Invited Speakers

As of 26 July 2008, these are our confirmed speakers:

• Dr. Eric Anderson, Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Bath http://www.bath.ac.uk/education/profiles/eanderson.htm
• Dr. Ketra Armstrong, Sport Management Graduate Program Director, California State University at Long Beach; President, National Association for Girls and Women in Sport http://www.nagws.org
• Christine Brennan, columnist, USA Today
• Helen Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lebian Rights http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=About_Staff_HelenCarroll
• Pat Griffin, Professor Emerita, Social Justice Education Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Director, It Takes A Team http://www.ittakesateam.blogspot.com/
• Dr. Katherine M. Jamieson, Director of Women's and Gender Studies, University of North Carolina-Greensboro http://uncgesskmj.blogspot.com/
• Dr. Vikki Krane, Director-Women's Studies and Professor, School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies, Bowling Green State University http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/wmst/faculty/krane.htm
• Dr. Richard Lapchick, Chair of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program and Director for the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport as well as the National Consortium for Academics and Sport, University of Central Florida http://www.bus.ucf.edu/sport/
• Jeff Lane, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Princeton University, author of Under the Boards:  The Cultural Revolution in Basketball
• Karin Lofstrom, Executive Director, Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport http://www.caaws.ca
• Dr. Susan Rankin, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College Student Affairs, Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennylvania State University http://www.rankin-consulting.com/staff.html
• Ted Rybka, Director of Sports Media, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)  http://www.glaad.org/media/archive_detail.php?id=4056&
• Jeff Sheng, Lecturer/Visiting Assistant Professor, Art Studio and Asian American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jeff's photographic exhibit of gay athletes can be found at http://www.fearlesscampustour.org/
•  Dr. Richard Southall, Director, College Sport Research Institute, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
•  Michael Stensgaard, Director of Conference and Culture, World Outgames 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark  http://www.Copenhagen2009.org

Invitations pending to additional speakers.  Updates expected soon.