Annie Coleman

Biography

I am a member of the American Studies Association’s Sports Studies Caucus and had the pleasure of founding Notre Dame’s minor in Sport, Media, and Culture. My research focuses on the cultural and environmental history of outdoor sports and recreation, and the relationships of identity and power that support the outdoor recreation industry. In my past life, I played D3 collegiate soccer and skied moguls for the U.S. Now I teach courses on Wilderness, Sports, and national parks as well as 20th c history, and chair the Department of American Studies. Early publications include “The Unbearable Whiteness of Skiing” (Pacific Historical Review, 1994) and the book Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies (Kansas, 2004). More recent articles include “River Rats in the Archive: Nature, Texts, and a Moving History of the Colorado” (in Rendering Nature, 2015) and “Shredding Mountain Lines: GoPro, Mobility, and the Spatial Politics of Outdoor Sports” (in The American Environment Revisited, 2018). My second book, Getting Into the Outdoors: An American History of Professional Guides, will be published by Oxford University Press.

Courses Taught

Sports and American Culture

Sports and Environment

Sports and Recreation Senior Seminar