The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport

10/29/2025

Nearly half of all teenage girls abandon sport - body confidence is one reason why.

In our Fall Distinguished Lecture Series, Dr Phillippa Diedrichs shared how the Body Confident Sport initiative is changing that story.

Watch the recording now on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ewvAtTFb

01/06/2025

Check out Tucker Center Talks. We have many new episodes dropping you won't want to miss.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0wGy36TZTOcQ3Jpn8eqNUE?si=00cf7307fed5434b&nd=1&dlsi=8476c319150943e2

Tucker Center Talks · Episode

01/03/2025

DECEMBER ROUND UP 🌟✨Tucker Team! Check out all the action in this month’s round-up. Women Coaches Symposium save the date is here!

12/06/2024

Check out our Tucker Team & Affiliate Scholar collaborative chapter "Advocacy in Women’s Sport: Business Opportunity and/or Political Action?" in a new Routledge book! ...and get your discount! 💥

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003474791-9/advocacy-women-sport-dunja-antunovic-katie-lebel-nancy-lough-ceyda-mumcu-ann-pegoraro-kimberly-soltis-nicole-lavoi

Drs. Dunja Antunovic, Katie Lebel, Nancy Lough, Ceyda Mumcu, Ann Pegoraro, Nicole M. LaVoi and graduate assistant Kim Soltis.

12/03/2024

Tucker Team November Round Up.

12/03/2024

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Join us as Dr. Ezinne Ofoegbu explores misogynoir and the struggles of Black women in sports, shedding light on systemic injustices through her groundbreaking research. Tune in today! Link in the Bio.
https://bit.ly/TCT-Ep54

11/20/2024

NEW POD ALERT 🚨 Tucker Center Talks with Lauren Nowosatka with hosts Nicole M. LaVoi & Anna Goorevich.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2il9842S6jzArypufxohhs?si=34a400913f534881

11/19/2024

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Tucker Center Talks is back with Lauren Nowosatka, diving into constructed femininities and the impact of gendered spaces on athletes. Tune in today!

11/19/2024

Save the Date!

11/02/2024

ICYMI, the full video with captions is now available for our Fall Distinguished Lecture, "The Physical Activity of East African Girls & Women: The Ripple Effect of Community-based Research." This work is an exemplar of how one idea created community impact.

Muna Mohamed, Zubeda Chaffe, Jennifer Weber Cedar Riverside Athletics & Enrichment, Chelsey Thul, and moderated by Nicole M. LaVoi

https://youtu.be/JQwBOQjpnt4?si=A4K_fjHi4v4fosQk

11/01/2024

NEW POD ALERT 🚨 Tucker Center Talks with Hannah Silva-Breen with hosts Nicole M. LaVoi & Anna Goorevich.


https://open.spotify.com/episode/6aPnTCscIxqZmVE3w3Levh?si=SJugIt8KSne4mwGQZTz9Rw

10/09/2024

Last night was our annual Distinguished Lecture (and a series clinching win for our MN Lynx! 💚 💙 ) where a ground breaking community based participatory research project that has impacted countless girls and women was featured! We will make the recording available shortly, and you won't want to miss it! 💥