Dr. Sarah Teetzel
Assistant Professor
University of Manitoba
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
112 Frank Kennedy
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8762
Fax: (204) 261-4802
E-mail: sarah.teetzel@ad.umanitoba.ca

Education:

  • PhD (Kinesiology) University of Western Ontario – 2009
  • Diploma in Ethics (Philosophy) University of Western Ontario – 2005
  • MA (Kinesiology) University of Western Ontario – 2004
  • BSc (Kinesiology) University of Western Ontario – 2002

Research Interests

Dr. Sarah Teetzel’s research focuses on applied ethical issues in sport with emphasis on the intersection of rules and values. Her research has recently been funded by the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. Her main areas of interest include:

  • Doping and drug testing in sport
  • Gender in sport
  • Olympic studies
  • Philosophical, historical, and sociocultural aspects of sport

Recent Publications:

Teetzel, Sarah. (2012). “Rules and Reform: Eligibility, Gender Differences, and the Olympic Games.” In Olympic Reform Ten Years Later. H. Dichter and B. Kidd (eds). London: Routledge, 98-110.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2012). “Optimizing Olympic Education: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding and Teaching the Philosophy of Olympism.” Educational Review 64(3): 317-332.

Sailors, Pam R. Sarah Teetzel, and Charlene Weaving. (2012). “The Complexities of Sport, Gender and Drug Testing.” The American Journal of Bioethics 12(7): 23-25.

Sailors, Pam R. Sarah Teetzel, and Charlene Weaving. (2012). “No Net Gain: A Critique of Media Representations of Women’s Olympic Beach Volleyball.” Feminist Media Studies 12(3): 1-5.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2012). “Steroid Scandal in Baseball and the Mitchell Report.” In Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. J. Nauright and C. Parrish (eds.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 395-396.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2012). “Triathlon.” In Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. J. Nauright and C. Parrish (eds.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 412-413.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2011). “Charting the Charter: An Analysis of Eligibility Rules and the Olympic Games.” Olympika 20: 31-54.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2011). “Rules and Reform: Eligibility, Gender Differences, and the Olympic Games.” Sport in Society 14(3): 386-398.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2011). “Steroid Use.” In Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, Volume 3, M.Z. Strange and C.K. Oyster (eds.). New York: Sage Reference, 1405-1406.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2011). “Swimming.” In Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, Volume 3, M.Z. Strange and C.K. Oyster (eds.). New York: Sage Reference, 1428-1430.

Bates, Christopher G. and Sarah Teetzel. (2011). “Technology.” In Sports in America, Volume III. S. Riess (ed.). Boston: M.E. Sharpe, 880-887.

Bates, Christopher G. and Sarah Teetzel. (2011). “Violence.” In Sport in America, Volume III. S. Riess (ed.). Boston: M.E. Sharpe, 930-935.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2011). Review of Bigger Stronger Faster (2008). Written by Chris Bell, Alexander Buono and Tamsin Rawady. Directed by Chris Bell. Magnolia Pictures. Distributed by Videoville Showtime. 106 minutes. Journal of Sport History 38, no. 2: 298-299.

Teetzel, Sarah. (2011). “Divorcing Drug Testing and Sex Testing in Sport." International Network of Humanistic Doping Research (INDHR) editorial. www.doping.au.dk.

Recent Conference Presentations:

Teetzel, Sarah. “The Olympic Charter and the Olympic Ethos: Addressing Potentially Incompatible Rules and Values” Presented at International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS), Glasgow, Scotland, July 19-24, 2012.

Teetzel, Sarah and Charlene Weaving. “Student-Athlete Attitudes Toward Current Anti-Doping Rules.” International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport 2012. Glasgow, Scotland, July 16-18, 2012.

Teetzel, Sarah. “The Olympic Age Rule: Paternalistic and Ageist Considerations.” Presented at the North American Society for Sport History 40th Annual Conference, Berkeley, CA, June 1-4, 2012.

Teetzel, Sarah and Charlene Weaving. “Media, Athlete, and Administrator Perspectives on Doping in Canadian Sport.” Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, November 3-5, 2011.

Teetzel, Sarah. “Regulating Exclusion: An Analysis of Problematic Language Contained in Sports Rulebooks and Charters.” Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity Conference 2011: Creating Change. Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, Minneapolis, MN, November 2, 2011.

Teetzel, Sarah. “Collective Responsibility Applied to Doping in Sport.” Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Rochester, NY, USA, September 8-11, 2011.

Teetzel, Sarah. “The Uses and Abuses of Animals in Sport.” Presented at Sport and the Environment: Philosophical Dimensions, at St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, June 22-25, 2011.

Graduate students:

Sarah is interested in supervising graduate students whose research interests are related to the following topics:

  • Rules and values in sport
  • Drug testing, privacy, and informed consent in sport
  • Implications of current sex testing procedures in sport
  • Acceptable and unacceptable uses of technology in sport
  • Autonomy and athlete’s rights
  • Philosophical, historical, or sociocultural aspects of sport and physical activity

Current Graduate Students:

Olivia Durst

Tara Klimchuk

Elizabeth Hardy

Thyra Shaw

Janice Tilly (with Dr. LeAnne Petherick)

 

Dr. Sarah Teetzel