Email
jennilee@uw.edu
Phone
206-616-6309
Office
Gilman Bldg.

Research Interests

Equity Studies
Higher Education
Intercollegiate Athletics
Qualitative Research Methods

Jennifer Hoffman

Associate Professor

Intercollegiate athletics are a highly visible aspect of campus communities. Regardless of the size of the institution or notoriety of the athletic department, policies in athletics have implications that are far reaching.  My research agenda in the  specializes in analysis of issues in today's traditional college sports and the emergence of college esports. In my research I use qualitative, conceptual, and policy analysis methods. I integrate critical, poststructural, and feminist perspectives in my research to illustrate the issues at the intersection of intercollegiate athletics and higher education. My work has been recognized by the Association For The Study of Higher Education, where I received the  I am also the editor of the Center’s  research briefs.

Education
Ph.D., Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, ߺ
M.A., Student Development Administration, Seattle University
B.S., Physical Education, Washington State University

Multimedia

Courses Taught
EDUC 200: Esports & Sports in Competition (undergraduate)
EDUC 200: The Place of Sports in the University (undergraduate)
EDLPS 520: Education As A Moral Endeavor (graduate)
EDLPS 514: Informing Policy & Decision-Making with Data (graduate)
EDLPS 598: Qualitative Research Methods (graduate)
Publications

Hoffman, J.L. & Hextrum, K. (23 September 2021). author Jennifer Lee Hoffman in conversation with Kirsten Hextrum. Virtual. Amateurism after Alston & NIL: Leisure, Labor, and Exploitation in College Sports.

Suggs, W. & Hoffman, J.L. ​​(2021). Myles Brand’s collegiate model and the post-Amateurism world of college sports. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 14(3), p. 96-113, .

Hoffman, J.L. Pauketat, R. Flores, M. Gerscher, M. & Hoffman, D. (2021). The Evolution of Esport Finance: Competition Goes Digital. In Karen Weaver, (Ed.). . Kendall Hunt Publisher. 

Hoffman, J.L. (2019). Invited Speaker, Tel Aviv, University, The Center for the Study of the United States.

Hoffman, J.L. (2019). Navigating the Volatility of Higher Education Anthropological & Policy Perspectives (Review). 

Hoffman, J.L. (2017). Title IX’s gender-separate allowance in the context of college athlete rights and intercollegiate athletics reform. In E. Comeaux (Ed.), . Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Hoffman, J.L.; Rankin, S.R., & Loya, K.I. (2016).

Hoffman, J.L., Rooksby, J.R., & Hay, G. (2016).

Hoffman, J.L. (2015). Playoffs & payoffs: What’s driving the college football coaching carousel? (47)5, p. 37-42.

Hoffman, J.L., Kihl, L., & Browning, A. (2015). Civic engagement and activism: Do college students and college athletes differ? , 16(2), 1-15.

Hoffman, J.L., McDowell, J., & Rafael, V. (2015). Case law and legislation that influence women’s participation in intercollegiate athletics. In E. Comeaux (Ed.), (pp. 245-258). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Hoffman, JL, Hoffman, HL, & Suggs, W. (2013).  “Leadership Development Through Athletic Participation at West Point.” , Summer, Volume 7, Issue 2.

Hoffman, JL. (2012). “Competition and Control in The Gridiron Marketplace: Findings from the Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership Database,” presented to the , Washington DC.

Hoffman, JL. (2011).“The Old Boys Network: Women Candidates and the Athletic Director Search.” Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, 5, (1): 9-27.

Hoffman, JL. (2010).“The Dilemma of the Senior Woman Administrator Role in Intercollegiate Athletics.” , 3, 53-75.

Books

Routledge: New York.

  • Podcast Guest, Higher Ed Advisor
  • Article: HBCUs, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

. Routledge: New York.

  • OpEd: , Seattle Times
  • Podcast Episode, 
  • OpEd: , Seattle Times

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