Gebundenes Buch

Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Past, Present, and Persistence

Herausgeber: Hawkins, Billy; Carter-Francique, Akilah; Cooper, Joseph

Beschreibung

This book provides a historical overview of athletics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the current social educational significance of these athletic programs. It also provides a conceptual framework that contributes to the debate on college athletics and higher education, in general, and athletics at HBCUs, specifically.

Autor

Billy Hawkins is professor at the University of Georgia in the Department of Kinesiology. He has written numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles and is the author of The New Plantation: Black Athletes and College Athletics (2013). Joseph Cooper is assistant professor at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Educational Leadership (Sport Management Program). He has published several articles that examine the experiences of Black male athletes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Akilah Carter-Francique is assistant professor at Texas A&M University in the Department of Health and Kinesiology. Her research interests seek to explicate issues in sport and physical activity, education, and health at the intersections of race/ethnicity and gender. J. Kenyatta Cavil is assistant professor at Texas Southern University in the Department of Health and Kinesiology and the coordinator of their Sport Management Program. Cavil has published numerous articles for publications such as College Sporting News, Journal of African American Studies, Journal of Education Foundations,and Global Education Journal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9781442253681
• ISBN-10: 1442253681
• Artikelnr.: 42700098