Joseph N Cooper

Joseph N. Cooper is the inaugural Dr. J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He earned a BA in Sociology, a BA in Recreation Administration, and a MA in Sport Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He earned his PhD in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Management and Policy from the University of Georgia. His research agenda focuses on the intersection between race, gender,...See more

Joseph N. Cooper is the inaugural Dr. J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He earned a BA in Sociology, a BA in Recreation Administration, and a MA in Sport Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He earned his PhD in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Management and Policy from the University of Georgia. His research agenda focuses on the intersection between race, gender, sport, education, and culture with an emphasis on sport involvement as a catalyst for holistic development and cultural empowerment. He is the founding faculty member of Collective Uplift, an organization designed to educate, empower, support, and inspire Black holistic individuals to maximize their potential both within and beyond athletic contexts. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and he is the author of From Exploitation Back to Empowerment: Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education (Peter Lang, 2019). He received the 2009 John E. Billing Outstanding Graduate Research Merit Award from the UNC-CH (Department of Exercise and Sport Science), 2016 Outstanding Early Career Scholar Award from the UConn Neag School of Education, 2016 UConn African American Cultural Center Extraordinaire Faculty Award, and 2018 Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ) Early Career Researcher Award. He has been cited in media outlets such as ESPN, New York Times, ABC News, Yahoo, Boston Globe, and Le Monde. See less