Podcast appearances and mentions of Nicole M Lavoi

We're hours away from what could be the biggest WNBA All-Star Game in the league's history thanks in large part to rookie Caitlin Clark. Today, we're taking a deep dive into the so-called “Caitlin Clark Effect.” Plus, can a single player's success have a lasting impact on women's sports overall?  I'm joined by leading scholar Dr. Nicole M. Lavoi. She's the director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, teaches social and behavioral sciences, and she's an award-winning athlete and coach. Learn more about our guests: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes Sign-up for our bonus weekly email: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/email Become an INSIDER for ad-free episodes: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider This episode was sponsored by: Go to Zocdoc.com/newsworthy and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Lume Deodorant and get 15% off with promo code NEWSWORTHY at LumeDeodorant.com To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com #CaitlinClark #WomensBasketball #WNBA    

WeCOACH and The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport team up for a special episode to discuss the latest Women in College Coaching Report Card. In this podcast, WeCOACH CEO Megan Kahn, Tucker Center Director Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi and TC Research Assistant, Courtney Boucher review the latest results and data. They talk about data trends, grades and leaders for institutions, sports, and conferences, as well as the new race-related data, how the report card is being used to make a difference, and the WeAmplify initiative.Host: Megan Kahn and Nicole LaVoiFor more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women's sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World's First and Only Podcast Network for Women's Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and WeCOACH teamed up for a special episode to discuss the latest Women in College Coaching Report Card. In this podcast, Tucker Center Director Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi and  TC Research Assistant, Courtney Boucher and WeCOACH CEO Megan Kahn review the latest results and data. They talk about data trends, grades and leaders for institutions, sports, and conferences, as well as the new race-related data, how the report card is being used to make a difference, and the WeAmplify initiative.Hosts: Nicole LaVoi and Megan KahnFor more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women's sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World's First and Only Podcast Network for Women's Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

In this episode of Tucker Center Talks, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi (current Tucker Center director) talks with the Founder of the Tucker Center Professor Mary Jo Kane about her sport media research. They discuss their theories of why media portrayals matter, the evidence on quantity and quality of sport media coverage of female athletes, as well as Kane’s sport media guide and audience reception research, key findings, and who benefits when female athletes are routinely sexualized. TEASER: You’ll hear it on TCT  first…a new soundbite from Professor Kane. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 25 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 45 shows and a global audience of over 5 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.    

In this episode of Tucker Center Talks, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi talks with Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar and Lecturer in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Chelsey Thul. They discuss her groundbreaking research pertaining to the development, implementation, and evaluation of culturally relevant physical activity programming for underserved adolescent girls which was designed with girls, using the voices of girls. Read more information and find links about this collaborative research on our website under Tucker Center Talks. For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is The Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 46 shows and more than 5 million downloads and feeds. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

On this week's episode Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports has a conversation with Dr. Julie McCleery about revelations pertaining to elite runner Mary Cain. Julie is  Director of Research-Practice Partnerships & Lecturer, University of Washington Center for Leadership in Athletics and Emily Stets Program Associate, Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program and fellow Minnesotan. Drawing on their collective knowledge of coaching science, human development and passion for girls and women in sport, we discuss how and why this happened and what can be done to prevent to from happening again. Spoiler alert...change the system & value females. For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is The Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 46 shows and more than 5 million downloads and feeds. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

In this episode of Tucker Center Talks, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi talks with Dr. Austin Stair Calhoun, a Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar and currently the Chief of Staff at the University of Minnesota Medical School Education. We talk about our research together pertaining to family narratives in online coaching biographies of collegiate coaches and her dissertation on the gatekeepers who decide what and how online coaching biographies are written. We discuss new data 10 years later, why erasing same-sex family narratives matters in perpetuating homophobia and heterosexism, and implications for athletic administrators. For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is The Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 46 shows and more than 5 million downloads and feeds. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

On Episode 13 of The WeCOACH Podcast, Marci Kornegay talks with the trusted voice behind the research of why women coaches matter, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, Co-Director of the Tucker Center for Girls and Women in Sport and WeCOACH founding member of the Board of Directors. Nicole shares how her research has fueled meaningful projects in hopes to initiate social change and opportunities for women coaches. She lays the foundation behind the annual Women in College Coaching Report Card which is aimed at retaining and increasing the number of women in the coaching profession and takes us on a journey to understanding why the Athletic Administration Best Practices of Recruitment, Hiring and Retention of Female Collegiate Coaches is a crucial element in increasing the number of women coaches at the institutional level. You are sure to take away informed nuggets of inspiration and encouragement as a coach or as someone in a position to hire coaches. For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 2 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com. 

After getting an athlete’s perspective in our last episode of Feminists Ruin Everything, we continue our series on Womxn in Athletics with a conversation with a researcher who studies the subject. Dr. Nicole M. Lavoi has been an athlete and a coach and is now the Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota. She shared some surprising statistics with us about how, although women’s participation in sports has exploded since Title IX was enacted, the number of female coaches has drastically declined. We talked about why that might be and what’s being done to change the situation. Resources:Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in SportThe 2018 Tucker Center Research Report, Developing Physically Active Girls#SheCanCoach ProjectWe CoachWomen’s Sports FoundationFeminists Ruin Everything is hosted by Anna Tennis and Andrea Crouse and produced by Christine Dean.Donate to support this podcast

Author of Women in Sports Coaching, Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in the area of social and behavioral sciences in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota where she is also the Co-Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, and the co-founder of the Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium. She received MA (’96) and doctoral degrees (’02) in Kinesiology with an emphasis in sport psychology/sociology from the University of Minnesota. After completing her graduate work, Dr. LaVoi was a Research & Program Associate in the Mendelson Center for Sport & Character at the University of Notre Dame (2002-‘05) where she helped launch the Play Like a Champion character education through sport series, and was also an instructor in the Psychology Department. LaVoi was an Assistant Professor of Physical Education and the Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Wellesley College (1994-’98), and the Assistant Women’s Tennis Coach at Carleton College (1991-’93). Show Notes 5:00 When she became interested in issues for Women in Sport Leadership? 8:00 Why is there a decline in women in sport leadership? 15:00 What would it take to get more women coaching sports? 21:00 Why does Nicole think kids are quitting sport? 28:00 Nicole explains “background anger” and how it affects children 35:00 What is Kid Speak? 48:00 Winning and Character Development are not mutually exclusive Get in Touch with Dr. LaVoi On Twitter: @DrSportPsych @TuckerCenter Her Website: The Tucker Center Her book - Women In Sports Coaching If you are enjoying our podcast, please help us out and leave a review on iTunes. How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name Way of Champions. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the Way of Champions podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Thanks so much, every review helps us to spread this message!