Expertise:聽U.S. Race & Ethnic Relations, Sex & Gender, Culture, Sport, Education
Dr. Chaplin鈥檚 research interest is with collegiate varsity and recreational sports players. Specifically, Dr. Chaplin studies the collegiate social interactions and experiences of varsity student-athletes and recreational/lay sportsmen/women using a 鈥淕rounded Theory鈥 ethnographic approach. Dr. Chaplin鈥檚 dissertation focused on the everyday micro-level interactions and experiences of pickup basketball players via an analysis of their constructions and negotiations of cultures, structures, and racial & ethnic relations in large and small groups inside a university-sponsored recreational sports facility.
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B.A. in Political Science with a minor/certificate in Race and Ethnic Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
M.Ed. in Multicultural Foundations of Education with an emphasis in Ethnic Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
Ph.D. in Sociology with a focus in Race & Ethnicity, Culture, and Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.