Department of American Studies

Susan Birrell

Professor of American Studies & Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies
PhD University of Massachusetts, (1978, Human Movement, Sociology of Sport Concentration)
722 Jefferson Building
(319) 335-9337
susan-birrell@uiowa.edu

Research Interests

Critical cultural analyses of sport and leisure, Feminist theory and analysis, Mt. Everest as cultural site, Cultural history of the American vacation

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

28:029 First Year Seminar
- Exploring Mt. Everest

28:074 Inequality in Sport

28:175 Sport and the Media

28:078 Women, Sport and Culture

28:202 Critical Perspectives

28:276 Sport in US Culture

28:295 Graduate Research Workshop

28:300 Research Colloquium

28:375 Cultural Analyses of Sport

28:378 Seminar in Cultural Studies of Sport

131:150 Feminist Theory

45:174 The American Vacation