Participant Info
- First Name
- Amira Rose
- Last Name
- Davis
- Country
- United States
- State
- PA Pennsylvania
- amirarosesd@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Penn State University
- Website URL
- amirarosedavis.com
- Keywords
- sports, race, gender, politics, black women, african american history
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Amira Rose Davis is an Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies at Penn State University. She holds a doctorate in History from Johns Hopkins University. Davis specializes in 20th Century American History with an emphasis on race, gender, sports and politics. She is currently working on her book manuscript, “Can’t Eat a Medal”: The Lives and Labors of Black Women Athletes in the Age of Jim Crow.
Davis teaches classes on a variety of topics including African American History, 20th Century United States History, Women’s History, Sports History, Research Methods and Gender Theory.
Additionally, Davis provides sports commentary and opinion writing for public venues such as NPR, ESPN, BBC, NBC, The New Republic and others. She is the co-host of the Feminist Sports Podcast, Burn it All Down.
- Recent Publications
“No League of Their Own: Baseball, Black Women and the Politics of Representation,” Radical History Review, Issue 125, Duke University Press, May 2016
“On the Courts of Druid Hill: Lucy Diggs Slowe and the Rise of Organized Black Tennis” in Baltimore Sports History: Stories from Charm City, ed. Daniel Nathan. Sport, Culture, and Society Series, University of Arkansas Press, August 2016
Recent Public Writing:
https://newrepublic.com/article/156398/legacy-incoherence
https://zora.medium.com/sixty-years-ago-she-refused-to-stand-for-the-anthem-cf443b4e75c7
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/french-open-women-s-tennis-have-many-players-not-named-ncna1015396
- Media Coverage
- https://www.c-span.org/video/?467687-7/african-american-women-sports
- Social Media
- @mirarose88
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- North America, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- Modern, 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Children & Youth, Gender, Politics, Race, Sports, Women
