I am a feminist Sociologist who is an adjunct professor at St. Michael's College. In addition to my professional work, I sit on the Board of Directors of Nordic Soccer Club in essex Jct, Vt. Recently we created a gender committee to study attrition..
I am a feminist Sociologist who is an adjunct professor at St. Michael's College. In addition to my professional work, I sit on the Board of Directors of Nordic Soccer Club in essex Jct, Vt. Recently we created a gender committee to study attrition and retention of female players. In addition we held focus groups to study our female players' experiences. Out of this work, we developed a gender based program that focuses on "whole body wellness," that includes sports psychology, injury prevention, nutrition and mentoring/leadership skills. Our hope is that our girls will develop greater advocacy and confidence skills. The process of working on these gender issues was one of collaborative autonomy, in which male administrators worked with a female researcher in enabling girls to have a voice in the process of this change. We believe that this multi-layered approach to change not only strengthened the girls' side at our club, but in fact the overall club environment and mission.
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