Webinar: Race, Sports, & Restorative Justice: Implications for Higher Education

This webinar will feature a discussion with scholars on the manner in which race, the intercollegiate athletic enterprise, and the system of higher education intersect to impact Black student-athletes’ experiences. The undercurrent for the discussion is based on one of the principles of the Black Lives Matter movement: restorative justice.

Panelists include:

• Albert Y. Bimper, Jr., PhD
  Asst. VP,  Sr. Assoc.  Athletics Director
  Assoc. Professor, Sport Management & African American Studies
  Author, Black Collegiate Athletes and the Neoliberal State: Dreaming from Bended Knee
  Colorado State University
   
• Deniece Dortch, PhD
  Visiting Asst. Professor, Higher Education Administration
  Co-Founder, Sista to Sista
  Scholar, Racism in Higher Education
  The George Washington University
   
• Lori Latrice Martin, PhD
  Professor, African American Studies& Sociology
  Faculty Athletics Representative
  Author, White Sports/Black Sports: Racial Disparities in Athletic Programs
  Louisiana State University
   
• Joseph N. Cooper, PhD
  Chair, Sport Leadership & Administration
  Assoc. Professor, Leadership in Education
  Author, From Exploitation Back to Empowerment: Black Male Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education
  University of Massachusetts–Boston
   
• Moderated by Ketra L. Armstrong, PhD 
  Director, Center for Race & Ethnicity in Sport
  Professor, Sport Management
  University Diversity & Social Transformation Professor