Dr. Korryn Mozisek

Biography

Korryn Mozisek's research primarily focuses on the rhetoric of sport, examining how sports play a crucial role in shaping gender and sexuality norms within culture. Her dissertation, titled "Throwing Like a Girl!: Constituting Citizenship for Women and Girls in the American Pastime," received the 2013 Cheris Kramarae Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. In her capacity as Director of the Integrative Learning Office at the Vice Provost for Education at Carnegie Mellon University, she oversees various educational projects, including the University Lecture Series, weekend micro-courses, and summer internships. She is actively engaged in research that seeks to understand how students engage with global learning and develop cultural competency, notably through interactions that utilize educational role-playing and virtual reality. In addition to her administrative duties, she teaches courses such as Non-Profit Message Creation and a Grand Challenge course along with Sebastien Dubreil, focusing on the intersections of culture, sports, and conflict in virtual reality.

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