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Linda J. Kim
Degrees:
- University of California, Los Angeles, BA, Sociology, 1995
- California State University, Los Angeles, MA, Sociology, 1998
Awards:
Dean's Fellowship, University of California, Riverside
Research Areas:
Gender, Race, and Class Inequality; Media; Sports
Publications:
Brooks, Scott N. and Linda J. Kim. Forthcoming. "The Dilemmas and Contradictions of Gettin' Paid" in Diversity and Social Justice in College Sports: Sport Management and the Student Athlete, edited by D. Brooks and R. Althuse. Morgantown: West Virginia University.
Biography:
Linda is currently working on a book chapter with Professor Toby Miller on HBO and Sports. Under his guidance, she will be undertaking a dissertation which utilizes a political economic and feminist analysis on the HBO series, “Sex and the City.”
She is also part of a research team focused on transnational social movements that traveled to the World Social Forum in Brazil in January 2005 to conduct survey research and engage in participant observation (for more info, visit the "projects" page at www.irows.ucr.edu). In January 2007, she will be returning to the World Social Forum in Kenya to collect more data. Contact Information: l.kim@yahoo.com
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