Jennifer E. Bruening
Associate Professor

Dr. Jennifer E. Bruening earned her B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame (1992), her M.A. in English from Morehead State University (1994), and her PhD from The Ohio State University (2000). Bruening spent four years as collegiate student-athlete playing volleyball at the University of Notre Dame. She spent eight years as an athletic administrator and volleyball coach at Kenyon College in Ohio, including two years as athletic director. She has been a part of the Sport Management program at the University of Connecticut since January of 2002 and serves as the Director of the Laboratory for Sport Management. She is also a research fellow with Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society. Dr. Bruening’s research line has focused primarily on the barriers and supports for women and minorities in sport. Dr. Bruening is also the program founder and director for Husky Sport receiving funding from the USDA and the City of Hartford. Husky Sport has both a program and a research component. The program provides mentors (UCONN students) as planners of sessions at a recreation center, an elementary school, and a neighborhood Saturday program that emphasize exposure and access to sport and physical activity, and advocates good nutrition and healthy lifestyles. Research has focused specifically on the impact of such a program on pre-adolescent females and the impact of involvement in such a program on the college student mentors. For more see www.huskysport.uconn.edu

•University of Notre Dame-BA English

•Morehead State University-MA English

•The Ohio State University-PhD Sport Management

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Contact Information: 

Gampel - 211

Phone: (860) 486-5139
Fax: (860) 486-1123

Email: jennifer.bruening@uconn.edu

Office Hours:
T /Th 2-4pm

Mailing Address:
2095 Hillside Road

Current Courses Taught:

EKIN 236W and 381: Sport in Society

EKIN 275/375: Service Learning Through Sport and Physical Activity

EKIN 314: Analysis of Professional Sport

EKIN 315: Analysis of Amateur Sport

EKIN 404, 405, 406 PhD Seminars in Organizational Theory, Organizational Behavior, and Current Research in Sport Management

Honors/Awards:

Provost's Award for Excellence in Outreach and Public Engagement

Associations/Committees/Outreach:

Husky Sport

Contemporary Athletics, Editorial Board

Journal of Sport Management, Ad Hoc Reviewer

UCONN Student-Athlete Advisory Committee EKIN Advisor

Department of Kinesiology Sport Management Undergraduate Coordinator

In the News:

Emeka Okafor Donation to Husky Sport

Areas of Expertise:

Sport Management

Gender and Race in Sport

Qualitative Research

Youth Fitness

Selected Publications/Presentations:

Bruening, J.E. & Dixon, M.A. Situating Work-Family Negotiations within a Life Course Perspective: Insights on the Gendered Experiences of NCAA Division I Head Coaching Mothers. Sex Roles, 58, 10-23.

Bruening, J.E. & Dixon, M.A. The Quest for Work-Family Balance: Managing Role Conflict. Journal of Sport Management, 21, 377-406.

Dixon, M.A. & Bruening, J.E. The Quest for Work-Family Balance: A Top-Down Perspective. Journal ofSport Management, 21, 471-496.

Bruening, J.E. & Lee, M.Y. The University of Notre Dame: An Examination of the Impact and Evaluation of Brand Equity in NCAA Division I Football. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 16 (1), 38-48.

Bruening, J.E. & Cunningham, G.B. Students’ Perceptions of Barriers and Supports in Sport and Leisure Careers. International Journal of Sport Management, 7(4), 445-458.

Cunningham, G.B, Bruening, J.E., & Straub, T. The under-representation of African Americans in NCAA Division I Head Coaching Positions. Journal of Sport Management, 20, 387-413.

Bruening, J.E. Academic Stereotypes of African American Female Student-Athletes: A Qualitative Study. Academic Athletic Journal, 18 (1), 22-35.

Bruening, J.E. Gender and Racial Analysis in Sport: Are All the Women White and All the Blacks Men? Quest, 57(3), 330-349.

Bruening, J.E., Armstrong, K.L, & Pastore, D.L. Listening to the voices: The experiences of African American female student-athletes. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76 (1),82-100

Dixon, M.A. & Bruening, J.E. Perspectives on Work-Family Conflict in Sport: An Integrative Approach. Sport Management Review, 8 (227-253).