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Co-Directors

Thomas P. Oates

Chair and Associate Professor, UI Department of American Studies; School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Thomas P. Oates is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL and co-editor of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives and Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play.

Travis Vogan

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, and Professor — School of Journalism & Mass Communication; Department of American Studies

Travis Vogan is Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of American Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Keepers of the Flame: NFL Films and the Rise of Sports Media, ESPN: The Making of a Sports Media Empire, ABC Sports: The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television, and The Boxing Film: A Cultural and Transmedia History. Vogan also co-edits the University of Illinois Press book series Studies in Sports Media.