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Eileen Narcotta‑Welp

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/They/Them
Associate Professor
Exercise & Sport Science
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Eileen Narcotta‑Welp Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/They/Them

Associate Professor

Exercise & Sport Science

Specialty area(s)

Cultural Study of Sport

Media Representation

United States Women's National Soccer Team

Sport Administration

Brief biography


Eileen Narcotta-Welp is an Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. In 2016, Narcotta-Welp graduated with her doctorate in Health and Sport Studies from the University of Iowa. As a cultural studies scholar, Narcotta-Welp’s research interests include the intersections of identities in regards to high performance women's sport in both the U.S. and transnational context. Her work appears in the Journal of Sport History, Sport & Society, Soccer & Society, and Team Performance Manual. She has presented her research at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, the North American Society for Sport History, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Current courses at UWL

ESS 320 - Field Experience

FYS 100 - First Year Seminar - Gender & Sport: Reproducers and Resistors

ESS 407 - Sport Management and Society

ESS 421 - Event and Sport Operations/Management

 

Education

2016   Ph.D. University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa.                                                                                                Cultural Study of Sport

2006   M.S. Ball State University. Muncie, Indiana                                                                                              Physical Education, Sport Administration Concentration 

2000   B.S. University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont                                                                                    Nutrition and Food Sciences, Sport Nutrition Emphasis

Career

Teaching history

Other Classes Taught at UWL

ESS 447 - Sport and Fitness Administration

ESS 373 - Sport Media and Public Relations

ESS 432 - Financial Aspects of Sport

Other Class Taught at Other Institutions

Inequality in Sport

Women in Sport

Sport and Film

 

Professional history

2022- Present
Associate Professor, Sport Management - University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

2016 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Sport Management - University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

2010 - 2016
PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

2006 - 2010
Assistant Soccer Coach, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

2002 - 2006
Assistant Soccer Coach, Ball State University (Muncie, IN)

2000 - 2002
Assistant Soccer Coach, Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)

Kudos

presented

James Carlson and Valerie Krage, both Educational Studies; Eileen Narcotta-Welp, Exercise & Sport Science; and Agatha Hultquist, Political Science & Public Administration; presented "Great Ideas for Teaching Students (GIFTS): Discussion Prompts" at the CATL Mini-Conference on Friday, Oct. 11, in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: Oct. 10, 2024