- 2013 -

Rick, O. J. C. (2013, November). Physical culture in the urban assemblage: discussing cycling through the Baltimore Bike Party. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, Quebec City, Canada. November 6-9, 2013.

Clift, B. C. & Andrews, D. L. (2013, June). Running with neoliberalism: The practice and politics of sport for development in urban Baltimore. International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), Vancouver, Canada.

Rick, O. J. C. (2013, April). Thinking Physical Cultures as Complex Systems. Paper presented at the Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. April 26, 2013.

Clift, B. C. (2013, April). (Re)Imagining the homeless: The practice and politics of sport for development in urban Baltimore. Paper presented at the Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. April 26, 2013.

Clift, B. C. & Clift, R. T. (2013, April). Son/Mother/Collaborator/Critic: A contribution of family-scholar narratives to self-study methodologies. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Rick, O. J. C. (2013, April). Health and Capital Accumulation in the 'Bike Friendly City': How Bicycle Centered Policy and Popular Discourses Function in US Urban Spaces. Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA. April 3-6, 2013.

Rick, O. J. C. (2013, March). Producing the ’bike friendly city’: How bicycle centered policy and popular discourses function in US urban spaces. Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. March 21-24, 2013.

- 2012 -

November

Bernstein, S. (2012, November). Spaces of Fear: Physical Cultural Studies and the Politics of Research Embodiment. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Bustad, J. J., and Andrews, D. L. (2012, November). Partnerships and (Active Urban) Places: Rethinking ‘Public’ Recreation in Baltimore City. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Clift, B. C. (2012, November). Staging Rio 2016: The politics of spatial reformation. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Friedman, M. (2012, November). Edilia Field -- A utopian baseball future. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Mower, R. L. (2012, November). ‘Hood rules in effect?’: Negotiating identity, space, and ethnography in urban settings. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Rick, O. (2012, November). The ‘Bike Friendly City’ – An analysis of the policy and popular discourses surrounding cycling in four American cities. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Sterling, J. (2012, November). ‘Laboratory Life’: (Visualizing) Technologies at Work in Kinesiology. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Tredway, K. (2012, November). Serena Williams: Gender, Race and (the Perception of) Violence in Women’s Professional Tennis. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

Wiest, A. (2012, November). ‘Prevention’ for whom?: Governing (in)active young bodies through ‘healthy’ metanarratives assembling (and assembled by) youth development programs. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA. November 7 – 10, 2012.

September

Rick, O. J. C. (2012, September). “That ride was truly epic” – The production of masculinity through the new ‘epic’ discourse and imagery in cycling media. Paper presented at the “Critiquing Culture Conference” hosted by the Cultural Studies program at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. September 22, 2012.

June

Bustad, J. J. (April, 2012). Discourses of the [Active] City: Urban Governance and Public Recreation in Baltimore. Urban Systems Conference, June 8, Rutgers University. Newark, NJ.

Rick, O. (April, 2012). ‘Conceived velocipedal spaces’ – An analysis of the policy and popular discourses surrounding cycling in Baltimore city. Urban Systems Conference, Rutgers University. Newark, NJ.

May

Clift, B. C. & Clift, R. T. (May, 2012). Structures of familial revolution: My mother, my son. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), May 16-19, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Wiest, A. L. (May, 2012). ‘Attending in what way? I’m here!’: Chasing authentic representation for the invisible other in our ethnographic work. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), May 16-19, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

April

Basen, R. (April, 2012). ‘Gotta get that pink dollar’: An ethnographic study of media messages distributed within the NFL’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this philanthropic campaign’s targeting of NFL fandom. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Bustad, J. J. & Mower, R. M. (April, 2012). Virtual Be-ings: “Active” Video Gaming and the Futures of Late Capitalism. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Clift, B. C. (April, 2012). Staging Rio 2016: The politics of spatial reformation. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Rick, O. (April, 2012). Seeking Physical Affection. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Rick, O. J. C. (April, 2012). Representations of velocipedal spaces; An analysis of cycling discourse across and within four major American cities. Paper presented at “Global Circuits and Urban Marginalities”, Hosted by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at the Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. April 6, 2012.

Wiest, A. L. (April, 2012). Embodying Social Activism: Exploring the ‘sacredness’ of bodily investment in transformation through new media. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

- 2011 -

November

Rick, O. J. C. (2011, November). “You’ve been chicked”: Gender regulation in ironman triathlon culture. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA. November 2nd-5th 2011.

September

Tredway, K (September, 2011). The philosopher on the court: Judith Butler, gender performance and women’s professional tennis. International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Rochester, NY.

May

Basen, R. (May, 2011). Burgundy, Gold, and Caucasian on the roles of Washington, D.C. and journalist Shirley Povich in the integration of the Washington Redskins. North American Society for Sport History, Austin, Texas.

Bustad, J. J. (May, 2011). “Right to the [active] city": Discourses of public recreation. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Clift, B. C. (May, 2011). Footing Expendable Runners: Homelessness, Volunteerism, and Cultural Subjectivity. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Mower, R. (May, 2011). Creating “Gangs of Fitness Ambassadors”?: Politicized Philanthropy and the (healthist) Colonization of Urban Communities. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Wiest, A. (May, 2011). Autoethnography and critical self-reflection: ‘Indulging’ (?) in a more performative cultural studies and engaged public intellectualism. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

April

Basen, R. (April, 2011). Burgundy, Gold and Caucasian. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Bustad, J. J. (April, 2011).“Right to the [active] city": Discourses of public recreation. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Clift, B. C. (April, 2011). Expendable Runners?: (Re)considering (in)visibility with Back On My Feet. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Collins, J. (April, 2011). Beyond the beauty salon: Sport, women of color and their hair. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

McBean, J. (April, 2011). Gay Imperialism: Struggle for dominance over Jamaican bodies of knowledge. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Mower, R. (April, 2011). Philanthropy, fitness, and failed states. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Rick, O. (April, 2011). A reflection in the glass: a narrative exploration of self-reflexivity. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Rick, O. (April, 2011). The productive consumer: Chrome bags at the 2010 Interbike. Reading the Body in Contemporary Culture: A Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference. The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD..

Sterling, J. (April, 2011). Visualizing (In)Active Bodies: Body Worlds at the Maryland Science Center. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

Tredway, K. (April, 2011). Gender performance, sexuality and women’s professional tennis. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

January

Wiest, A. L. & King-White, R. (January, 2011). Student-teacher in/out of class relationships: Working toward a better present and future. College of Health Professions Scholarship and Research Day, Towson University, Towson, MD.

- 2010 -

November

Batts, C., Andrews, D. L., Silk, M. L. (2010, November). The Next Great International Sporting Hub? The 2010 Commonwealth Games and the Globalization of Delhi. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

Bernstein, S. (2010, November). The Pursuit of Perfection: A Public Health Crisis. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

Bustad, J. J. (2010, November). Postmodern Muscle: Individualism, Fitness Culture and the Body Ecstatic. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

Clift, B. C. (2010, November). You Run with Who? An Ethnographic Inquiry with Back On My Feet. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

Friedman, M. (2010, November). A Trial by Space? Nationals Stadium and Queer Space in Washington, DC. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

McBean, J. & Friedman, M. (2010, November). Usain Bolt: Crossing the Line. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

Mower, R. (2010, November). ‘BMore Fit’: (Re)Producing Virulent (Neoliberal) Bodies Within a Polarized Polis. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

Thomas, D. (2010, November). The Harlem Globetrotters and the Trickster Tradition. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. November 3 – 6, 2011.

October

Clift, B. C. (2010, October). You run with who?: An ethnographic inquiry with Back On My  Feet.  Poster presented at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Mower, R. L. (2010, October). ‘BMore Fit’: Examining a Community-Based Response to Patterns and Experiences of Health Inequity in Baltimore City’s Physical Activity Infrastructure.  Poster presented at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

July

McBean, J. & Friedman, M. (July, 2010). Celebration at 90 Meters: A Spatial Analysis of Usain Bolt. Beyond Boundaries: Race and Ethnicity in Modern Sport Conference, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.  July 15-18, 2010

April

Mower, R. L. (2010, April). The “Living Dead”: Health Inequities and the Crises of Post-Industrial Urbanism. Paper presented at the Physical Cultural Studies (PCS) Graduate Student Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

 

Clift, B. C. & Mower, R. L. (2010, April).  No timeouts in soccer: Women’s transitions into the corporate university. Paper presented at the College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) Conference at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

March

Schultz, J. (2010, March). A different kind of edutainment: Interpreting sport and leisure to enhance sustainability. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the National Council for Public History, Portland, OR

- 2009 -

November

Batts, C. (2009, September). Bodies of War: American Militarism and the Disabled Soldier/Athlete. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. November 4 – 7, 2009.

DeLuca, J. (2009).  “It’s our summer”: Leisure, Lifestyle, and Privilege at the Pool, presented at the 2009 North American Society for Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada. November 4 – 7, 2009.

Mower, R. L. (2009, November). Redeeming whose nation?: The magical (re)covering of Black history. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) in Ottawa, Canada.

October

Schultz, J. (2009, October). Determining sex: ‘Gender verification’ in women’s sport. Presented at the Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Kinesiology Colloquium Series, University Park, PA.

September

Thomas, D. (September 2009).  Presented to the Mapping an Empire of American Sports: Expansion, Assimilation and Resistance from Global Perspectives Conference, University of California—Berkeley. Berkeley, California.

June

Schultz, J. (2009, June). Sport history and the cultural turn. Keynote address presented at the Australian Society for Sports History.  Wellington, New Zealand.

Thomas, D. (2009, May). The Harlem Globetrotters and the trickster tradition.  Presented at the North American Society for Sport History.  Asheville, North Carolina.

May

Mower, R. L. (2009, May). Redeeming whose nation?: Historical simulation, racial re-articulation, and the promotion of an idealized citenzry. Paper presented at the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Conference in Asheville, NC.

Schultz, J. (2009, May). Racial segregation, physical activism, and public history in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park. Paper presented at the meeting of the North American Society for Sport History, Asheville, NC.

April

Mower, R. L. (2009, April). Redeeming whose nation?: Historical simulation, racial re-articulation, and the promotion of an idealized citizenry. Paper presented at the Physical Cultural Studies (PCS) Graduate Student Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

McBean, J. (April, 2009).Jack Johnson and Joe Louis: Black Male Bodies and Conceived Space, Contextualizing Lefebrve in the Boxing Ring. Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland. College Park, MD.

March

Batts, C. & Andrews, D.L. Serving the Nation Twice: The US Paralympic Military Program and the Mobilization of the Disabled Soldier/Athlete. Eastern Sociology Society Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 19 – 22, 2009.

DeLuca, J. (2009).  Who’s coaching who? An examination of parental over-involvement at the pool, presented at the 2009 Eastern Sociological Society’s Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 19 – 22, 2009.

February

Thomas, D. (February 2009).  The Harlem Globetrotters and the trickster tradition.  Presented to the Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park.  College Park, Maryland.

- 2008 -

November

Batts, C., & Andrews, D.L. (2008. November).  Tactical Athletes:  The US Paralympic Military Program and the Strategic Mobilization of the Disabled Body. Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

Bernstein, S. (2008. November).  Sport(ing) Matters:  Narratives of Life and Death.   Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

Bracey, B. (2008. November).  A Different World?  Rules, Resistance and Black College Sport.   Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

Friedman, M. (2008. November).  Not in the Plan:  Displacement and Washington's New Baseball Stadium.  Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

Gollmann, A. (2008. November). Sidelining Sexualities:  The Absence of Queers of Color in Sport Studies.  Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

King-White, R. (2008. November).  Are We Scientists?: Research Concerns in Neoliberal Times.   Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

DeLuca, J. (2008. November).  Parent-Child Swimming Lessons:  Exercising Concerted Cultivation.  Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

Sterling, J. (2008. November). Turning to the Visual: Visual Methodology after the Cultural Turn.   Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.

Zhang, T. (2008. November).Protecting the Olympic Torch for China.  Paper to be presented at the annual meetings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, Colorado.