How Sports Shape the Gender Debates: An Author Event with Katie Barnes
Monday, February 12 at 6 p.m.
Gentry Building, Room 131
Katie Barnes (they/them/their) is an award-winning journalist covering the intersection of sports and gender. As a feature writer at ESPN, Katie has profiled women’s sports superstars like Maya Moore, A’ja Wilson, and Amanda Nunes. They are a leading journalist in the coverage of legislation and policy affecting transgender and intersex athletes. “Fair Play” is their first book. It was named as a “Must-Read Book of 2023” by Time Magazine.
Copies of "Fair Play" will be available for purchase at the event.
This event is sponsored by the Sport Management Program in the Neag School of Education, the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, the Division of Athletics, the Department of Journalism, the Rainbow Center, the Asian American Cultural Center, the African American Cultural Center, and the Women's Center.
For more information, or if you require an accommodation to participate in this event, email neag-communications@uconn.edu.
For more information, contact: Risa Isard at risa.isard@uconn.edu