Tolga Ozyurtcu

Home: Manhattan Beach, California

Degree Program: Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Sport Studies

Previous Degrees:

• B.A. in Political Science, Haverford College-Haverford, Pennsylvania
• M.S. in Kinesiology and Health Education (Sport Management), University of Texas at Austin- Austin, Texas

Research Interest/Dissertation Title: Sociocultural history of sports and leisure; alternative and action sports.

Career Goals: To work as a professor and consult in sport businesses and organizations.

Other Interests: Music, art, and design.

Publications:  

• Ozyurtcu, T. “The Role of Parents in Early Sport Specialization: a Grounded       Theory of Soccer Parents.” Masters thesis for the degree of M.S. in Kinesiology and Health Education (Sport Management), University of Texas at Austin. (May, 2011)

Honors and Awards:

• Alderson Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 2012.

Presentations at Meetings of Learned Societies:

• Todd, J., Ozyurtcu, T., Beckwith, K., & Hunt, T. (May 2012). Physical Culture Studies and Sport History: a Panel Discussion. Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sports History.
• Ozyurtcu, T. (September 2011).  Secret Spots: The Sacred Spaces of Surfing. Presented at The International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Conference, Rochester, New York.
• Ozyurtcu, T. (May 2011). Reinventing the Wheel: Polyurethane Wheels and the Evolution of Skateboard Technology and Culture.  Presented at annual meeting of the North American Society for Sports History Conference, Austin, Texas.
• Ozyurtcu, T. (April 2011). Not What I Meant At All: Blogging at the Intersection of Sex and Sports. Presented at the 18th Annual Graduate Student Conference for Emerging Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies, Austin, Texas.
• Bowers, M.T., Giraldo, J.S., Kessler, S.A., & Ozyurtcu, T. (May, 2009). Understanding adult sport participation and community: A multi-national inquiry – Perspectives on formal and informal sport structures. Symposium presented at the North American Society for Sport Management Conference, Columbia, SC.