Faculty & Research
Gary A. Sailes
- Associate Professor, Kinesiology Department
- Adjunct Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies Department
Education:
- Ph.D. in Kinesiology at University of Minnesota, 1984
- M.S. in Kinesiology at Mankato State University, 1979
- B.S. in Sociology at SUNY Buffalo, 1973
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Background:
HPER Teaching Excellence Recognition Award
Lilly Foundation Grant ($40,000)
Chair, Sport Sociology Academy (NASPE)
Editor, Journal of African American Men
Editorial Board, Sport Sociology Journal
EAHPERD Research Council
President, DAHPERD
Research:
Sport sociology: race and sport (socio-cultural experiences of African Americans in American sport)
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Publications:
African Americans In Sport: Contemporary Themes. (1998). Rutgers, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Althouse, Ron, & Brooks, Dana (Eds.). (2000).The African American Athlete: Social myths and stereotypes@ in Racism in College Sports II. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Technologies.
Lapchick, Richard (Ed.). An investigation of campus stereotypes: The myth of black athletic superiority and the dumb jock stereotype@ in Sport in Society: Equal opportunity or business as usual?, 193-202.
An examination of basketball performance orientations among African American males. Journal of African American Men, 1 (3), 37-46.
An investigation of black student attrition at a large, predominantly white, midwestern university. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 17, 179-182.
Courses Recently Taught:
HPER A264 History of Sport and the Afro American Experience
HPER A265 Modern Sport and the Afro American Experience
HPER P211 Introduction to Sport Management
HPER P392 Sport and American Society
HPER K500 Race and Ethnicity in Sport
HPER K512 Topics in Commercial Sport
HPER K522 The Role of Sport in Society