Eric Anderson
Professor of Sports Studies
Eric.Anderson@winchester.ac.uk
01962 827040
Biography
Professor Eric Anderson is an American sociologist known for his research on sport, masculinities, sexualities and homophobia. He shows an increasingly positive relationship between gay male athletes and sport, as well as a growing movement of young heterosexual men’s masculinity becoming softer and more inclusive. Professor Anderson also researches matters related to men’s monogamy, men's improving recognition of bisexuality, and the increased acceptance of young heterosexual men kissing. He has written eight books, many of them award winners and best sellers. Professor Anderson has previously taught at UC-Irvine, SUNY Stony Brook, and the University of Bath. He can be hired for consultancy or talks.
Expertise
Sociology of sport, examining gender and sexualities
Sociology of Masculinities, in either education or among youth
Homophobia in sport or education
Monogamy and cheating
Bisexuality
Publications
Books
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric & Hargreaves, J. (eds.). Routledge Handbook: Sport, Gender, and Sexualities
2012 Anderson, Eric. The Monogamy Gap: Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating. New York: Oxford University Press.
2010 Anderson, Eric. Sport, Theory and Social Problems: A Critical Introduction. London: Routledge.
2009 Anderson, Eric. Inclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities. New York: Routledge.
2009 Anderson, Eric. The Runner’s Textbook: A Comprehensive Approach to Distance Running. Charleston, SC: Book Surge.
2005. Anderson, Eric. In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity. State University of New York Press.
2000 Anderson, Eric. Trailblazing: America’s First Openly Gay Track Coach. Los Angeles: Alyson Press.
1993 Anderson, Eric. Training Games: Coaching Runners Creatively. Palo Alto, CA: Track & Field News Press.
Forewords to Books
2012 Anderson, Eric. Foreword to Mark McCormack, Gay Friendly High Schools: Masculinity, Sexuality and Friendship. Oxford University Press.
2012 Anderson, Eric. Foreword to Jorge Knijnik and Daryl Adair’s, Embodied Masculinities in Global Sport. West Virginia University Press.
2007 Anderson, Eric. Foreword to David Nylund’s book, Beer, Babes, and Ball: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio. State University of New York Press.
Journal Articles
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric; *McCormack, M. & *Lee, H.
Male Team Sport Hazing Initiations in a Culture of Decreasing Homohysteria.
Journal of Adolescent Research
Forthcoming Bush, A., Anderson, Eric & Carr, S.
The Declining Existence of Men's Homophobia in Organized University Sport.
Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education.
Forthcoming Adams, A. & Anderson, Eric
Homosexuality and Sport: Exploring the Influence of Coming out to the Teammates of a Small, Midwestern Catholic College Soccer Team.
Sport, Education and Society
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric
I9 and the Transformation of Youth Sport
Journal of Sport and Social Issues
Forthcoming Bush, A., Anderson, Eric. & Carr, S.
The Declining Existence of Men’s Homophobia in Organized University Sport. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education.
Forthcoming Ripley, M., Anderson, Eric, McCormack, M. & Rockett, B. Heteronormativity in the University Classroom: Novelty Attachment and content substitution among gay friendly students.
Sociology of Education
Forthcoming Peterson, G. & Anderson, Eric
Queering Masculine Peer Culture: Softening Gender Performances on the University Dance Floor. Journal of Men’s Studies
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric and Kian, Ti.
Contesting Violence, Masculinity, and Head Trauma in the National Football League
Men and Masculinities
Forthcoming McCormack, M.; Anderson, Eric & Adams, A.
Taking it to the Streets: The Benefits of Spontaneous Methodological Innovation in Participant Recruitment
Qualitative Research
2012 Anderson, Eric, *Adams, A., & Rivers, I.
“You Wouldn’t Believe what Straight Men are Doing with Each Other”: Kissing, Cuddling and Loving. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41 (2):
2011 Anderson, Eric. Inclusive masculinities of university soccer players in the American Midwest
Gender and Education, 23(6): 729-7442011
Adams, A., & Anderson, Eric
The Recognition of Bisexuality in an Unlikely Place (teamsport).
Journal of Bisexuality, 11(1): 3-22
2011 The Decreasing Significance of Stigma in the Lives of Bisexual Men.
Journal of Bisexuality, 11(2): 195-206
2011 Anderson, Eric Masculinities and Sexualities in Sport and Physical Cultures: Three Decades of Evolving Research', Journal of Homosexuality, 58: 5, 565 — 578
2011 Southall, R., Anderson, Eric, Southall, C., Nagel, M. & Polite, F.
An Investigation of Ethnicity as a Variable Related to US Male College Athletes’ Sexual-Orientation Behaviors and Attitudes.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(2): 293-313
2011 Anderson, Eric
Updating the Outcome: Gay Athletes, Straight Teams, and Coming Out at the End of the Decade.
Gender & Society, 25(2): pages to be determined
2010 McCormack, M. & Anderson, Eric
The Re-production of Homosexually Themed Discourse in Educationally-based Organised Sport.
Culture, Health, & Sexuality, 12(8): 913-927.
2010 McCormack, M. & Anderson, Eric
“It’s Just not Acceptable Any More”: The Erosion of Homophobia and the Softening of Masculinity at an English Sixth Form.
Sociology, 44(5): 843-859
2010 Anderson, Eric
‘‘At least with cheating there is an attempt at monogamy’’: Cheating and Monogamism Among Undergraduate Heterosexual Men.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27(7): 851-872.
2010 Anderson, Eric & McCormack, M.
Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory and American Sporting Oppression: Examining Black and Gay Male Athletes.
Journal of Homosexuality, 57, 949-967.
2010 Anderson, Eric & McGuire, R.
Inclusive Masculinity and the Gendered Politics of Men’s Rugby.
The Journal of Gender Studies, 19(3): 249-261.
2010 *Adams, A., Anderson, Eric & McCormack, M.
Establishing and Challenging Masculinity: The influence of Gendered Discourses in Football (soccer).
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 29(3): 278-300.
2010 Anderson, Eric & McCormack, M.
Comparing Black and Gay Male Athletes: Patterns in American Oppression.
The Journal of Men’s Studies, 18(2): 145-158.
2009 Southall, R., Nagel, M., Anderson, Eric, Polite, F. & Southall, C.
An Investigation of the Relationship between College Athletes’ Gender and Sexual-Orientation Attitudes.
Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics 2(62-77)
2009 Kian, T. & Anderson, Eric
John Amaechi: Changing the Way Sport Reporters Examine Gay Athletes.
Journal of Homosexuality, 56(7):1-20.
2009 Anderson, Eric
The Maintenance of Masculinity Among the Stakeholders of Sport.
Sport Management Review, 12(1): 3-14.
2008 Anderson, Eric
“Being Masculine is not about who you Sleep with…”: Heterosexual Athletes Contesting Masculinity and the One-Time Rule of Homosexuality.
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 58(1-2): 104-115.
2008 Anderson, Eric
Inclusive Masculinity in a Fraternal Setting.
Men and Masculinities, 10(5): 604-620.
2008 Anderson, Eric
‘I used to think women were weak:’ Orthodox Masculinity, Gender-Segregation and Sport.
Sociological Forum, (23)2: 257-280.
-Reprinted in (2009) Michael Kimmel & Michael Messner (eds.), Men’s Lives. New York: Macmillan Publishing.
2006 Anderson, Eric
Using the Master’s Tools: Resisting Colonization through Colonial Sports.
International Journal of the History of Sport, (26)2:
2005 Anderson, Eric
Orthodox & Inclusive Masculinity: Competing Masculinities among Heterosexual Men in a Feminized Terrain.
Sociological Perspectives, 48(3): 337-355.
2002 Anderson, Eric
Gays in Sport: Contesting Hegemonic Masculinity in a Homophobic Environment.
Gender & Society, 16(6): 860-877.
EDITED CHAPTERS and CONTRIBUTIONS
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric, Ripley, M. & McCormack, M. Men, Masculinities, and Sexuality. In Melanie Sartore (Ed.) Sexual Stigma and Prejudice in Sport.
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric. Running for Equality. In Ian Rivers & Neil Duncan (eds.), Bullying: Experiences and Discourses of Gender and Sexuality London: Taylor and Francis.
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric. Defensive and Inclusive Masculinity. In David Andrews & Michael Silk (eds.), Physical Cultural Studies: A Constitutive Anthology. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Forthcoming Anderson, Eric. Sport, Hegemonic Masculinity, and the End of Homophobia. In Ben Carrington & David Andrews (eds.), Blackwell Companion to Sport. Oxford: Blackwell.
Forthcoming Peterson, Grant and Anderson, Eric. Queering Masculine Peer Culture: Softening Gender Performances on the University Dance Floor. In Nelson Rodriguez and John Landreau’s (eds.), Queer Masculinities: A Critical Reader in Education. New York: Springer.
2007 Anderson, Eric. Sport on the Navajo Nation. In Richard King (ed.), Native Americans and Sport in North America: Other People's Games. London: Routledge. Chapter 10: 110-129.
2007 Anderson, Eric. Coaching Identity and Social Exclusion. In Jim Denison (ed.), Coaching Knowledges: Understanding the Dynamics of Sport Performance. London: A&C Black.
2006 Anderson, Eric. Pitching for Equality: Gay Athletes and Homophobia. In Prettyman, Sandra and Lampman, Brian (eds.), Learning Culture through Sports: Exploring the Role of Sport in Society. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Chapter 8: 89-102.
2004 Anderson, Eric. The Construction of Masculine Identity in Contemporary America. In Susan Zeiff (ed.) Sport as a Vehicle for Social Transformation. Fountain Valley, CA: Identity Press.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2010 Anderson, Eric & Mark McCormack. The Contemporary Experiences of Bisexual Youth in British Schools.American Institute of Bisexuality. $17,500
2009 Anderson, Eric. The Influence of Decreasing Homohysteria on Bisexual Youth. American Institute of Bisexuality. $25,000
2009 Anderson, Eric. Bisexual Men’s Body Image. Co-recipient with Shaun Filault. American Institute of Bisexuality. $1,000
2008 Anderson, Eric. Bisexual, Metrosexual or What? AIB–U.S.
This research examines the intersection of same-sex behaviors and sexual/gender identity construction among university male football players in England, the United States, and Canada. American Institute of Bisexuality
$30,000
2008 Anderson, Eric. You wouldn’t believe what straight men are doing these days! Center for the Study of Sport in Society. This research examines the changing nature of the significance of straight men kissing in English culture. $1,000
2004 Anderson, Eric. Openly Gay Athletes. University of California Regents Fellowship. This research examines the experiences of openly gay American teamsport athletes. $12,000
2002 Anderson, Eric. Openly Gay Athletes. James Harvey Dissertation Fellowship. This research examines the experiences of openly gay American teamsport athletes. $10,000
2000 Anderson, Eric. Orange County Federation of Gay and Lesbian Organizations, Dennis Cabaret Scholarship. $2,000
Research Interests
Masculinities, Sexualities & Sport