Courtney Cox, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies

Courtney Cox

Courtney Cox

Assistant Professor, Black Studies, IRES
Practice Areas: Wearable Technology, Identity and Representation in Sports Media, Labor and Sport, Advanced Analytics, Globalization and Sport, Gender and Sport

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Biography:

Courtney Cox is an academic expert in a variety of issues located at the intersection of sport and society. She is assistant professor of race and sport in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and teaches courses such as Race, Gender, and Sport; Race, Class, Empire: The Olympics; and Intro to African American Studies. Her current book, Double Crossover: Gender, Politics, and Performance in Basketball, considers how Black women and nonbinary athletes maneuver through the global sports-media complex. She is a former ESPN employee and has also worked at NPR-affiliate KPCC in Pasadena, California.

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