Tracie Canada
@traciecanada.bsky.social
anthropologist of race and sport | ambivalent college football fan | assistant professor | she/her
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Tracie Canada
@traciecanada.bsky.social
· Feb 25
today is the day! "Tackling the Everyday" is officially out in the world!
only a few are pictured here, but i'm so thankful to the many thinkers and writers who inspired me during this process ✨✨
if you're so inclined to buy (link below), please post, read, share, request, etc!
only a few are pictured here, but i'm so thankful to the many thinkers and writers who inspired me during this process ✨✨
if you're so inclined to buy (link below), please post, read, share, request, etc!
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¡Buenos días, #AMSTD2025 attendees! We're thrilled to be in San Juan for the annual American Studies Association conference!
Drop by our booth to see our wide selection of books on American Studies. And visit our website to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
Drop by our booth to see our wide selection of books on American Studies. And visit our website to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
¡Buenos días, #AMSTD2025 attendees! We're thrilled to be in San Juan for the annual American Studies Association conference!
Drop by our booth to see our wide selection of books on American Studies. And visit our website to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
Drop by our booth to see our wide selection of books on American Studies. And visit our website to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
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So great to be back in The Big Easy for @americananthro.bsky.social's annual meeting! Drop by our booth and check out our latest books in Anthro!
Also be sure to check out our AAA website and find out how to save 40% on our displayed titles: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
#AAA2025NOLA
Also be sure to check out our AAA website and find out how to save 40% on our displayed titles: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
#AAA2025NOLA
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So great to be back in The Big Easy for @americananthro.bsky.social's annual meeting! Drop by our booth and check out our latest books in Anthro!
Also be sure to check out our AAA website and find out how to save 40% on our displayed titles: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
#AAA2025NOLA
Also be sure to check out our AAA website and find out how to save 40% on our displayed titles: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
#AAA2025NOLA
Are you in New Orleans for AAA?
Come to my last book event of the year, where brilliant colleagues have generously agreed to discuss my @ucpress.bsky.social book. Huge thanks to Lee D. Baker, Adia Benton, Chelsey R. Carter, Laurence Ralph, and Todne Thomas!
See you Sunday! 😊
#ABAxTA_NOLA
Come to my last book event of the year, where brilliant colleagues have generously agreed to discuss my @ucpress.bsky.social book. Huge thanks to Lee D. Baker, Adia Benton, Chelsey R. Carter, Laurence Ralph, and Todne Thomas!
See you Sunday! 😊
#ABAxTA_NOLA
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Are you in New Orleans for AAA?
Come to my last book event of the year, where brilliant colleagues have generously agreed to discuss my @ucpress.bsky.social book. Huge thanks to Lee D. Baker, Adia Benton, Chelsey R. Carter, Laurence Ralph, and Todne Thomas!
See you Sunday! 😊
#ABAxTA_NOLA
Come to my last book event of the year, where brilliant colleagues have generously agreed to discuss my @ucpress.bsky.social book. Huge thanks to Lee D. Baker, Adia Benton, Chelsey R. Carter, Laurence Ralph, and Todne Thomas!
See you Sunday! 😊
#ABAxTA_NOLA
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Hello #AAA2025NOLA attendees! A heads up that at 8:30AM tomorrow our very own editor Kate Marshall will be on the following panel:
Event: 1886 - Anthropologists Writing Trade Books
Type: Roundtable/Town Hall
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Sheraton, Napoleon BR B3 (3rd fl)
Event: 1886 - Anthropologists Writing Trade Books
Type: Roundtable/Town Hall
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Sheraton, Napoleon BR B3 (3rd fl)
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hello #AAA2025NOLA attendees! A heads up that at 8:30AM tomorrow our very own editor Kate Marshall will be on the following panel:
Event: 1886 - Anthropologists Writing Trade Books
Type: Roundtable/Town Hall
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Sheraton, Napoleon BR B3 (3rd fl)
Event: 1886 - Anthropologists Writing Trade Books
Type: Roundtable/Town Hall
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Sheraton, Napoleon BR B3 (3rd fl)
I’m honored that the work I do writing for and communicating with multiple audiences has been recognized with an honorable mention for the GAD New Directions Award!
This is special to me because it recognizes a critical element of my scholarship that is often downplayed in academia
This is special to me because it recognizes a critical element of my scholarship that is often downplayed in academia
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’m honored that the work I do writing for and communicating with multiple audiences has been recognized with an honorable mention for the GAD New Directions Award!
This is special to me because it recognizes a critical element of my scholarship that is often downplayed in academia
This is special to me because it recognizes a critical element of my scholarship that is often downplayed in academia
Check out this clip from my interview on @endofsportpod.bsky.social about my book
Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Check out this clip from my interview on @endofsportpod.bsky.social about my book
Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
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‼️Today ICE comes to the NC Triangle
To report activity &/or request support, call Siembra NC’s hotline:
📞 336-543-0352
It’s a 1st line of contact for collective fights & resources for our community
Please share
indyweek.com/news/northca...
Siembra NC Hotline: www.siembranc.org/la-migra-hot...
To report activity &/or request support, call Siembra NC’s hotline:
📞 336-543-0352
It’s a 1st line of contact for collective fights & resources for our community
Please share
indyweek.com/news/northca...
Siembra NC Hotline: www.siembranc.org/la-migra-hot...
Immigration Agents Coming to Raleigh Tuesday, Sources Say
‘It is the city of Raleigh’s understanding that the Border Patrol and ICE are already in Raleigh and that they will be active’ said Mayor Janet Cowell.
indyweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
‼️Today ICE comes to the NC Triangle
To report activity &/or request support, call Siembra NC’s hotline:
📞 336-543-0352
It’s a 1st line of contact for collective fights & resources for our community
Please share
indyweek.com/news/northca...
Siembra NC Hotline: www.siembranc.org/la-migra-hot...
To report activity &/or request support, call Siembra NC’s hotline:
📞 336-543-0352
It’s a 1st line of contact for collective fights & resources for our community
Please share
indyweek.com/news/northca...
Siembra NC Hotline: www.siembranc.org/la-migra-hot...
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College football is defined by “corporeal concern,” explains @traciecanada.bsky.social on @endofsportpod.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
College football is defined by “corporeal concern,” explains @traciecanada.bsky.social on @endofsportpod.bsky.social.
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After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore
Baltimoreans flocked to opening day of “American Sublime,” the exhibition Amy Sherald removed from the National Portrait Gallery this summer.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
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Join Profs. @traciecanada.bsky.social @anandian.bsky.social and me Wed. 10/29 at 3:30 Eastern, for a webinar on promoting our scholarship for a wider impact. Free for @americananthro.bsky.social members, small fee for non-members. Click link to register. #anthropology #publicanthropology #writing
Promoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological Association
Join acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ...
americananthro.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Join Profs. @traciecanada.bsky.social @anandian.bsky.social and me Wed. 10/29 at 3:30 Eastern, for a webinar on promoting our scholarship for a wider impact. Free for @americananthro.bsky.social members, small fee for non-members. Click link to register. #anthropology #publicanthropology #writing
Will you be at the Boston Book Festival today? Come see me at 2pm! I’ll be on a great panel about sports, rivalry, and culture.
More details here: sched.co/27cJa
#BBF2025
More details here: sched.co/27cJa
#BBF2025
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Will you be at the Boston Book Festival today? Come see me at 2pm! I’ll be on a great panel about sports, rivalry, and culture.
More details here: sched.co/27cJa
#BBF2025
More details here: sched.co/27cJa
#BBF2025
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I would point an interested reader and careful thinker to two things.
One, the university recently built another top-down school without student demand or sustainable funding. It isn’t doing so well.
Two, I would point out that sports dynasties are built over generations.
One, the university recently built another top-down school without student demand or sustainable funding. It isn’t doing so well.
Two, I would point out that sports dynasties are built over generations.
Well, the UNC Chancellor is out in Silicon Valley with an interview on this... techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/t...
The man betting everything on AI and Bill Belichick | TechCrunch
UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts is making big bets on AI and Bill Belichick, and he sounds like a Silicon Valley CEO while doing it.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I would point an interested reader and careful thinker to two things.
One, the university recently built another top-down school without student demand or sustainable funding. It isn’t doing so well.
Two, I would point out that sports dynasties are built over generations.
One, the university recently built another top-down school without student demand or sustainable funding. It isn’t doing so well.
Two, I would point out that sports dynasties are built over generations.
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It’s always gratifying to learn that someone else was able to internalize less BS because they encountered my discussion of know-your-place aggression. (And many thanks to friends who made sure I saw this!)
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
I Was The Black Woman In A Mostly White Office. Now I Fear White Liberals More Than Overt Racists.
"When I tried to respond, she raised her hand to stop me. My throat tightened. My shoulders rose."
www.huffpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It’s always gratifying to learn that someone else was able to internalize less BS because they encountered my discussion of know-your-place aggression. (And many thanks to friends who made sure I saw this!)
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
It’s been a busy and fun semester, traveling around to talk about “Tackling the Everyday” (@ucpress.bsky.social), and I’m not done yet 🤓🤓
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It’s been a busy and fun semester, traveling around to talk about “Tackling the Everyday” (@ucpress.bsky.social), and I’m not done yet 🤓🤓
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“Everybody is so caught up in their own research, nobody has the time, even if they agree something doesn’t sound right, to devote to trying to debunk it,” said Smoliga, who now works in Tufts University’s physical therapy program, in an interview. “I did.” Bravo & thank you @jsmoliga.bsky.social
Device claims to protect athletes’ brains, but records reveal doubts at FDA
NFL players wear it. Some coaches and parents swear by it. But does the Q-Collar actually work?
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Everybody is so caught up in their own research, nobody has the time, even if they agree something doesn’t sound right, to devote to trying to debunk it,” said Smoliga, who now works in Tufts University’s physical therapy program, in an interview. “I did.” Bravo & thank you @jsmoliga.bsky.social
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October book club registration is open!
OOYL Book Club: October Selection
'Say Her Name' by Dr. Letisha Brown
www.thefrankiedlc.news
October 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
October book club registration is open!
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Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.
October 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.
Thanks so much to @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social at the @endofsportpod.bsky.social for having me on to talk about my book. This is a wide-ranging conversation that really gets at my main arguments, so I appreciate the time and space.
Give us a listen!
Give us a listen!
Ep. 169: Exploitation and Care in College Football
@nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social are joined by @traciecanada.bsky.social to discuss her new @ucpress.bsky.social book *Tackling the Everyday*.
open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
@nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social are joined by @traciecanada.bsky.social to discuss her new @ucpress.bsky.social book *Tackling the Everyday*.
open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thanks so much to @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social at the @endofsportpod.bsky.social for having me on to talk about my book. This is a wide-ranging conversation that really gets at my main arguments, so I appreciate the time and space.
Give us a listen!
Give us a listen!
Happening today!
NC friends, I have a local event soon!
If you’d like to learn more about my @ucpress.bsky.social book and get a copy signed, join me on Tuesday, Sept 16 at 6pm at Golden Fig Books in CARRBORO
I’ll be in convo with author and documentary producer Javier Wallace
Link below. Come see us!!
If you’d like to learn more about my @ucpress.bsky.social book and get a copy signed, join me on Tuesday, Sept 16 at 6pm at Golden Fig Books in CARRBORO
I’ll be in convo with author and documentary producer Javier Wallace
Link below. Come see us!!
September 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happening today!
Check out my interview with @blackagendareport.bsky.social, where I got to describe my @ucpress.bsky.social book, connect it to what’s currently happening in college sports, and pitch the idea of un-learning the “football team as family” and “student-athlete” narratives
September 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Check out my interview with @blackagendareport.bsky.social, where I got to describe my @ucpress.bsky.social book, connect it to what’s currently happening in college sports, and pitch the idea of un-learning the “football team as family” and “student-athlete” narratives
Happening today!
Atlanta: come out and see us at 6:30pm
Atlanta: come out and see us at 6:30pm
A new semester means new events!
Looking forward to joining @profsuddler.bsky.social in Atlanta in a couple weeks to talk about my book. Thanks to @acappellabooks.bsky.social and the Auburn Avenue Research Library for sponsoring!
If you’re in town, I’d love to see you on September 9 at 6:30pm 📚📖
Looking forward to joining @profsuddler.bsky.social in Atlanta in a couple weeks to talk about my book. Thanks to @acappellabooks.bsky.social and the Auburn Avenue Research Library for sponsoring!
If you’re in town, I’d love to see you on September 9 at 6:30pm 📚📖
September 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happening today!
Atlanta: come out and see us at 6:30pm
Atlanta: come out and see us at 6:30pm
And the traveling begins!
Today I join History & Sociology at GA Tech to kick off their fall 25 Speaker Series. Looking forward to talking to grad students, learning about their Sports, Society, and Tech Program, and discussing my book.
Thanks to their organizing committee for the generous invite!
Today I join History & Sociology at GA Tech to kick off their fall 25 Speaker Series. Looking forward to talking to grad students, learning about their Sports, Society, and Tech Program, and discussing my book.
Thanks to their organizing committee for the generous invite!
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
And the traveling begins!
Today I join History & Sociology at GA Tech to kick off their fall 25 Speaker Series. Looking forward to talking to grad students, learning about their Sports, Society, and Tech Program, and discussing my book.
Thanks to their organizing committee for the generous invite!
Today I join History & Sociology at GA Tech to kick off their fall 25 Speaker Series. Looking forward to talking to grad students, learning about their Sports, Society, and Tech Program, and discussing my book.
Thanks to their organizing committee for the generous invite!