Professor, Queen's University
Mary Louise Adams is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and the Department of Sociology at Queen’s University, where she teaches courses on sport and culture, the sociology of fitness and the body, and contemporary issues in sexuality. With a background in gender studies and sexuality studies, Adams writes about feminism, gender and LGBTQ issues in sport. She is currently working on a project that looks at the implications – for girls’ lives – of the tremendous expansion of women’s sporting opportunities over the past few decades. Adams is also interested in cultural aspects of fitness and has done both historical and sociological research on walking. She is currently investigating the way digital fitness tracking technologies, like fitbits, are changing the way people understand movement and physical activity.
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Mary Louise Adams is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and the Department of Sociology at Queen’s University, where she teaches courses on sport and culture, the sociology of fitness and the body, and contemporary issues in sexuality. With a background in gender studies and sexuality studies, Adams writes about feminism, gender and LGBTQ issues in sport. She is currently working on a project that looks at the implications – for girls’ lives – of the tremendous expansion of women’s sporting opportunities over the past few decades. Adams is also interested in cultural aspects of fitness and has done both historical and sociological research on walking. She is currently investigating the way digital fitness tracking technologies, like fitbits, are changing the way people understand movement and physical activity.
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Kingston Whig Standard
Comment on future of local golf course and recreational amenities for seniors.
Irish Examiner
Comment on masculinity and homophobia in figure skating, related to Sochi Olympics.
Kingston Whig Standard
Comment on future of local golf course and surrounding greenspace.
AJ+ (Al Jazeera +)
Comment on coverage of male athletes at Rio Olympics.
Newsweek
Comment on politics of gender and sexuality in figure skating, related to Sochi Olympics.
Atlas Obscura
Comment on the way physical activity - like figure skating - is shaped by ideas about class, gender and nationalism.
Buzzfeed
Comment on politics of gender and sexuality in figure skating, related to Sochi Olympics.
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Trent University
University of Kent at Canterbury
University of Toronto
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Kingston Whig Standard
Comment on future of local golf course and recreational amenities for seniors.
Irish Examiner
Comment on masculinity and homophobia in figure skating, related to Sochi Olympics.
Kingston Whig Standard
Comment on future of local golf course and surrounding greenspace.
AJ+ (Al Jazeera +)
Comment on coverage of male athletes at Rio Olympics.
Newsweek
Comment on politics of gender and sexuality in figure skating, related to Sochi Olympics.
Atlas Obscura
Comment on the way physical activity - like figure skating - is shaped by ideas about class, gender and nationalism.
Buzzfeed
Comment on politics of gender and sexuality in figure skating, related to Sochi Olympics.
No public speaking engagements available
No books available
No research available
Trent University
University of Kent at Canterbury
University of Toronto
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
North American Society for Sport History Book Award
For the book Artistic Impressions
Physical and Health Education & Kinesiology Students’ Association, Excellence in Teaching Award, Queen’s University
Award for undergraduate teaching
Taylor & Francis Sport in History Journal Prize 2010
Awarded annually to the best article in the journal of the British Society for Sport History - for From mixed-sex sport to sport for girls
Women’s and Gender Studies Association Outstanding Scholarship Prize
For the book Artistic Impressions