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SSI-funded Research finds Social Class tied to Likelihood of Playing College Sports
In new research published in the Sociology of Sport Journal, 2019 SSI Student Research Grant Award winner and sociology graduate student James Tompsett (pictured) found evidence…
Let's Talk: Kraft Coaches OSU Women's Volleyball in Art of Interviews
Sports and Society Initiative Director Dr. Nicole Kraft, a longtime sportswriter and associate professor (clinical) of journalism, spent a recent afternoon on the other side of the microphone,…
College Creatives Collective launches mentorship sessions
College Creative Collectives will launch its Mentorship Sessions Aug. 19, as industry experts gather to help student creatives secure and maximize internships, and forge a successful…
SSI-funded Research featured in SCOTUS filing
Data from the first National Sports and Society Survey, funded by the Sports and Society Initiative and executed by SSI Research Chair Dr. Chris Knoester (pictured) and faculty affiliate Dr.…
Research: Race, politics divide Americans on sports issues
Although some people may yearn for sports to be free of political or racial divisiveness, a new study shows how impossible that dream may be.
Researchers found that Americans’ views…
SSI Wishes Best of Luck to Olympic-Bound Buckeyes
Ohio State is represented by 26 extraordinary athletes in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, set for July 23-Aug. 8, in Tokyo, who are either current, former or incoming students.…
SSI Partner LiFEsports Receives Million Coaches Challenge Grant
The Ohio State University LiFEsports Initiative, managed by leaders in the Department of Athletics and the College of Social Work, has been awarded a grant from the Susan Crown Exchange (SCE)…
Board Member Mitten Discusses NIL with U.S. Senate
SSI board member Matthew Mitten, Marquette law professor and executive director of the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School, testified June 9 about “NCAA…
Kraft in The Conversation: Sportswriters must 'be better' in press conference interviews
SSI Director Nicole Kraft wrote recently in The Conversation about the ways in which sports press conferences are compromised by poor questions and can be improved by taking the chess approach to…