Barbara Brown Student Paper Award Winners


1981 Jacqueline Gillis, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, "American Civil Religion and Sport" 1982 Cathy Bray, University of Alberta, "Gender and Political Economy of Canadian Sport" 1983 - 1988 No Award Given 1989 Laurel Davis, University of Iowa, "Racism and the Articulation of Differences: White Athletes" 1990 Lisa McDermott, Queens University, "Towards an Integrative Critique of Modern Sport" 1991 David Andrews, University of Illinois, "All Consumed Bodies: Baudrillard, Hyperreality and the Cybernetic Construction of Michael Jordan" 1992 Samatha King, Queens University, "The Politics of the Body and the Body Politic: Magic Johnson and the Ideology of Aids" 1993 Jennifer Joslin, University of Iowa, "Out of the Vacuum, Onto the Playing Field: Hoover-Ball and the Resurrection of an American President" 1994 Faye Linda Wachs, University of Southern California, "A Structural Analysis of College Basketball: The Negotiation of Capital" 1995 Shari Dworkin, University of Southern California, "A Woman's Place is in the... Cardiovascular Room?: Gender Relations, the Body and the Gym" 1996 Brian Wilson, McMaster University, "The Black Athlete in Canada: Race, Representation and the Toronto Raptors" 1997 Michael Atkinson, University of Calgary, "Controlling the (FAN)Fare: The Role of Ticket Scalpers in Determining Access to Sporting Events" 1998 Walton, Theresa, University of Iowa, "Steve Prefontaine: From Rebel with a Cause to Bourgeois Hero" 1999 Jay Scherer, University of Windsor, "Globalization and the Construction of Local Particularities: A Case Study of the Winnipeg Jets" 2000 Christine Provvidenza, University of Toronto, A Feminist Discourse Analysis of "Heart Smart Women: Your Guide To Heart Health"
* The student paper award is named in honor of the late Barbara Brown and was first implemented in 1991.