Don Sabo to Lecture on Youth Sports Controversy Oct. 6
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center Room 1915 from 5-6 p.m., Don Sabo, Ph.D., will lecture on "Youth Sport in America: A Source of Opportunity, Inequality or Both?" Sabo, a Professor Emeritus in Health Policy at D’Youville College in New York, will present an overview of what survey research reveals about American kids and sports. He will highlight how athletic participation and attrition in youth sports vary in relation to gender, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. He also will discuss emerging areas of sport research that focus on children with special needs, children in immigrant families and LGBTQ youth. Sabo is considered one of the leading empirical researchers in the United States on girls and women in sport, especially as related to youth sports, education and health, and the struggle for gender equity in athletics. He has been featured on “Oprah,” “The Today Show” and “CNN Headline News” among other shows. This enlightening, diverse presentation is part of the School of Health & Kinesiology Distinguished Lecturer Series, and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kim Harp at kharp@georgiasouthern.edu.Posted in My News