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Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, PhD
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, PhD is the current Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota and Senior Lecturer in Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Kinesiology. Dr. LaVoi's research focuses on the media representation and social role of women in sports, particularly in the role of female coaches. LaVoi's research contributed to the creation of a range of works, including the Women in College Coaching Report Card (2019), GameOn: Women Can Coach (2018) , Women in Sports Coaching (2016) , and Media Coverage & Female Athletes: Women Play Sports, Just Not in the Media (2013).

During Dr. LaVoi's time at Gustavus Adolphus College she played NCAA Division III Women's Tennis and her team placed 4th (1989), 2nd (1991) and won the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship in 1990. She was also a two-time NCAA Academic All-American award winner.

Dr. LaVoi advocates for social change to create a community of gender equality in sports. LaVoi's speeches, publications, and work have served to educate the collegiate athletic community and the broader society about the experiences of women and girls in sport, and the underrepresentation of women in coaching. Her work has also provided ample research and quantitative data regarding the experiences of girls and women in sport. LaVoi advocates for female leadership and has spoken about the importance of positive female role models for both male and female athletes. in 2014, LaVoi spoke at the TEDx event held at Gustavus Adolphus College about the underrepresentation of women in sport, shared data trends of women and girls participation in sports, and educated listeners about the sexualization of females in collegiate and professional sports. A notable quote from LaVoi's TEDx talk implores listeners to be advocates for women in sport: "When you get the chance to compliment girls and women, I want you to compliment them on their skill, and their ability, and their competency, not on their appearance. When you complement females on their ability, it tells them that what you do is more important than what you look like".

Education

 * B.A., Health Fitness and Communications, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1991.
 * M.A., Kinesiology, emphasis in Sport Psychology, University of Minnesota.
 * Ph.D., Kinesiology, emphasis in Sport Psychology, Sport Sociology University of Minnesota, 2002.

Research Publications

 * LaVoi, N.M., & Wasend, M. K. (2018, July). Athletic Administration Best Practices of Recruitment, Hiring and Retention of Female Collegiate Coaches. Minneapolis, MN: Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. Athletic Administration Best Practices of Recruitment, Hiring and Retention of Female Collegiate Coaches is a report demonstrating the importance of female coaches in sports and how athletic institutions interact with female coaches and boundaries they face. It was determined that the workplace culture of an institution was an important factor in the role female coaches played at the institution. This report examines how athletics administrators and institutions hired, recruited, treated, and retained female coaches.
 * LaVoi, N. M., & Silva-Breen, H. (2018, July). Head coaches of women’s collegiate teams: A comprehensive report on NCAA Division-I institutions, 2017-18. Minneapolis: Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. LaVoi and colleagues assessed institutions, sports, and conferences within NCAA Division-I in regards to proportion of women head coaches of women’s teams in “Head Coaches of Women’s Collegiate Teams”. This report has shed light on the small amount of women in head coaching positions of women’s teams, and that the amount has not significantly increased.
 * LaVoi, N. M., Wasend, M., & Baeth, A. (in press). The gender divide in current day sports coaching. In R. Thewell & M. Dicks (Eds.), Professional Advances in Sports Coaching: Research and Practice. London, UK: Routledge. Professional Advances in Sports Coaching is a report of the current issues in sports coaching and coaching psychology.
 * LaVoi, N., Baeth, A., & Calhoun, A. S. (in press). Sociological perspectives of women in sport. In N. Lough & A. Guerin (Eds.), Handbook on the Business of Women's Sport. London, UK: Routledge. The relationship between women in coaching and sports leadership positions and how women in sports are presented in the media is explored in the “Sociological perspectives of women in sport”.

Other Publications

 * Kane, M. J., & LaVoi, N. M. (2018). An examination of athletic administrators' perceptions regarding the absence of female head coaches in women's intercollegiate sports. Women in Sport and Physical Activity.
 * Hamilton, M. G., & LaVoi, N. M. (2017). Coaches Who Care: The Ethical Professional Identity Development of Moral Exemplar Collegiate Coaches. Journal of Moral Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2017.1313724.
 * LaVoi, N.M. (Ed.) (2016). Women in Sports Coaching. London: Routledge. Butryn, T., LaVoi, N. M., Kauer, K., Semerjian, T., & Waldron, J. (2014). We Walk the Line: An Analysis of the Problems and Possibilities of Work at the Sport Psychology-Sport Sociology Nexus, Sociology of Sport Journal, 31, 162 – 184.
 * Kane, M.J., LaVoi, N.M., & Fink, J. (2013). Exploring Elite Female Athletes' Interpretations of Sport media Photographs: A Window into the Construction of Social Identity and "Selling Sex" in Women's Sports. Communications and Sport. doi: 10.11772167479512473585.

Digital Works

 * Lamke, Sherece, et al. Media Coverage and Female Athletes: Women Play Sports, Just Not in the Media. Twin Cities PBS, Regents of the University of Minnesota, 2013, video.tpt.org/video/tpt-co-productions-media-coverage-female-athletes/.
 * Clark, Carrie, et al. Game ON: Women Can Coach. Game ON: Women Can Coach, Regents of the University of Minnesota, 2018, www.tpt.org/gameon/about/.

Annual Publications

 * LaVoi, N. M., Boucher, C. & Silbert, S. (2019, July). Head coaches of women's collegiate teams: A comprehensive report on NCAA Division-I institutions, 2018-19. Minneapolis: The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport.