Dave Wiggins

Dave Wiggins

Professor Emeritus of Sport Studies, George Mason University

Delivering the 2019 CSSOR Distinguished Scholarship address, Dave Wiggins has published scholarly articles, book chapters, and several books on the history of sport, particularly as it relates to the involvement of African American participation in sport and physical activity. Among his publications are: Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America (1997); Sport and the Color Line: Black Athletes and Race Relations in Twentieth-Century America (2004, with Patrick B. Miller); The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport (2003, with Patrick B. Miller); Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes (2006); Rivals: Legendary Matchups that Made Sport History (2010, with R. Pierre Rodgers); DC Sports: The Nation’s Capital at Play (2015, with Chris Elzey); Separate Games: African American Sport Behind the Walls of Segregation (2016, with Ryan A. Swanson); LA Sports: Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels (2018, with Wayne Wilson); and More than a Game: A History of the African American Experience in Sport (2018). Wiggins is also a three-time recipient of the Research Writing Award for outstanding scholarship from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, a Fellow of the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology, Editor of the Sport, Culture, and Society Series of The University of Arkansas Press, and currently President-Elect of the North American Society for Sport History.