Race and Sport Around the Globe
Seed Grant Awardee: Edward Vargas
The purpose of this research is to conduct a national online multi-racial survey on sports and race in America. Using critical race and racial threat theory, this study seeks to examine the relationships between public opinions in sports policy (views towards indigenous mascots, amateurism and athlete exploitation, doping, kneeling during the National Anthem...)
Seed Grant Awardee: Scott N. Brooks and Robert Turner
Pro football players are five times more likely to develop sleep apnea than the average person, and those with sleep apnea are twice as likely to die.