 2018: https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2018/04/16/athlete-activism-is-on-the-rise-but- so-is-the-backlash/ o Jesse Holland, “Black Athletes in 1980s, ‘90s not outspoken, but not silent,” Associated Press, February 16, 2018. ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/black-athletes-1980s- 90s-outspoken-silent-53136366 o Syndicated, also in Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/black-athletes-in- 1980s-90s-not-outspoken-but-not-silent/2018/02/16/ae99f87a-12f2-11e8-a68c- e9374188170e_story.html?utm_term=.f087e79e58a9 o Joelle Renstrom, “The Blurring of Olympics and Paralympics,” Daily Beast, February 15, 2018: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-blurring-of-olympics-and-paralympics
Articles Published About My Work
o Kent Somers, “Canceled season could provide opportunity to fix what’s wrong with college football,” August 10, 2020: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/2020/08/10/canceling-college-football- would-provide-chance-fix-its-problems/3340640001/ o Ethan Bauer, “The grim reality facing the sports world,” Deseret News, July 28, 2020: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/7/28/21327211/baseball-mlb-coronavirus-miami-marlins- outbreak-sports-pandemic-covid-19-nba-bubble o Jeff Metcalfe, “Arizona State professor advocates canceling college football season for more than COVID-19,” Arizona Republic, July 8, 2020: https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2020/07/08/arizona-state-professor-advocates- cancelling-college-football-season-more-than-covid/5394319002/
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and USA Today, July 9, 2020: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2020/07/09/arizona-state- professor-victoria-jackson-cancel-college-sports/5404444002/ o Langston Wertz, Jr., “Here’s why a former UNC student-athlete doesn’t plan to watch one second of March Madness,” The Charlotte Observer, March 13, 2018: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/mens-basketball/article204898139.html o “Arizona State University Historian Compares College Athletics to Jim Crow,” The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, January 31, 2018: https://www.jbhe.com/2018/01/arizona-state-university- historian-compares-college-athletics-to-jim-crow/
Motivational Speaking Engagements and Elite Athlete Appearances
o Local Schools and Community Organizations, Track and Field Teams, Community Sports and Fitness Events, Local Road Races, Fundraising and Awareness-Raising Events, 2006- o Recent motivational speaking events: Sonoran Distance Project high school girls running camp, January 2019; PlayWorks Arizona youth coach leaders, May 2017; Stanfield Elementary (Title I school west of Casa Grande), February 2017
Academic Presentations
Academic Conference Papers
o Roundtable: The Revolt of the College Athlete: Creative Resistance to the Dominance of the NCAA, Sport Studies Caucus sponsored panel at the 2020 American Studies Association Conference, November 2020 postponed to November 2021 o “Sex-segregated Sport and the Contradictions of Opportunity in American Intercollegiate Athletics,” American Studies Association Conference, November, 2017 o “Sports and Politics: The Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games,” Arizona Council for History Education (ACHE) Conference, August 2017. Sharing ideas for Arizona high school teachers to connect current moment of athlete activism (Colin Kaepernick) to 1968’s “revolt of the black athlete” and to capitalize on the 50th anniversary of the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games. o “Using Sport to Excite Students about Learning History,” ACHE Conference, August, 2016 o “Title IX and the Big Time,” North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Conference, May, 2016 o “University of National Champions: Expanding Sporting Opportunities for Women at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) Conference, May, 2014 o “Trash Talk, Baggy Shorts, Black Socks, and Shaved Heads: Black Masculinity in Hoop Dreams and The Fab Five,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Convention, October, 2011 o “Asserting Indian Identity: The East Carolina Indian School, 1940-1965,” New Directions in American Indian Research Conference, April, 2004
Conference Working Groups, White Papers
o White Paper for 60 Minutes producers on the business model of college sports, Title IX, and the interplay between gender justice and racial injustice, October 2020 o “Global Sport: Race and Sport Roundtable,” ASU Global Sport Institute workshop, Santa Monica , California, June 1, 2018 o “Esports and Title IX: Thinking about Inclusivity,” AnyKey.org collegiate Esports workshop on diversity and inclusion, Irvine, California, October 14, 2016
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White Paper: http://www.anykey.org/project/anykey-white-paper-4-diversity-and-inclusion-in- collegiate-esports/ I presented on Title IX and participated in this workshop that included major industry stakeholders; I also wrote the policy recommendations in the White Paper. o “Public History and the Potential of Sports History Museums,” National Council on Public History, March, 2016 Case Statement: http://ncph.org/conference/2016-annual-meeting/working-groups/
Additional Research Projects
Gender & Sport research cluster lead facilitator, 2016-2017 faculty seminar sponsored by Institute for Humanities Research (IHR): https://ihr.asu.edu/research/clusters/gender-and-sport
ASU #TitleIXat45 #TitleIXTuesday 2017-2018 research initiative to celebrate women in sports and higher education at Arizona State University; social media campaign for Sun Devil Athletics; research project with SHPRS student for Undergraduate Research Experience
Murphy’s Girls History Project oral history of ASU female students who competed in athletics before Title IX, 1936-1972 Editorial Projects
Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation, Editorial Board, 2016-
Mohammed Ennaji, Paul Lovejoy, and Chouki El Hamel, eds. Confronting Slavery: Towards a Dialogue of Cultural Understanding. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, TBD.
Service – Academics, Athletics, and Community
Search Committee, SHPRS Assistant Professor, History of 20th Century U.S. Race and Politics, 2019-2020 Mentor, Native Narratives Mellon Grant program through Center for Indian Education, 2019-2020 Global Sport Summit planning committee, SHPRS representative as a summit partner and co- sponsoring unit, 2019- SHPRS Sports, Cultures, and Ethics certificate SHPRS Sports, Cultures, and Ethics certificate proposal, 2017-2018 Search Committee, SHPRS U.S. History Lecturer, 2018 Ad Hoc Search Committee, SHPRS U.S. History Lecturer, 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Committee, History faculty, 2017- History M.A. Supervisory Committee History M.A. Thesis Chair, 2016- Barrett, The Honors College Honors Thesis Committee Chair, 2016- Honors Thesis Committee Member, 2015- Honors Contract Supervisor, 2014- ASU Sun Devil Athletics Faculty Athletics Ambassador, 2017- Tri for the Cure Arizona, Elite Athlete Coordinator, 2007-2016 Phoenix Women’s Sports Association (PWSA), board of directors, 2008-2012 Healing Racism Project, 2011-2012 Sun Devil Club Ambassador, 2007-2009
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Fundraising campaigns and events Volunteer Coach, ASU Cross Country and Track and Field, 2007-2008
Professional Development
Workshop participant, IHR writing studio, facilitated by Chris Jones, 2019 Workshop participant, IHR “writing for a wider public,” facilitated by Steven Beschloss, 2019 ASU security training 2018- ASU Online Master Class for Online Teaching, 2017 Active Shooter Training, 2017 “Practicing a Multicultural Digital Humanities” workshop participant, 2016 Scalar digital humanities projects workshop participant, 2016 CITI Research with Human Subjects certification, 2015 Echo360 instructional technology training, 2015 Title IX training, Preventing Harassment certification, 2015- Faculty Seminar: Religion, Sport, and Violence, 2015-2016
Awards and Achievements – Academic and Athletic
ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Lecturer of the Year, nominee, 2018 ThinkWoman Scholar Baller award recipient, selected by Keith Harrison, UCF, 2018 ASU Faculty Women’s Association Distinguished Graduate Student Award, nominee, 2015 Professional track and field athlete, 2006-2008, competed on national and international circuits U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2006 GPSA Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, 2005-2006 NCAA National Champion, outdoor track & field, 10,000m, 2006 NCAA All-American, indoor track & field, 5,000m, 2006 Member of three ASU NCAA national trophy teams in one academic year, 2005-2006 Cross country, 4th; indoor track & field, 3rd; outdoor track & field, 3rd
Academic Events Planning
SHPRS and History Faculty book talk, April 2020 postponed to Fall 2021/Spring 2022 Event planner and host SHPRS and History Faculty book talk, April 2019 Global Sport Summit planning committee, 2019- IHR Gender and Sport events, March 2017 Event planner and host SHPRS and History Faculty book talk, March 2017 Event planner and host Barack Obama and American Democracy National Conference, 2011 Conference logistics Launch of the Center of the Study for Race and Democracy, 2011 Event logistics
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