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Just a quick bit about me. I am a Professor at Temple University. My work addresses women’s health and intersectional inequality in exercise and health settings. I am also the Executive Director of the Coalition for Food and Health Equity. To learn more about me and to see what I’ve been up to, check out the Press & Media and Select Works sections, as well as my blog Metanoia.
In the News: “Health, Athletes and Sport”
ET| Naomi Osaka Breaks Down in Tears During Press Conference.
Naomi Osaka briefly left a press conference in tears. While speaking to reporters on Monday, ahead of her first match at the Western & Southern Open, the 23-year-old tennis star openly cried and left the room after questions from the press. During Monday's press conference, Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Paul Daugherty asked Osaka, "You’re not crazy about dealing with us, especially in this [press conference] format. Yet you have a lot of outside interests that are served by having a media platform. I guess my question is, how do you balance the two?"
CNN Connect the World Interviews Dr. Leeja Carter to discuss Simone Biles decision to pull out of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics , the importance of athlete well being, self care, and Simone Biles placing her safety and well being first.
How Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and Other Top Athletes Are Forcing the Mental Health Conversation in Sports and Fitness
BNC's Nay Yeroar asks "Why do we still demand these young Black women perform for us?" & Dr. Leeja Carter says "There's this unrealistic expectation that they should be happy while they carry the weight of the world, it's not normal."
Grab my book on Feminist Applied Sport Psychology!
With an emphasis on women and transwomen athletes and exercisers of color, Feminist Applied Sport Psychology: From Theory to Practice introduces the reader to feminist, black feminist, and womanist sport psychology, offering an alternative and powerful approach to working with athletes.
Metanoia- Blog
Creating and sustaining welcoming, inclusive, and culturally safe spaces should be of utmost importance to those who work in sport. Sporting environments that devalue, invalidate, and attack athletes’ intersectional experiences and identities (i.e., the combination of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) only hurt harm, and direct individuals away from activities that promote physical health and wellbeing.