Nancy Theberge

Professor (cross appointment with Sociology)
Member of the Centre for Research Expertise for Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Member of the Centre for Applied Health Research
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Work and Health
BA (Massachusetts),
MA (Boston College),
PhD (Massachusetts)

Contact:

Office: BMH 3032
Telephone: 519-888-4567, ext. 33534
e-mail: theberge@uwaterloo.ca
FAX: 519-746-6776

Research:

For detailed research interests please visit Research

My current research interests involve social aspects of human performance in sport and work. I am involved in two research programs. The first examines how sport medicine constructs the athletic body as gendered. This project examines how the discourse of sport medicine understands the physical, social and cultural bases of athletic performance and how this knowledge informs professional practice. Additionally, I am working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers investigating strategies to reduce the incidence of workplace injuries. My own involvement concentrates on investigating the social factors that influence the occurrence of injuries in the workplace, and utilizing qualitative methodologies, evaluating the effectiveness of intervention strategies to reduce injuries.

Key Publications:

1. Nancy Theberge. Higher Goals: Women’s Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. Recipient of Outstanding Book Award, North American Society for Sociology of Sport.

2. Nancy Theberge, Kara Granzow, Donald Cole, Andrew Laing, “Negotiating Participation: Understanding the ‘how’ in an ergonomic change team.” Applied Ergonomics, (2006) 37: 239-248.

3. Nancy Theberge, “The Gendering of Sports Injury: A Look at ‘Progress’ in Women’s Sport Through a Case Study of the Biomedical Discourse on the Injured Athletic Body.” Sport in Society, (2006) 9(4): 634-649.

4. Nancy Theberge, “It’s Not About Health: It’s About Performance.” In Jennifer Hargreaves and Patricia Vertinsky, eds., Physical Culture, Power and the Body, Routledge, 2007.

5. Nancy Theberge, “The Integration of Chiropractors into Health Care Teams: A Case Study From Sport Medicine”. Sociology of Health and Illness, 2008.

For information on my latest book, "Higher Goals: Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender", please visit my book page.

Theberge, Nancy

Nancy Theberge

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