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About Bennett Koerber
I received my PhD (2022) in history from Carnegie Mellon University where I studied the histories of sport (primarily college football) and higher education. I am now a senior research associate with Taylor Research Group, a litigation and environmental research company. I am passionate about all things outdoors and LSU Tigers football. Originally from Lafayette, LA, I now live in Pittsburgh and enjoy all the city has to offer!Bennett Koerber graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2022 after completing his dissertation - "Liberal Arts Football: Athletics, Academics, and American Higher Education, 1906-1948”. He is currently a senior research associate with Taylor Research Group, a litigation and environmental research company. He can be reached at bkoerber@andrew.cmu.edu.
NBN Episodes hosted by Bennett:
July 30, 2023
The Imperial Gridiron
The Imperial Gridiron: Manhood, Civilization, and Football at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) examines the …
April 14, 2023
Beyond the Black Power Salute
Unequal opportunity sparked Jim Brown's endeavors to encourage Black development while Billie Jean King fought so that women tennis players could earn…
March 3, 2023
Dixieball
In Dixieball: Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South, 1947-1979 (U Tennessee Press, 2019), Thomas Aiello considers the cultural function o…
November 2, 2022
The Origins of Southern College Football
College football is a massive enterprise in the United States, and southern teams dominate poll rankings and sports headlines while generating billion…
September 19, 2022
From Football to Soccer
Across North America, native peoples and colonists alike played a variety of kicking games long before soccer's emergence in the late 1800s. Brian D. …