Affiliated and Emeriti Faculty

Michael Malec

Associate Professor Emeritus

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Michael Malec

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 427

Telephone: 617-552-4131

Email: michael.malec@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Purdue University

Courses

SOCY2200 - Statistics
SOCY3359 - Sports in Society
SOCY7702 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
UNCS2245 - Freshman Topic Seminar

Research Interests

Sociology of sport (children鈥檚 sport; women鈥檚 sport; nationalism; sport in developing nations; sport and higher education). A geographic area of interest is Central America, with a special emphasis on Nicaragua.

Department

Sociology

Biography

Michael Malec鈥檚 main area of research is in the sociology of sport, with a special focus on children鈥檚 sport, nationalism, and sport in developing nations. His primary teaching responsibilities are for the required introductory statistics course for both undergraduate and graduate students.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

贰诲颈迟辞谤,听Journal of Sport and Social Issues听(1986-1992).

President, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (2000-2001).

Distinguished Service Award from the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (2006).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2007 - College Sports. In听Higher Education: Open for Business听(ed. Christian Gilde).听. Landham, MD: Lexington Books.

1997 - Robinson and Worrell: Athletes as Agents of Social Change.听. Pp. 412-418 in听Journal of Sport and Social Issues听21:4. (With H. Beckles.)

1997 - Gender Equity in Athletics. Pp. 209-218 in Gregg Lee Carter (ed.),听Perspectives on Current Social Problems. 艾可直播: Allyn and Bacon.

1995 -听The Social Role of Sports in Caribbean Societies. New York: Gordon & Breach.听.

1993 -听听(2nd ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

1993 - Patriotic Symbols in Intercollegiate Sports During the Gulf War.听. Pp. 98-106 in the听Sociology of Sport Journal听10(1).

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