Qualitative Research Laboratory

Faculty

Dr. Ted Butryn:

I currently teach and conduct qualitative research in both applied sport psychology and critical sport sociology. I teach a variety of courses, including graduate courses in research methods (qualitative emphasis) and sport sociology, and undergraduate courses in psychology of coaching, diversity, stress, and health, and sport sociology. My recent research areas involve the intersection of applied sport psychology, critical sport sociology and cultural studies, athletes' use of music in sport, and I am currently finishing a study on college football players' experiences of friendships. Within the domain of sport and culture, my main emphasis is on the application of cyborg theory to sport, and the cultural meanings of professional wrestling. My recent publications have appeared in The Sport Psychologist, Sociology of Sport Journal, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Journal of Sport Behavior, and Research in Philosophy and Technology.

Dr. Matthew Masucci:

In my role as Interdisciplinary Specialist in Sport Studies, I teach a variety of courses including Sport in America, Diversity, Stress, & Health, as well as Graduate Research Methods & Analysis with a focus on qualitative methodologies. In general my research is interdisciplinary and involves the intersection of cultural studies, critical sport studies, philosophy, and sociology. Primarily my work has centered on the intersection of sport and narrative and the implications on both identity and moral choice making. My research on Service Learning, Sport and Moral Choice Making, Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and Mixed Martial Arts has been presented at international conferences. In the realm of sport studies, I am currently working on a critical, historical and political analysis of Mixed Martial Arts fighting, including an in-depth participant ethnography of a Mixed Martial Arts academy in San Jose, California.

 

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