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| Undergraduate: |
Sport Studies: Study of Sport |
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Sport Studies
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| Courses Taught: |
KNES 380 (History and Philosophy of Human Movement); KNES 381 (Game, Sport, and Culture); KNES 480 (Women and Sport); KNES 516 (Advanced Philosophical Perspectives of Human Movement); KNES 582 (Advanced Sociocultural Perspectives of Human Movement).
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| Biosketch: |
Stephan Walk received his Ph.D. in both Sociology and Physical Education and Exercise Science from Michigan State University. He joined the faculty in Kinesiology at Cal State Fullerton in 1994. Steve served as President of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport from 2005-2006 and served on the Editorial Board of Sociology of Sport Journal for six years. Steve is the Faculty Athletic Representative for Cal State Fullerton, representing the University to the NCAA and Big West Conference. |
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| Interest Areas: |
Dr. Walk’s interests center on risk, pain, and injury in sport, as well as systems of health care for athletes. In particular, he is interested in how risk taking, pain, and injury are normalized and accepted within athletic subcultures and ways in which athlete health and well being may be improved. His research has focused on athletic trainers and the process of providing health care in what are often health-compromising environments as well as gender issues in such environments. |
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Current Projects: |
Dr. Walk published a study of risk, pain, and injury attitudes among intercollegiate athletes in Sociology of Sport Journal in 2006. He delivered the Presidential Address to the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport at its annual conference in Vancouver. He is now developing the paper, “Painography, Risk Voyeurism, and the Near-Life Experience,” for publication. He is also working with graduate students on publishing their Master’s theses. |
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