College of Health Professions


Department oF Kinesiology

Faculty

Lisa Swanson

Assistant Professor
Sport Management Program Coordinator


Office:   Towson Center, Room 326
Phone:   410-704-5604
Fax:   410-704-3912
E-mail:   lswanson@towson.edu
     

Lisa Swanson, Ph.D., photo coming soon

Education

  • Ph.D.: University of Maryland, College Park
  • M.A.: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • B.A.: St. Mary's College of Maryland

Teaching Interests

  • KNES 285 Sport: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • KNES 351 Philosophy: The Sport Experience
  • KNES 353 Sport & Society
  • KNES 354 Honors Sport & Society

Professional Interest and Research

  • Physical Cultural Studies; Sport Commerce & Culture
  • Power relations in sport and society
  • The influence of dominant ideologies related to social class, race, and gender on political and economic activity
  • Ethnographic methodology
  • Ethics

Recent Publications

  • Swanson, L. (2009). Soccer Fields of Cultural [Re]-Production: Creating ‘Good Boys’ in Suburban AmericaSociology of Sport Journal.
  • Swanson, L.  (2009). Complicating the “Soccer Mom”: The Cultural Politics of Class-Based Identity, Distinction, and Necessity. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
  • Bories, T. and Swanson, L. (2005). The Department of Kinesiology: Practical Suggestions for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Community. The Chronicle of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education. 16 (3), 3, 18.

 


 

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