TC Talks podcast: “Women in Organizational Sport Leadership” with Dr. Laura Burton

Dr. Laura Burton

Launching a third season [S3E1] of “Tucker Center Talks,” Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., senior lecturer in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Tucker Center, talks to colleague Dr. Laura Burton, Professor and Department Head of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Burton is a Tucker Center affiliated scholar, gender and sport leadership expert, and a woman who has lived a personal and professional life fighting for gender equity. She has co-edited a seminal book on this topic with Dr. Sarah Leberman, “Women in Sport Leadership: Research and Practice for Change” (2017).

The two scholars talk about Burton’s work, how to create system change, what she is excited about, and advice for young women scholars.

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