License to Thrive

"EQUAL PLAY; TITLE IX AND SOCIAL CHANGE"

Professor Hogshead-Makar is a high profile advocate of gender equity in sports. She is one of the nations foremost exponents of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, particularly within the context of intercollegiate sports. She is a former President of the Women's Sports Foundation (1992-94) and currently serves as its legal advisor. She has testified in Congress numerous times on the topic of gender equity in athletics, written numerous scholarly and lay articles, and has been a frequent guest on national news programs on the topic, including 60 Minutes, CNN, Good Morning America, ESPN. She serves as an expert witness in Title IX cases, and has filed supportive affidavits such as her submission in support of the plaintiff in Mercer v. Duke University and has written amicus briefs representing athletic organizations such as the 2005 Supreme Court case in Jackson v. Birmingham. In 2007 Sports Illustrated Magazine listed her as one of the most influential people in the 35 year history of Title IX.

Her book, co-authored with Andrew Zimbalist, EQUAL PLAY; TITLE IX AND SOCIAL CHANGE, was released in November, 2007 by Temple University Press. Through a collection of the best scholarship, essays, important court cases, administrative regulations, the book tracks how governmental processes have influenced the implementation of one of this country's most important social goals: equality in education, including athletics.

Significant awards recognizing Professor Hogshead-Makar's commitment to athletics and scholarship include induction into the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame in 2001, receipt of an honorary doctorate from Springfield College in 2002, membership in the Hall of Fame for the National Association for Sports and Physical Education in 1993, and in 2003, Billie Jean King presented Professor Hogshead-Makar the Yolanda Jackson Give Back Award at the Women's Sports Foundation's annual event in New York City. In October 2007, she was the Association of College Women Athletic Administrators 'Honor Award' winner.

Professor Hogshead-Makar is Professor of Law at the Florida Coastal School of Law, where she teaches Torts, Amateur Sports Law and a seminar on Gender Equity in Athletics. In 2004, she was awarded 'Favorite Professor' by the first-year students. Professor Hogshead-Makar  earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and is an honors graduate of Duke University with majors in political science and women's studies.