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 Victoria Jackson 1 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 Victoria Jackson 2 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 Victoria Jackson 3 o “Why the Humanities Matter to Sports,” ASU Now story about our SHPRS sports, cultures and ethics undergraduate certificate, January 4, 2021: https://asunow.asu.edu/20210104-why-humanities- matter-sports o “Episode 27: Burn the Ships,” Off Track podcast interview with 5 NCAA track and field coaches, December 27, 2020: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-27-burn-the- ships/id1521388821?i=1000503632643 o “Supreme Court will hear NCAA case on athletes’ compensation limits,” WGN America/NewsNation TV interview (they cut from LeBron James to me!) with Nichole Berlie, December 16, 2020: https://www.newsnationnow.com/sports/us-supreme-court-will-hear-case-on-ncaa-athletes- compensation-limits/ o “Secondary college sports left behind,” Arizona Horizon/Arizona PBS, interview with Ted Simons discussing 60 Minutes report, December 10, 2020: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2020/12/secondary-college-sports-left-behind/ o “Some college axing ‘secondary sports’ like gymnastics and tennis as pandemic continues,” 60 Minutes, Bill Whitaker, correspondent, December 6, 2020: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-sports-cuts-gymnastics-swimming-pandemic-60-