Patricia Vertinsky

Professor
School of Kinesiology (KIN)

Dr. Vertinsky is a social and cultural historian working across the fields of women’s and gender history with a special interest on physical culture, physical education and modern dance. Her work focuses on the study of normalizing disciplinary regimes in kinesiology and sport science and the social, political, and scientific context in which they have been conceived and promoted. Her currently funded projects focus upon a new history of female physical education, expressive movement, and modern dance.

Keywords:

History of physical culture; Physical education; Gender studies.