The Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, Minneapolis, USA
| The Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, Minneapolis, USA | |
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| Street address: | University of Minnesota
School of Kinesiology 203 Cooke Hall 1900 University Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA |
| City: | Minneapolis |
| State or Province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
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| Location coordinates: | 44° 58' 36" N, 93° 13' 46" W |
| Executive Director: | Mary Jo Kane |
| Contact number: | (612) 625-7327 |
| Contact email: | info@tuckercenter.org |
| Website: | http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/about.html |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/#!/tuckercenter |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/tuckercenter?ref=ts |
| Target: | Girls and Women |
| Organization type: | Local NGO (operating at the community level), National NGO (operating countrywide or advocating at the national level) |
| Sectors: | Sports, Health, Gender Discrimination, Empowerment |
| Year founded/registered: | 1993 |
| Number of staff: | 4 |
Summary
The first of its kind in the world, the Tucker Center is an interdisciplinary research center leading a pioneering effort to examine how sport and physical activity affect the lives of girls and women, their families, and communities.
About
The Tucker Center has three equal and interrelated goals:
Collaborative research: Their affiliated scholars work as interdisciplinary research teams focused on cutting-edge issues, challenges, and opportunities within sports contexts.
Research that counts: They focus on scholarship that directly impacts the physical activity experience of and for girls and women. Their research examines how sport and physical activity improve girls’ and women’ psycho-social and physical health throughout their lives—promoting girls’ self-confidence, preventing eating disorders, or helping women stay healthy as they age.
Education: Community outreach, civic engagement, and mentoring students are important components of the Tucker Center. They sponsor a Distinguished Lecture Series in which nationally recognized scholars and educators share their findings and insights with policymakers, students, and families. They also serve as a resource center for private and public organizations, educational institutions, media outlets, and the general public.
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