Dr. Rachel Ozerkevich is Assistant Professor of Instruction of Physical Culture and Sport Studies in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin. She was previously Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History at Kenyon College. She received her PhD and MA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022,...
Charles Stocking specializes in the history and philosophy of the body, sport, and physical culture from Ancient Greece to the present. He is the author of several books on the relationship between ancient and modern sport including Homer’s Iliad and the Problem of Force (Oxford 2023) and Ancient Greek Athletics: Primary Sources in Translation (Oxford 2021). Charles has also...
Tolga Ozyurtcu, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he serves as chair of the department’s Undergraduate Advisory Committee. At the Stark Center, Ozyurtcu supports Director Jan Todd in development efforts and collaborates with curator Kyle Martin on exhibit...
Kim Beckwith, Ph.D. is the Assistant Director for the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center and an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Kinesiology Department. Kim met Jan and Terry Todd when she enrolled in a weight training class at UT as an undergraduate studying for her degree in Biological Sciences. With their encouragement, she joined the Longhorn Powerlifting...
John D. Fair, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. A native of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, he was educated at Juniata College (B.A., 1965), Wake Forest University (M.A., 1966) and Duke University (Ph.D., 1970). He has also held teaching appointments in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maine,...
Thomas M. Hunt, J.D., Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. As a faculty member in the Sport Management and Physical Culture and Sports programs at UT, he teaches classes in sport history, sport law, sport and ethics, and sport, fitness and mass...
