Park, Roberta J.
PARK, Roberta J.
PARK, Roberta J. American, b. 1931. Genres: Philosophy. Career: Teacher in Oakland, CA, 1956-59; University of California, Berkeley, assistant supervisor of physical education, 1959-63, associate supervisor of physical education, 1963-69, supervisor of physical education, 1969-76, associate professor, 1976-80, professor of physical education (now human biodynamics), 1980-, chairman of department, 1982-92, associate of Center for Studies in Higher Education, 1984-; writer. Peter V. Karpovich Lecturer at Springfield College, 1991; Michael Osten, M.D., Lecturer at Catholic University, Leuven, 1992. Publications: (with W.W. Harper, D.M. Miller, and E.C. Davis) The Philosophic Process in Physical Education, 3rd ed, 1977; The Body as Icon and Object: Sport, Exercise, and Gender, 1660- 1980, in press. EDITOR: (with J.C. Harris) Play, Games, and Sports in Cultural Contexts: Readings in the Anthropology of Sport, 1983; (with J.A. Mangan) From Fair Sex to Feminism: Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras, 1987; (with H.M. Eckert) New Possibilities?/New Paradigms!, 1991; (with J.W. Berryman) Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine, 1992. Contributor to anthologies and periodicals. Address: Department of Human Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.