Peter Kaufman

Collaboration will focus on research presentations & publications in the areas of athlete activism, sport & human rights, and sport & social change. Work will intersect primarily with the AHR area of the Center.

Kaufman is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is working on a research project that examines athletes� views on a variety of social issues. The work revolves around three questions: (1) Who are some of the athletes that are engaging in social/political activism and what is their cause? (2) What are the social motivators that have led these athletes to take a political and social stand. By social motivators I am referring to the structural problems that these athletes have identified as being problematic. (3) What type of reaction (from teammates, coaches, administrators, fans, friends, etc.) have these athletes experienced because of their actions?