{"id":7287,"date":"2019-11-22T10:15:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2019-11-22T10:15:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:15:32","slug":"dr-matt-hodler-joins-our-new-sports-media-and-communication-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/dr-matt-hodler-joins-our-new-sports-media-and-communication-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Matt Hodler Joins Our New Sports Media and Communication Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: Matt Hodler                                                <\/strong>
\nURI Title: Assistant Professor of Sports Media and Communication<\/strong>
\nEmail: matthew_hodler@uri.edu
\n<\/span>Pronouns: he\/him\/his<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This fall, the College of Arts and Sciences welcomed several new Professors on the tenure-track. Assistant Professor Matt Hodler, Ph.D., joined our Harrington School of Communication and Media\u2019s new Sports Communication and Media program.  Dr. Hodler brings a breadth and depth of experience to his new role, having previously held positions at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of Iowa, and Miami University. His research explores \u201chow meanings of gender, race, nation, dis\/ability, and social class are performed, (re)produced, and remembered through sport and physical activity.\u201d Hodler is currently authoring pieces that explore how meanings of nation, modernity, gender, and whiteness are reproduced through mediated representations of Michael Phelps and swimming. \u201cI am also working on a project about social media memes reacting to Colin Kaepernick\u2019s protests,” he says, “and what they might tell us about meanings of citizenship, gender, race, and sport.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAside from getting to work with great colleagues and undergraduate students,\u201d Hodler says, \u201cURI\u2019s Harrington School geographic and academic locations will elevate my next research projects.\u201d These upcoming projects include researching the role of sport in the construction of whiteness and nationality through a study of Gaelic Athletic Association sports, including the Fenway Hurling Classic. Another is a prospective documentary or multi-media study on the experiences of female Olympians\u2014a project that lends itself well to the Harrington School\u2019s body of media resources. In keeping with these interests, Hodler will lead such courses as Introduction to Sports Media and Communication<\/em> and Special Topics in Communication<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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He looks forward to engaging with other College of Arts and Sciences faculty and with students interested in diving into these big ideas. Hodler elucidates that sports media — like the liberal arts in general — allow us to think critically about ways in which we can make our world a better, more equitable place. \u201cThrough sport,” he says, “we can learn about meanings of race, gender, sexuality, nationality, and dis\/ability” by grappling with critical questions, including: \u201cWhat did the so-called Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics tell us about race? What is the relationship between masculinity and football? What did Rapinoe mean when she said teams couldn\u2019t win without gay players during this World Cup? Why do we play the national anthem before sporting events? Why is it so much harder to find a way to watch the Paralympics on TV?\u201d Accordingly, he asks that students enter is classroom prepared to ask challenging questions like these themselves. \u201cWe learn best when we are prepared and willing to challenge ourselves \u2013 and we\u2019ll have fun in that kind of classroom too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fall, Assistant Professor Matt Hodler joined our Harrington School of Communication and Media\u2019s new Sports Media and Communication program.\u00a0His research explores \u201chow meanings of gender, race, nation, dis\/ability, and social class are performed, (re)produced, and remembered through sport and physical activity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1089,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[73,291],"class_list":["post-7287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-harrington-school-of-communication-and-media","tag-sports-media-and-communication"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7287"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7317,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions\/7317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}