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.