Dr. Courtney Boucher is a Research Assistant in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and an instructor for Research Methods in the Kinesiology department at the University of Minnesota. She obtained her PhD from the same university, where she studied Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Sociology.

Hannah Silva-Breen is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at West Virginia University, where she is currently studying to get her PhD in Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology. She is passionate about helping others through mental healthcare, sport, exercise, and education.

In this episode…

Despite the rise of female sports icons in recent years, sports is still a predominantly masculine space. Aside from becoming athletes, what other career options are available for women in the sports world?

Dr. Courtney Boucher and Hannah Silva-Breen are respected researchers and educators in the sports academe. They both began as athletes before finding their passion in studying sports and eventually teaching.

In this episode of the Sports Up Podcast, Meredith Syms hosts Dr. Courtney Boucher and Hannah Silva-Breen. They share their journey from young hockey and basketball players to pursuing sports research and psychology. They talk about their profession and how such career paths in sports are often lesser-known options to students. Lastly, they discuss the lack of female leaders and mentors in sports and how this impacts young and aspiring female athletes.