Austin Stair Calhoun, Ph.D., Kinesiology alumna (2014) and director of Kinesiology’s eLearning and Digital Strategy, was interviewed for a KARE-11 story on the Gopher women’s hockey team, which won the 2016 NC Women’s Ice Hockey championship last week in a game that was not televised. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton tried to get the game broadcast on CBS, but the organization declined.
Calhoun commented, “It’s a complicated time because while we are seeing participation levels rise for women and girls in sport, we see stagnation and in some cases a downturn in the amount of coverage that women and girls in sport receive.”
Calhoun is also an affiliated scholar with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport.
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