As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge.
Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education.
For this week‘s edition (#1352), Bob has selected Heather Reid’s segment. A professor and scholar of the philosophy of sport at Morningside College, Dr. Reid’s segment discusses the commercialization of the Olympic Games.
Heather Reid is a scholar of the philosophy of sport at Morningside College in Iowa https://www.morningside.edu/ and is the author of six books related to sports philosophy and the Olympics.
Reid, who was recently voted distinguished scholar by the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, is organizing a major academic conference exploring the philosophy of sport, to be held in September at the International Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia, in Greece. There, she will deliver the Distinguished Scholar Lecture, which will later be published as an article in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. The title: “Why Olympia Matters for Modern Sport”. She was also recently invited to submit an article for a special issue of the journal Sport, Ethics, and Philosophy, which will focus on the concept of Athletic Heroes that compares modern “sports heroes” with ancient Greek heroes, like Heracles. Professor Reid earned her B.A. at the University of Virginia, and both her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
