Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, comments in a Minnesota Public Radio web article, “Female hockey coach firing was about more than money,” on the precedents set by the recent firing of University of Minnesota, Duluth’s hockey coach Shannon Miller.
InsideHigherEd.com quotes LaVoi on career of UM Duluth hockey’s Shannon Miller
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, is quoted in an InsideHigherEd.com piece, “Salary Ceiling for Women Only?” on the University of Minnesota—Duluth’s hockey coach Shannon Miller’s non-renewal of contract. LaVoi notes she has never seen the lack-of-funds rationale, given by Duluth, in her years of researching female coaches.
Strib quotes LaVoi in article on female coaches in girls’ hockey
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, is quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune article, “Female coaches in girls’ hockey still scarce, doubted.” LaVoi comments on the perception of female vs male coaches.
Dengel publishes in Journal of Obesity
Don Dengel, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is a co-author of an article published in Journal of Obesity. The article, “Identification of Sex-Specific Threshold for Accumulation of Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults,” examines a threshold in percent body fat where the accumulation of fat occurs in the abdominal area.The results of this study suggest that the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue is not linear with increasing adiposity. The study also reported that increases in visceral accumulation above a threshold point were associated with decreased insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk in males and females independent of total body fat.
Lead author on the article is Dr. Tyler Bosch a graduate of the School of Kinesiology (Ph.D., ’14). This article was part of Dr. Bosch’s doctoral dissertation. Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology in the School of Kinesiology is the senior author on this article.
Tucker Center Women Coaches Symposium draft program now available
A draft of the program for this spring’s Tucker Center Women Coaches Symposium has been posted to our website. There’s so much happening … check back regularly as we firm things up for this sure-to-be sold-out April 17, 2015 event.
Tucker Center program on media coverage airings in December
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport is proud to announce new tptMN public television statewide digital MN Channel airings of its groundbreaking video, “Media Coverage and Female Athletes.”
Friday, December 19, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Friday, December 19, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Friday, December 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM
Friday, December 19, 2014 at 8:00 PM
For viewing options, click here: Media Coverage
Media Coverage: The video builds on a research-based examination of the amount and type of coverage given to female athletes with commentary from expert scholars and award winning coaches and athletes who discuss this timely issue from a variety of perspectives as they help dispel the common—but untrue—myths that “sex sells” women’s sport , and no one is interested in it anyway. Effective strategies for increasing media coverage and creating images which reflect the reality of women’s sports participation and why this is so important are also discussed. … To view the entire program online now, click here.
UM Duluth hockey coach Shannon Miller let go, LaVoi comments
Shannon Miller, the University of Minnesota—Duluth’s 5-time national champion women’s hockey coach, has been let go because, according to the current athletic director, UMD is “not able to sustain the highest paid coach in Division I hockey’s salary.” The Tucker Center‘s associate director Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology, whose research examines male and female coaching demographics, is quoted in a KARE-11 article and video, “UMD lets go of women’s hockey coach,” saying, “I have never in my entire career heard of a male coach being let go because he’s being paid too much.”
Pioneer Press profiles Kinesiology’s China Champion program
The Twin Cities Pioneer Press has profiled the School of Kinesiology’s China Champion Program, in a local story, “Homeroom: China’s champs hit the books at UMN.” The China Champion Program brings former Olympians from China to study in the school for a year, providing classes in English as a second language, American culture and kinesiology as well as nutrition, sports management and physical education instruction. Dr. Li Li Ji, department director and professor and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), heads up the program.
TC research cited in Elkhart Truth
Tucker Center research on media coverage of female athletes has been cited in an Elkhart Truth article, “Female athletes find few options for sports gear.”
Kinesiology’s Haaland accepts employment at 3M
Eric Haaland, PhD candidate in the School of Kinesiology and graduate research student in the Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL), has accepted employment at 3M in Saint Paul, MN. His title is “Human Factors Technical Aide.”
Watkins to publish article in the Journal of Pediatrics
Ashley Watkins, BS, masters student in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The article, “Childhood Wrist Circumference is Not a Predictor of Insulin Resistance in Adulthood,” examined whether the circumference of the wrist in childhood predicted insulin resistance in adulthood, with results suggesting wrist circumference is not a predictor. Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, and Kara Marlatt, doctoral student in the school, are co-authors on this article.
Recent Kinesiology PhD Chen publishes
A paper entitled “Variations in cognitive demand affect heart rate in typically developing children and children at risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder” has been accepted for publication in Research on Developmental Disabilities. Lead author is Dr. Chen Fu Chen, a recent PhD in the School of Kinesiology and the Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL). Co-authors are Drs. George Biltz, Thomas Stoffregen and Michael G. Wade, Dr. Chen’s advisor.
Kinesiology grad Dr. Ben Peterson publishes two papers
Former School of Kinesiology student, Ben Peterson, PhD recently had a pair of papers accepted to the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The first paper is entitled “Aerobic Capacity is Associated with Improved Repeated Shift Performance in Hockey,” and the second is “Division I Hockey Players Generate More Power than Division III Players During on- and off-ice Performance Tests.” Co-authors include Kinesiology’s Dr. Stacy Ingraham and Dr. Eric Snyder, along with co-authors and former Kinesiology students, Sarah Baker, PhD, and Jon Fitzgerald, PhD.
LaVoi quoted in St Louis Post-Dispatch on 12-year-old’s letter to Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, is quoted in the St Louis Post-Dispatch article “Sporting-goods Industry Ignores One of its Biggest-growing Markets” on 12-year-old McKenna Peterson’s letter to Dick’s Sporting Goods about the absence of women in their catalog.
Kane quoted in Miami Herald article on prejudice against sexual preference
Dr. Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center and professor in the School of Kinesiology, is quoted in the Miami Herald article, “Prejudice against gays and lesbians hurts women’s college basketball,” which states that out of 350 coaches in Division I women’s basketball, there is only one who is openly gay.
LaVoi quoted in The Gazette on differing treatment of female and male coaches
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, is quoted in the Cedar Rapids, IA The Gazette article, “Are there differences between coaching men and women?” about a University of Iowa field hockey coach firing, and the consequences of different expectations for male and female coaches.
Inside Higher Ed quotes Kane on ‘Lady Vols’
Dr. Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center and professor in the School of Kinesiology, is quoted in an Inside Higher Ed article, “Dropping the ‘Lady’” that looks at the possibility of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville removing the word “Lady” from women’s sports teams as part of a university-wide rebranding.
LaVoi speaks to St Olaf student athletes
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, traveled to St. Olaf College on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 to speak to student athletes and coaches about how to build a positive team culture.
Kane and LaVoi present on media panel at NASSS 35th annual conference
Dr. Mary Jo Kane and Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology, and director and associate director, respectively, of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, gave a panel presentation at the 35th Annual North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference in Portland, OR on November 6, 2014. The presentation, “Leveraging Sport Media Research Beyond the Academy: Creating Strategies & Partnerships for Social Change,” was given as part of the “Sport Media Scholars as Agents of Social Change” panel, which also included Tucker Center Affiliated scholars Dr. Cheryl Cooky (Purdue) and Dr. Elizabeth Daniels (Oregon State). Kane also gave the keynote introduction for “Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Responsibility of Intellectuals,” the conference keynote address by Sut Jhally of the Media Education Foundation.
Huffington Post quotes Kane on coverage of female athletes
Dr. Mary Jo Kane, sport sociology faculty in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, is quoted in a Huffington Post blogpost, “The Feminine Athlete.” Using her research on media coverage of female, Kane explains that though there is great interest in women’s sports, the media covers only 2-4%.