Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
5 pm to 6 pm
Reynolds School of Journalism (RSJ), Higginbotham Auditorium 101
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About this event
Tracie Canada is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and director of the HEARTS (Health, Ethnography, and Race through Sports) Lab at Duke University. She is a Black feminist anthropologist and ethnographer whose research uses sport to theorize race, kinship and care, gender, and the performing body. Her book, Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football (University of California Press, 2025), is an ethnography about the lived experiences of Black college football players. In addition to her academic publications, her work has been featured in public venues and outlets like Essence, TIME, The Guardian, and Scientific American.
Additional information
- Attendance type: In person
- Event type: Lectures & Seminars