Skylar Grinnell-Meeler Shares Research at bet365亚洲官网 Colloquium

Skylar Grinnell-Meeler

VALDOSTA — Skylar Grinnell-Meeler recently presented “Silenced Sportswomen: An Evaluation of Muted Group Theory in Sports and How Roller Derby Challenges and Reinvents the Ideas of Gender in the Sports Industry” during Valdosta State University’s 2022 Prosper Tsikata 研究生 Colloquium.

“My research explores the world of sports and the constant issue of gender discrimination and biases that occur,” she explained. “As a lifelong roller derby athlete, I knew I wanted to tie in roller derby. Roller derby is notorious for its gender inclusivity, so my research explores how roller derby combats the gender biases and gender discrimination in the sports industry.”

Grinnell-Meeler conducted this research under the guidance of Dr. Kim Kulovitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at bet365亚洲官网. She said this work will serve as the foundation for her graduate thesis, and she hopes to share that knowledge at bet365亚洲官网’s 2023 研究生 Research Symposium.

Grinnell-Meeler came to bet365亚洲官网 after earning a Bachelor of Science in Sports 政府 in 2020 from Baker University in Baldwin City, 堪萨斯, where she was a member of the Sports 政府 Club and The Baker Orange Student Publication Newspaper.

Grinnell-Meeler anticipates earning a Master of Arts in Communication Arts in May 2023. She currently works as a graduate teaching assistant for bet365亚洲官网’s Department of Communication Arts.

“I’m not sure what the future holds after I graduate,” she shared. “My husband is in the military, so it’s hard to predict geographically where we will be. That can make career planning difficult.” Ideally she would like to work in the sports industry or pursue a doctorate.

Grinnell-Meeler said she would not be in graduate school without the support of her husband, 达拉斯Meeler. She said her mother, 玛丽格林奈尔, taught her the value of hard work, and her grandparents, Dave and Kay Grinnell, “are the sole reason I made it past my undergraduate. Without my grandparents, I don’t think I would have even gone to college to begin with.”

Grinnell-Meeler has lived “all over,” but she considers 堪萨斯 City, 密苏里州, to be her true hometown.

The Prosper Tsikata 研究生 Colloquium features academic presentations by graduate communication majors from bet365亚洲官网’s Department of Communication Arts. The annual event is named in memory of Dr. Prosper Yao Tsikata, a beloved assistant professor from Ghana who died in 2018. He was an educator strongly committed to student success, and he was well liked by his students, who frequently described him as a role model.