In this episode of “Tucker Center Talks” [S3E2] of “Tucker Center Talks,” Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., senior lecturer in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Tucker Center Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, talks to colleague Dr. Nefertiti Walker, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Chief Diversity Officer, and Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at UMass Amherst, and a Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar. Dr. Walker’s area of expertise pertains to exclusionary aspects of the sport organizational culture around intersectionality, race, and gender. Walker and LaVoi talk about exclusion of women, equity, the uncomfortable work of undoing culture, Walker’s forthcoming provocative book, authored with Dr. David Berri, and her advice for young women scholars.
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“Tucker Center Talks” is a co-production of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and WiSP Sports.
