Cheryl.Cooky

Speaking

Keynotes, lectures & panels

Universities, conferences, governing bodies, newsrooms and the United Nations. Available for keynotes, panels, campus lectures and expert commentary — in person or remote.

32Invited talks
on record
6Keynote
addresses
7International
engagements
4Continents
spoken on

Formats

What to book

Keynote

40–60 minutes with Q&A. Usually the longitudinal study and what three decades of counting reveals about how social change actually moves.

Panel and moderated conversation

Sports media, gender equity policy, Title IX, eligibility rules. Comfortable on a panel with journalists, athletes and administrators rather than only academics.

Campus lecture and class visit

Undergraduate and graduate audiences, and departments outside sociology — journalism, communication, kinesiology, law.

Expert commentary

Briefings and background for newsrooms, governing bodies and sport organizations working on coverage or policy questions.

Booking

Get in touch

Email

ccooky@purdue.edu

What to include

Date, format, audience and size, in person or remote, and the question you want the talk to answer.

For organizers

Media kit — bio & headshot Full CV (PDF)

Selected talks

32 on record

2022 Invited lectureThe unevenness of social change in women's sports in the United States: Historical and contemporary perspectives Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Expert Panel · Chicago, IL National ·
2022 Invited lectureTitle IX after 50 years: The politics of women in sport and media coverage California State University, East Bay · East Bay, CA National ·
2022 Invited lectureNo Slam Dunk: Women in sport President's Council Back to Class, Purdue for Life · Naples, FL National ·
2021 Invited lectureOne and Done: The long eclipse of women's televised sports, 1989–2019 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign National ·
2020 Invited lectureSexism in sports media Pacific University · Forest Grove, OR National ·
2019 Invited lectureNo Slam Dunk: Gender, sports and the unevenness of social change Bradley University · Peoria, IL National ·
2018 KeynoteSidelined: Sexism in sports media 4th Annual Girls & Women in Sport Symposium, Robert Morris University · Pittsburgh, PA National ·
2018 Keynote"Together, let's be better": Towards a dialogue on sports media coverage Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and espnW, University of Maryland · College Park, MD National ·
2018 Invited lectureGender inequities in sports: Pay, sponsorships and media Sports Lawyers Association · Oxon Hill, MD National ·
2017 Invited lectureHow the Battle of the Sexes is not over: Gender inequality in media coverage Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH National ·
2017 Invited lectureGender in sport media: Ethical challenges and considerations Daniels Institute on Ethics, University of Colorado · Colorado Springs, CO National ·
2016 KeynoteWe cannot stand idly by: A necessary call for a public sociology of sport North American Society for the Sociology of Sport · Tampa, FL International ·
2016 KeynotePolicing the boundaries of sex: Gender verification and the Caster Semenya controversy International Congress of Sport Sciences · Mokpo, South Korea International ·
2016 KeynoteStill on the sidelines: Why 2015 was not the year of women in sports Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research · Fullerton, CA National ·
2016 Invited lectureMissing in action: The coverage of women's sports in U.S. media Korean Society for Media & Sport · Seoul, South Korea International ·
2016 Invited lectureGender inequality in American sports Yonsei University · Seoul, South Korea International ·
2016 Invited lectureThe female athlete, missing in action TEDxPurdue · West Lafayette, IN National ·
2016 Invited lectureTowards a public sociology of sport Physical Cultural Studies, University of Maryland · Baltimore, MD National ·
2015 Invited lectureConstituting sex/gender: The politics and problematics of "sex testing" in sport Pan American Sports and Exercise Research Summit · Toronto, Canada International ·
2014 Invited lectureFraming silence: The news media coverage of sports Texas Program in Sports and Media, University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX National ·
2013 KeynoteMarginalized voices in sporting cultures: The power of silence and giving voice Western Society for the Physical Education of College Women · Pacific Grove, CA National ·
2013 Invited lectureWomen play sport, but not on TV: A longitudinal study of televised news media Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society, University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA National ·
2013 Invited lectureOut on the field: Understanding homophobia in sports Wabash College · Crawfordsville, IN National ·
2012 Invited lecturePhysical activity and sport: Rural/urban considerations for improving girls' and women's health United Nations Commission on the Status of Women · New York, NY International ·
2012 Invited lectureDoes looking good matter more than playing well?: Female athletes in U.S. media Hanyang University · Seoul, South Korea International ·
2012 Invited lectureGirls' and women's participation in sport: Local and global perspectives Linda Arnold Carlisle Professorship Lecture Series, University of North Carolina, Greensboro · Greensboro, NC National ·
2012 Invited lectureThe paradoxes of social justice in women's sport: Local and global perspectives California State Polytechnic University · Pomona, CA National ·
2012 Invited lecturePlaying but losing: Women's sports after Title IX Title IX: Looking Back, Moving Forward Conference · West Lafayette, IN National ·
2011 Invited lectureThe past, present and future in sport media research Tucker Center Girls and Women in Sport Conference, University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN National ·
2011 Invited lectureThe stronger women get, the more news media love men's sports Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN National ·
2011 Invited lectureGender, sport and media Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication · St. Louis, MO National ·
2011 Invited lectureGender, sport and the media Fair Shot Genius Cafe on Girls and Women in Sport, Columbia College · Chicago, IL National ·