Professor Dr. Mark Dyreson

Biography

Mark Dyreson specializes in the history of sport and the social and cultural dynamics of human movement, with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender in sports. He is a Professor in Kinesiology and an Affiliate Professor in History at Penn State University, where he also serves as the Director of the Research Educational Programs. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in History from the University of Arizona, along with a Master's in United States and Latin American History and a Bachelor's in Anthropology and History. Dyreson's research is particularly concentrated on the role of sport in the creation of modern societies, emphasizing the cultural contexts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States and Latin America.

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