Barbara Ravel
Biography
Barbara Ravel, Ph.D., joined the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at Laurentian University in 2008 as an Assistant Professor. She received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Human Kinetics from Université de Montréal, after a Master's and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from France. Her areas of expertise are Sport Psychology and the Sociology of Sport. Her research focuses on gender and sexuality in sport with a particular interest on soccer/football and ice hockey in France as well as in Canada. She has presented and published in both English and French on these topics.
Education
Ph.D. Human Kinetics - Université de Montréal
M.Sc. Human Kinetics - Université de Montréal
Master's Degree Psychology - Université Lyon 2 Lumière (France)
Bachelor's Degree Psychology - Université Lyon 2 Lumière (France)
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 2015-Present
Assistant Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, 2008-2015
Research
Sociology of sport
Women in sport
Gender and sexuality
Non-conventional genders and sexualities
Sport and media
Qualitative research
Feminist, poststructuralist and queer theories
Awards
Barbara A. Brown Outstanding Student Paper Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (2006)
Teaching
EDPH 3406 - Entrainement mental
EDPH 4216 - Psychologie du sport
EDPH 4217 - Sociologie du sport
Publications
Academic Book Chapters
- Ravel, B., & Comeau, G.S. (2021). "Le moment de briller"? Examining France's media coverage of Les Bleues and the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019. In M. Yanity & D. Sarver Coombs (Eds.), 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup: Media, Fandom, and Soccer's Biggest Stage (pp. 9-25). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
- Comeau, G.S., & Ravel, B. (2021). Time out: How is the media industry using the Covid-19 lockdown to rethink the coverage of women and sport? In J. Krieger, A. Henning, L. Parks Pieper, & P. Dimeo (Eds.), Time Out: Global Perspectives on Sport and the Covid-19 Lockdown (pp. 93-102). Common Grounds, Champaign IL.
- Ravel, B. (2013). Queering sport one team at a time. In R.J. Schinke & R. Lidor (Eds.), Case Studies in Sport Development: Contemporary Stories Promoting Health, Peace, and Social Justice (pp. 47-57). Morgantown, VW: Fitness Information Technology.
- Ravel, B. (2012). Making space for gay sport participants. In R.J. Schinke & S.J. Hanrahan (Eds.), Sport for Development, Peace, and Social Justice (pp. 105-119). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.
- Ravel, B., & Rail, G. (2010). Strong women, fragile closets: The queering of women's sport. In S. Spickard Prettyman & B. Lampman (Eds.), Learning culture through sports: Perspectives on society and organized sports (pp. 251-259). New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Ravel, B. (2024). “Quinn, Who Goes by One Name”: Examining the Media Coverage of the First Openly Trans Nonbinary Athlete to Win an Olympic Medal. Sociology of Sport Journal, 41(4), 406-412.
- Ravel, B., & Gareau, M. (2016). "French football needs more women like Adriana"? Examining the media coverage of France's women's national football team for the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Olympic Games. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(7) 833-847. DOI: 10.1177/1012690214556912.
- Lajeunesse, M., Ménard, F., Ravel, B., St-Louis, J., Klaassen, R., Blanchette, V., & Young, N. (2014). "That's life" (with hemophilia): A qualitative analysis of young men's experiences of change. Haemophilia, 20 (Suppl. 3), 64. DOI: 10.1111/hae.12400/abstract.
- Ravel, B. (2010). Le sport comme espace favorable à l'expression de sexualités non traditionnelles : Le cas de différents sports d'équipe féminins au Québec. Recherches Féministes, 23, 109-125.
- Ravel, B., & Rail, G. (2008). From straight to gaie? Quebec sportswomen's discursive constructions of sexuality and destabilization of the linear coming out process. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 32, 4-23.
- Ravel, B., & Rail, G. (2007). On the limits of gaie spaces: Discursive constructions of women's sport in Quebec. Sociology of Sport Journal, 24, 402-420.
- Ravel, B., & Rail, G. (2006). The lightness of being gaie: Discursive constructions of gender and sexuality in Quebec women's sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 41, 395-412.
Encyclopedia Entries
- Ravel, B. (2012). Broomball. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Ravel, B. (2012). Ringette. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Ravel, B. (2012). Sexuality and Sport, North America. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.