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Research Roundtable with Michael Messner

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March 23, 2018
10:00AM - 11:00AM
248 Townshend Hall (1885 Neil Ave., Columbus, Ohio)

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Add to Calendar 2018-03-23 10:00:00 2018-03-23 11:00:00 Research Roundtable with Michael Messner The Sports and Society Initiative will join the Department of Sociology in welcoming Michael Messner as its featured guest for a Research Roundtable. The event will feature an overview of his influential gender and sports research, along with extensive question and answer opportunities. Messner is a prominent sports sociologist and professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California. His award-winning work has largely focused on how gender is structured, taught, and realized in families, youth sports, and mass-media sports coverage. In these analyses, he has creatively used life-history narrative, participant observation, and content analysis techniques. Register to secure your seat! 248 Townshend Hall (1885 Neil Ave., Columbus, Ohio) Sports and Society Initiative sportssociety@osu.edu America/New_York public
The Sports and Society Initiative will join the Department of Sociology in welcoming Michael Messner as its featured guest for a Research Roundtable. The event will feature an overview of his influential gender and sports research, along with extensive question and answer opportunities.
 
Messner is a prominent sports sociologist and professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California. His award-winning work has largely focused on how gender is structured, taught, and realized in families, youth sports, and mass-media sports coverage. In these analyses, he has creatively used life-history narrative, participant observation, and content analysis techniques.