Lisa Disch, a professor of political science at the university, specializes in political theory, with a research focus on democratic theory and third party politics. Susan Brownell, professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri, studies China, rituals of state and uses of sport and the body. Pat Griffin of the Social Justice Education Program at the University of Massachusetts, studies heterosexism and homophobia in professional and intercollegiate athletics as well as in higher education. Moderator Doug Hartmann, a U of M professor of sociology whose work explores race, culture and social change, focuses on sport and popular culture in the United States. The panel is free and open to the public.
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