Mary Jo Kane, PhD, professor of Sport Sociology and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, will be featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning” show on Thursday, November 3, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Kane will be discussing with Midmorning host Kerri Miller the ways in which sports are changing women’s lives and the current state of women and sports, the theme of the Girls & Women in Sport and Physical Activity Conference sponsored by the Tucker Center and held at TCF Bank Stadium November 2.
Appearing with Kane will be Don Sabo, Ph.D., from the Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health, D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY. Professor Sabo, considered one of the most important empirical researchers in the U.S. on girls and women in sport, delivered the conference’s keynote address, “From Exclusion to Leadership: What History and Research Tell Us about Women’s Continuing Achievements in Sports.”