Nicole M. LaVoi, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, will discuss the Center’s efforts to catalyze change towards gender equity in sports. She will address research on media portrayals of women athletes, gender bias in sport leadership, and the benefits of sports and physical activity for girls. She will also discuss ways the Center uses that data to affect change through their Women in College Coaching Report Card and the CoachingHER program.
This talk is open to the public: students, advocates, researchers, administrators, coaches, fans, and anyone interested in the rapidly changing landscape of women’s sport are welcome!
Reception to follow.

Co-Sponsors
University of Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters, the John J. Reilly Center, the Departments  of American Studies and Film, Television, and Theatre, the Programs in Gender Studies and Education, Schooling, and Society, and Notre Dame Athletics
Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D.
is a senior lecturer of social and behavioral sciences in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota and the director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. Through action-oriented collaborative research, she translates data and answers critical questions that can make a difference in the lives of girls and women. As a leading scholar on gender, leadership and women coaches, LaVoi has published 100+ book chapters, research reports and peer-reviewed articles in top-rated journals. Her Outstanding Academic Title award-winning book Women in Sports Coaching, the annual Women in College Coaching Report Card™ and Emmy-nominated documentaryGAME ON: Women Can Coach help inform countless stakeholders who changing the system for women sport coaches. She is the founder of Coaching HER®, and co-creator of Body Confident Sport, free tools to upskill coaches to more effectively coach girls. As a public scholar she consults with a variety of stakeholder groups, works with industry partners, speaks around the world, fields media requests, provides thought leadership, and serves on mission-driven advisory boards such as her third term on the Gatorade Women’s Advisory Board. She is an award-winning athlete, coach, scholar, and distinguished teacher, 2013 regional Emmy winner for Best Sport Documentary, two-time Hall of Fame inductee and was named a 2023 USTA Champion of Equality. LaVoi played collegiate tennis at Gustavus Adolphus College winning a NCAA-III National Team Championship where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees. Prior to her career in higher education, she was a USPTA Teaching Pro and head tennis coach at Wellesley College. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors, biking, hiking, golf, painting andsoaking up the sun.
Originally published at smacminor.nd.edu.