image of Thomas HuntThomas Hunt, J.D., Ph.D.

Lecturer, Kinesiology & Health Education

Office:
Anna Hiss 103
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712

Telephone:
512-471-1273 (office)
512-471-8914 (fax)

E-Mail: thomas_m_hunt@mail.utexas.edu

Educational Background

  • 2007 Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Interdisciplinary Sports Studies.
    • Dissertation: “Drug Games: The International Politics of Doping and the Olympic Movement, 1960-2007.”
  • 2003 J.D. Baylor University, Baylor Law School.
  • 2000 B.A. University of Texas at Austin, Government.

Publications

Scholarly Articles

  • "The Lessons of Crisis: Olympic Doping Regulation during the 1980s,” Iron Game History: The Journal of Physical Culture 10, no. 2 (April/May 2008): 12-25.
  • “Sport, Drugs, and the Cold War: The Conundrum of Olympic Doping Policy: 1970-1979,” Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies 16 (2007): 19-42.
  • “Countering the Soviet Threat in the Olympic Medals Race,” International Journal of the History of Sport 24 (June 2007): 796-818.
  • “American Sport Policy and the Cultural Cold War: The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Years,” Journal of Sport History 33 (Fall 2006): 273-297.
  • Thomas M. Hunt and Jan Todd, “Powerlifting’s Watershed: Frantz v. United States Powerlifting and the Downfall of a Sport,” Iron Game History: The Journal of Physical Culture 9, no. 7 (January/February 2007): 7-19.
  • “Warriors on the Gridiron: The G.I. Bill, World War II Veterans, and Football at Sul Ross State Teachers College,” Journal of Big Bend Studies 17 (2005): 157-192.

Presentations

Invited

  • “Doping and the Olympic Games: Historical Lessons for Contemporary Policymakers,” Penn State University, Department of Kinesiology Colloquium Series, Upcoming, October 2008.
  • “American Sport History,” for The American Sports Brand Fusion Arts Exchange Program, Center for Sport Management, Research, and Education, Texas A&M University, July 2008.
  • “Doping and the Olympic Movement,” for Sport & Society Bridging Disciplines Undergraduate Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, August 18, 2007.
  • “American Sport History,” for The American Sports Brand Fusion Arts Exchange Program, Center for Sport Management, Research, and Education, Texas A&M University, July 2007.

Refereed

  • “The End of the Cold War and Olympic Doping Regulation: Towards a Universal Approach, 1990-1999,” North American Society for Sport History Annual Conference, Lake Placid, New York, May 2008.
  • “The Evolution of Olympic Doping Policy,” American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2008.
  • “American Sport Policy and the Cultural Cold War: The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Years,” Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations Annual Conference, Chantilly, Virginia, June 2007.
  • “Olympic Doping Policy during the 1960s: Defining the Problem,” North American Society for Sport History Annual Conference, Lubbock, Texas, May 2007.
  • “The Cold War and American Sport Policy, 1956-1978: A Political History,” British Society of Sport History Annual Conference, Lancaster, Great Britain, September 2006.
  • “Countering the Soviet Threat on the Olympic Fields: The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 and the Restructuring of American Athletics,” North American Society for Sport History Annual Conference, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, May 2006.
  • “Doping, the Law, and the Downfall of Dancers Image at the 1968 Kentucky Derby: The Strange Case of Kentucky State Racing Commission v. Peter Fuller,” Academics in Action Spring 2006 Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, April 2006.
  • “Broken Weights: The Tragic Tale of Powerlifting,” North American Society for Sport History Annual Conference, Green Bay, Wisconsin, May 2005.
  • “Warriors on the Gridiron: World II Veterans and Western Collegiate Football,” North American Society for Sport History Annual Conference, Pacific Grove, California, May 2004.



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