Telling a Story Through Research with Sports Sociologist Andrea Bundon

On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports sociologist Dr. Andrea Bundon about telling a story through research.

Andrea is an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of British Columbia where she studies the intersections of sport, physical activity, health, disability, and social inclusion. While a grad student, she began guiding visually impaired skiers and served as a guide at the 2010 and 2014 Paralympics Games. This experience shaped her research and the rest of her career.

We talk about:

How Andrea quickly found that athletes with disabilities are always advocates, just by participating in sports, and that this work can take many forms.While at the Paralympics, she saw fewer women than men participating and this drew attention to the loopholes and lack of pathways that keep women out of sports.Identifying and working on tasks that are most important and not just focusing on tasks that are the most urgent. 

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