- Louisiana State University, USA. Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology. Josephine A. Roberts LSU Alumni Association Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Master of Arts degree in Kinesiology. Alice Love Award for outstanding academic performance
- Universita’ di Scienze Motorie di Torino. Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education with high honors
Her current projects consider the critical and transformative aspects of using participatory visual research methods with young people in school contexts. She is particularly interested in studying visual methods as a means for exploring young people’s embodied identities, their making sense of the body in their daily lives. The interdisciplinary nature of her research brings together art education, visual studies, curriculum, physical education and physical culture studies. Her research is informed by constructivist, feminist post-structuralist and post-colonial theories.
- Azzarito, L., & Ennis, C.D. (2003). A sense of connection: Toward social constructivist physical education. Sport, Education, and Society, 8, 179-198
- Azzarito, L., Munro P., & Solmon, M.A. (2004). Unsettling the body. The institutionalization of physical activity at the turn of the 20th century. Quest, 4, 377-396
- Azzarito, L., & Solmon, M.A. (2005). A reconceptualization of physical education: The intersection of race/gender/social class. Sport, Education, and Society, 1, 25-47
- Azzarito, L. (2007). “Shape up America.” Understanding fatness as a curriculum project. Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, 3, 1-27
- Azzarito, L., & Harrison, L., Jr. (2008). “White men can’t jump”. Race, gender, and natural athleticism. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 43, 4, 347-364
- Azzarito, L., & Katzew, A. (2010). Performing identities in physical education: (En)gendering fluid selves. Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport, 81, 1, 25-37
- Azzarito, L. (2010). New girls, transcendent femininities, and new pedagogies: Toward girls’ hybrid bodies? Sport, Education and Society, 15, 261-276
- Azzarito, L. (2010). Ways of seeing the body in kinesiology: A case for visual methodologies. Quest, 62, 155-170
- Azzarito, L., & Sterling J. (2010). “What it was in my eyes”: Picturing youths’ embodiment in ‘real’ spaces. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 2, 209-228. Special Edition on Visual Methods in Physical Culture
- Azzarito, L. (2011). “I’ve lost my football...” Rethinking gender(s), the hidden curriculum, and sport in the global context. In R. Bailey & S. Dagkas (Eds.), Sport for all? Exclusion from and through sport. London: Routledge
- Azzarito, L. (2012). Digital photography as a pedagogical tool for investigating young people’s embodiment. Visual Studies. 27, 295-309.
- Hill, J. & Azzarito, L. (2012). Researching valued bodies in PE: a visual inquiry with young people. Special Edition, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 3, 263-276.
- Azzarito, L. (2012). Girls looking for a “second home”: bodies, difference, and places of inclusion in girls’ eyes. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 1-25.
- Azzarito, L., & Kirk, D. (2013). Pedagogies, Physical Culture, and visual methods. London: Routledge.
- Azzarito, L. Principal Investigator. Economic and Social Research Council, August 2008. Moving in my world: An investigation into young people’s embodiment and its impact on participation in physical activity. Awarded £210,135. (Approximate, $459,025). Loughborough University
- Azzarito, L. Principal Investigator. The British Academy, July 2009. Geographies of girls’ bodies: A visual inquiry into minority girls’ physicality in school. Awarded £7,461.06. (Approximate, $12,690). Loughborough University
- Research by TC's Laura Azzarito Highlights Differences in How Young People See Their Own Bodies
Originally Published on Health Canal, 02/27/2013 Read the Original Research the Article is Based on Here
- Challenging stereotypes about sport, physical activity and fitness
Published in Inside - Volume XVII, No. 5, 5/14/2012
- “Leicesterpupils catch physical activity on camera for new exhibition.”
Press Release No: 10/101. June 29, 2010. Public Relations, Loughborough University
BBSR 5040: Curriculum designs in physical education
Review of existing curriculum designs, traditional and new. Systematic development of curriculum plans.
BBSR 5240: Fieldwork in curriculum and teaching in physical education
Field projects in program evaluation, curriculum development, analysis of teaching, and the application of teaching strategies.
BBSR 6540: Research seminar in curriculum and teaching in physical education
Examines research problems and methodologies in curriculum and teaching in physical education.
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