PCS Students

Lilah Drafts-Johnson is an MA student with research interests in gender-based violence prevention initiatives in sport as well as the impact of gender-based violence on the somatic experience of athletes.

Tori Justin is a PhD candidate in the department of Kinesiology. Her research interests articulate black feminist theory, health equity, and the philosophy of science.

Jordan Keesler (they/ze) is a first-year doctoral student in The Harriet Tubman Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UMD. Their research interests lie at the intersection of trans studies, physical cultural studies, and archival methods.

Lauren Nowosatka is a second year doctoral student in UMD PCS with research interests in sporting femininities, constructions of gendered norms, media representations, and abuse in sport and physical culture.

Bryan Pointer is a PhD student in the department of Kinesiology as well as an academic advisor for college athletes in the School of Public Health.

Sasha Tolliver is a PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology with research interests including health equity, chronic disease, pediatrics, and the built environment.

Brandon Wallace is a Doctoral Candidate in the Physical Cultural Studies program in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland. Broadly, his work examines sport as a vehicle for understanding how hierarchies of race, class, and gender are produced and contested in popular culture.

Emilio Weber is a first year M.A. student within the Physical Cultural Studies research focus. Emilio is excited to join the program and his research interests lie at the intersection of urban studies, spatial analysis, and community, all in the effort to make positive impact.

Shuling is a PhD student in the PCS program at the University of Maryland. Shuling is interested in understanding the embodiment process behind chronic conditions and how they are shaped by the Neighborhood and Built Environment and other governmental infrastructures.

Junbin Yang is currently a PhD student in the Physical Cultural Studies program at the Kinesiology Department within the University of Maryland. His research interests broadly include sport and politics, the globalization of sport, mega-sporting events, and disability studies.