GermanDaniel

Wow, thank you to both of you for this help, that was a great start. @ Coffe-ology Thanks for the advice. I was shying away from Sports Psychology programs because they mainly seemed to be headed into a counselor direction which is not necessarily my goal. I was more interested in the academic aspects of sports. But I will take a closer look. Maybe the programs differ!? @ lastdazeman Thank you too! That was a whole lot of great information. I will definitely contact Doug Hartmann, Rick Eckstein, and Dana Moss. The topic from the ASA Annual Meeting also sounded very interesting. Race and Sports or Gender and Sports also sound very interesting and, in fact, were part of my understanding of a whole study that is concern with the sociology of sports. Where can I see these courses/seminars/talks? Were they lectures at the meetings or courses you found at some universities? Thank you both again for the quick help, it was very helpful and substantive so I have a nice starting point! I'm looking forward to more suggestions as well though ;-) Cheers, Daniel

Hi everybody, I am a new member and I joined this forum because I really need your help ;-). I'm currently at the beginning of the long way towards applying to grad school. I would love to enter an academic track that allows me to study sports not from a business or coaching standpoint but from an academic point of view with the goal of research and possibly teaching in mind. For example, programs in Sports Sociology or Sports Communication would be great. However, it seems quite difficult to find such a program. Even when I went through the course descriptions of the sociology departments of some well-known graduate schools, I couldn't find any sports-related courses. I was wondering if I could find help here in the forum: does anyone of you know of a program that allows for an academic/research focus on sports? Your help will be greatly appreciated! Daniel