Michelle Sikes (Kinesiology/History and African Sport)

Books

• Kenya’s Running Women: A History. ( East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2023. (with Michelle M. Sikes)
• Sport and Apartheid South Africa: Histories of Politics, Power, and Protest. Abingdon: Routledge, 2022. Paperback released November 2023. (with Toby C. Rider and Matthew P. Llewellyn)

Book Chapters

• “The Olympic Games: Late Twentieth Century (1976-1998).” In Olympic Knowledge – Essential Reading Series, ed. Cesar R. Torres. Lausanne, Switzerland: IOC Olympic Studies Centre, 2024. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “‘It is the Principle behind the Issue which is Important and Sacred’: Kenyan Rugby and the 1980 University of Nairobi Student Campaign to End British Contact with Apartheid Sport.” In Struggle for a Free South Africa: Campus Anti-Apartheid Movements in Africa and the United States, 1960-1994, ed. Derek Catsam. London: Routledge, 2024. (with Alfred Anangwe)
• “‘Men Pride Themselves on Feats of Endurance’: Masculinities and Movement Cultures in Kenyan Running History.” In Decolonizing Sport, ed. Janice Forsyth, Christine O’Bonsawin, Russell Field, and Murray G. Phillips. Halifax, Nova Scotia & Winnipeg, Manitoba: Fernwood Publishing, 2023, 171-184. (with Michelle M. Sikes)
• “Sport in a Global Landscape of Anti-Apartheid Dissent: South African Histories from Within and Beyond.” In Sport and Apartheid South Africa: Histories of Politics, Power, and Protest, ed. Michelle M. Sikes, Toby C. Rider, and Matthew P. Llewellyn. Abingdon: Routledge, 2022, 1-8. (with Toby C. Rider and Matthew P. Llewellyn)

Journal Articles

• “‘One-Tenth of a Second Does Not Really Count’: Humphrey Khosi, Olympic Ultimatums, and the Tortured Logic of the South African Amateur Athletic Union of 1962.” Journal of Olympic Studies 4, no. 1 (2023): 41-62. (with Michelle M. Sikes)
• “‘It is the Principle behind the Issue which is Important and Sacred’: Kenyan Rugby and the 1980 University of Nairobi Student Campaign to End British Contact with Apartheid Sport.” Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies 3, no. 1-2 (2022): 36-45. (with Alfred Anangwe)
• “‘A Democracy That Will Know Not the Differences of Race’: American ‘Globetrotting’ in South Africa from the 1920s through the 1980s in Perspective.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 1088-98. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “‘I Consider Myself a Political Prisoner’: The Long and Strange Journeys of American Rebels Enmeshed in Ironies of the Athletes’ Rights Crusade.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 1059-87. (with Jacob J. Fredericks, Paulina A. Rodriguez, Emmanuel Macedo, Michael Poorman, Matthew Lyons, Rusha Pandit, and Mark Dyreson)
• “‘Athletes for Peace’? From the Quest to Hold the Mavericks Accountable to a Second American Rebel Tour of South Africa.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 1027-58. (with Jacob J. Fredericks, Paulina A. Rodriguez, Emmanuel Macedo, Michael Poorman, Matthew Lyons, Rusha Pandit, and Mark Dyreson)
• “‘We Didn’t Kill Any Babies’: The 1988 Rebel Track and Field Tour of South Africa.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 987-1026. (with Jacob J. Fredericks, Paulina A. Rodriguez, Emmanuel Macedo, Michael Poorman, Matthew Lyons, Rusha Pandit, and Mark Dyreson)
• “A ‘Rebel’ on the Run: Kenyan Gambles on Intercollegiate Athletics, Apartheid Sport, and US Road Racing of the 1980s—The Case of Samson Obwocha.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 959-86. (with Michelle M. Sikes)
• “‘It’s a Policy Matter, not a Racial Matter’: Athlete Activism and Symbiotic Struggles against Apartheid in US Track and Field of the Early 1970s.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 938-58. (with Jacob J. Fredericks)
• “‘I See the Struggle against Race Supremacy and Racial Inequality As World-Wide’: Anti-Apartheid Campaigns, Civil Rights Struggles, and the 1961 Track and Field Tours of South Africa.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 908-37. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “‘Winners, Regardless’? Racial Politics, Civil Rights Struggles, and the 1950 Track and Field Tour of South Africa.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 881-907. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “‘We Do Not Divide Our Champions According to Color’?: A Failed 1938 All-White Follow-Up Tour of South Africa.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 851-80. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “Inaugurating ‘Good Feeling between the United States and South Africa’: The 1931 All-White Tour of South Africa.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 823-50. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “Excavating the Ancestry of ‘Globetrotting’: New Perspectives on the Intersection of Racial Politics, Civil Rights Struggles and Anti-Apartheid Crusades in US Track and Field from the 1920s through the 1980s.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 39, no. 8-9 (2022): 803-22. (with Mark Dyreson)
• “Paralympic Protest: Athlete Activism, Apartheid South Africa, and the International Sport Boycott in British Para Sport, 1979-1981.” Sport in History 42, no. 3 (2022): 347-65. (with Cam Mallett)

Cayce Onks (Medicine)

• “Enhancing Knowledge and Confidence in Wilderness Medicine Through Virtual Education: Lessons From a National Boot Camp.” Cureus 17, no. 2 (2025). (with Alexander T. Lato, Arthur S. Berg, Jessica A. Parascando, Shawn F. Phillips, and Jayson R. Loeffert)
• “The Most Effective Corticosteroid Dose in the Treatment of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis: Feasibility Pilot and Protocol for Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.” Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 6, no. 3 (2024). (with Lynn Weaver, Johan Latorre, Matthew Silvis, Arthur Berg, Shawn Phillips, Jayson Loeffert, Cristy French, and April Armstrong)
• “ACR Appropriateness Criteria Imaging After Total Knee Arthroplasty: 2023 Update.” Journal of the American College of Radiology 20, no. 11S (2023). (with Eric A. Walker, Michael G. Fox, Donna G. Blankenbaker, Cristy N. French, Matthew A. Frick, Tarek N. Hanna, Shari T. Jawetz, Nicholas Said, J. Derek Stensby, and Francesca D. Beaman)
• “Micro-Doppler Radar to Evaluate Risk for Musculoskeletal Injury: Protocol for a Case-Control Study with Gold Standard Comparison.” PLoS One (October 10, 2023). (with Bilal Abou Al Ardat, Jennifer Nyland, Robert Creath, Terrence Murphy, andRam Narayanan)
• “Refinement of Saliva MicroRNA Biomarkers for Sports-Related Concussion.” Journal of Sport and Health Science (May 2023). (with Steven D. Hicks, Raymond Y. Kim, Kevin J. Zhen, Jayson Loeffert, Andrea C. Loeffert, Robert P. Olympia, Gregory Fedorchak, Samantha DeVita, Zofia Gagnon, Callan McLoughlin, Miguel M. Madeira, Scott L. Zuckerman, Timothy Lee, Matthew Heller, Chuck Monteith, Thomas R. Campbell, Christopher Neville, Elise Fengler, and Michael N. Dretsch)

Ron Smith (Kinesiology/Sport History)

• Walter Byers and the NCAA: Power, Amateurism, and Growing Controversy in Big-Time College Sport (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2025)

Colleen English (Kinesiology/Sport Philosophy)

• Including Trans Women in Sport: Feminist Considerations for Justice in Sport (in press, Frontiers: A Women’s Studies Journal)
• Underrepresentation in Authorship in the Journal of Sport History: Gender Inequality in the Flagship Journal of the North American Society for Sport History (2025, Sport History Review). (with Jennifer Guiliano)
• A “Ruthless” Victory? Reactions to the United States Women’s National Team Victory Over Thailand in the 2019 World Cup (2023, Sport in Society, 26(2), 350-365) (with Robert Mack)
• Philly Roller Derby League Turns 20 – Here’s How the Sport Skated Its Way to Feminism, Anti-Racism, and Queer Liberation (2025, The Conversation)

Nancy Williams (Kinesiology)

• Sex Differences and Indications of Metabolic Compensation in Within-Day Energy Balance in Elite Division 1 Swimmers (2023, Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 48(1), 74-87) (with Elizabeth A. Lundstrom, Marni J. De Souza, and Heather N. Canil)
• 12-Months of Increased Dietary Intake Does Not Exacerbate Disordered Eating-Related Attitudes, Stress, or Depressive Symptoms in Women with Exercise-Associated Menstrual Disturbances: The REFUEL Randomized Controlled Trial (2023, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 152, 106079) (with Nicholas C.A. Strock, Marni J. De Souza, Richard J. Mallinson, Melanie Olmsted, Heather C.M. Allaway, Emily O’Donnell, Felicitas Plessow)
• Wearable Technology Metrics Are Associated with Energy Deficiency and Psychological Stress in Elite Swimmers (2024, International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 19(4), 1578-1587) (with Elizabeth A. Lundstrom, Marni J. De Souza, and Kristopher J. Koltun)
• Are Menstrual Disturbances Associated with an Energy Availability Threshold? A Critical Review of the Evidence (2024, Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 49(5), 584-598) (with Amanda C.C. Salamunes and Marni J. De Souza)
• Interrelationships Between Stress, Eating Attitudes, and Metabolism in Endurance Athletes Across a Competitive Season (2024, Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 49(11), 1558-1572) (with Elizabeth A. Lundstrom, Marni J. De Souza, and Pradeep Kuruppumullage Don)
• Pre-Season Energy Deficiency Predicts Poorer Performance During a Competitive Season in Collegiate Female Long-Distance Runners (2025, European Journal of Sport Science, 25(3), e12261) (with Elizabeth A. Lundstrom, Nancy I. Williams, Elizabeth A. Ricker, Heather C.A. Allaway, Pradeep Kuruppumullage-Don, and Marni J. De Souza)

Zachary Smith (Kinesiology/Sport History and Culture)

• Sports and Religions in Japan (2024, University of Hawai’i Press) (with David Frost and Steven Covell)
• Teaching Religion and Sports (2024, International Journal of Sport and Religion, 2(1), 41-53) (with Paul Arnold, Andrew Blazer, and Charles Musselman)
• Sporting Omamori as Wearable Religious Technologies of the Self (2024, in Sports and Religions in Japan, University of Hawai’i Press) (with Eduardo Mendes)
• Contemporary Muscular Christian Values as “Culturalized Religion”: A Theoretical Framework and Pilot Data (2023, International Journal of Sport and Religion, 1(2), 13-45) (with Robert Hardin and Sarah Waller)
• “The Greatest Christian Film of All Time”: 300 and Spartan Masculinity as Cultural Repertoire in Christian Mixed Martial Arts and Beyond (2023, in Religion and Sport in North America: Critical Essays for the Twenty-First Century, Routledge) (with Zachary Smith)
• Colin Kaepernick, Tim Tebow, and the Magic of Comparison: Muscular Christianity as White Racial Frame (2023, Culture & Religion, 22(2), 184-212) (with Stephen Winemiller and Nicholas Welch)
• Critical Reflections on Culturalism and Second Generation Mindfulness-Based Interventions (2022, Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 63, [AOP]) (with Zachary Smith)
• Licensed Differences of Mental Health Professionals in NCAA Division I Athletic Departments (2022, Journal of Higher Education, Athletics and Innovation, 9(1), 20-38) (with Laura A. Beasley, Robert Hardin, and John Magliocca)

Stephen Ross (Law)

• Sports and the Law, 7th ed. (2023, Thomson/West) (with Paul C. Weiler, Jodi Balsam, Will Berry, and Michael C. Harper)
• Would Jackie Robinson Play Baseball Today? How Baseball Owners Conspire to Restrain Trade and Foster Unequal Opportunities for Player Development (2025, Marquette Sports Law Review) (forthcoming)
• Fútbol Profesional, Derecho de la Competencia y Fair Play (2025, Laboral Open Access Revista, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid) (forthcoming)

Kyle King (Rhetoric)

Journal Articles

• “Sport Spectacle, Billie Jean King, and the Battle of the Sexes in Public Memory,” Rhetoric & Public Affairs 26.2 (2023): 97–124.
• “Professional Tennis’s Constellational Response to COVID-19,” International Journal of Sports Communication 13.3 (2020): 344–351.
• “The Spirituality of Sport and the Role of the Athlete in David Foster Wallace’s Tennis Essays,” Communication and Sport 6.2 (2018): 219–238.
• “Three Waves of Gay Male Athlete Coming Out Narratives,” Quarterly Journal of Speech 103.4 (2017): 372–394.