Strengthening Humanistic Literacy in the Study of Sport: Developing a Minor and Certificate in Sports and Society

FAIN: AKA-290996-23

Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ 08028-1702)
Debbie Sharnak (Project Director: August 2022 to June 2023)
Julia Richmond (Project Director: June 2023 to August 2023)
Debbie Sharnak (Project Director: August 2023 to present)
Julia Richmond (Co Project Director: December 2022 to present)

A one-year project to establish a minor and a certificate in sport and society

Given the potential of sport to serve as a platform to facilitate civic engagement and address pressing humanistic issues in the national consciousness, an interdisciplinary team of scholars and educators from History, English, Anthropology, Sociology, Communication, Business, and Health & Exercise Sciences at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, seek support for developing an interdisciplinary minor focused on “Sport and Society,” a much-needed and consistently underfunded area of academic inquiry. Given the focus of the proposed course of study, this will be one of the first programs in the country that will approach the study of sport from a humanities perspective. As many of the courses to be included in the minor will be housed in the humanities, the proposed program will increase enrollment in the humanities while creating an innovative, integrative learning experience for students both inside the classroom and in the wider South Jersey community.