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Cheryl Cooky

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2003
Sports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsSports Analytics and PerformancePhysical Education and PedagogyGender, Feminism, and Media

Publications

78

Citations

2,591

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

23

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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This researcher studies gender, feminism, and media coverage in sports, focusing on how women athletes and gender-expansive athletes are represented, governed, and treated unequally in sports media and institutions. Work includes analysis of media narratives, athlete activism, sex/gender verification policies in sport, and broader questions of equity in women's sports. Much of the research combines sociology of sport with communication studies and feminist theory.

Gender and sport media representationFeminist theory in sport communicationEquity and policy in women's sportsAthlete activism and social movementsSex/gender verification and governance in athletics

Publication output was highest around 2018-2019, then declined and has remained comparatively steady at a lower level (1-4 per year) from 2020 through 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 17 publications17182019: 13 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Rutgers University Press eBooks×22
  • Sociology of Sport Journal×5
  • Communication & Sport×2
  • Gender & Society×2
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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