Physical Culture and Sport Studies
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
![Associate Professor Thomas Hunt with Ph.D. students in the Stark Center](https://education.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/khe-pcss-1680x900-1-1024x553.jpeg)
Pursue a Ph.D. in Physical Culture and Sport Studies to prepare for an academic career as a faculty member in Kinesiology and Health Education or another academic field with a research focus in sport and physical culture history, sport policy, and/or sport management. This program brings together the disciplines of sport history, history of physical culture and exercise science, sport and international relations, and sport economics.
About Program
Students admitted to the doctoral program take the basic core courses for the degree and then choose additional courses to develop the research methods and subject knowledge needed to become an academic expert in their research area.
Faculty
![Photo of faculty member Thomas M Hunt](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/thomas_hunt_1565_thumb.jpg)
Examines the intersection of sport and international political history.
![Photo of faculty member Brian M Mills](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/brian_mills_5141_thumb.jpg)
Studies managerial economics in sport relating to the market power of pro sports leagues under three primary branches: industrial organization, labor markets, and public policy and economic development.
![Photo of faculty member Charles Stocking](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/charles_stocking_7977_thumb.jpg)
The History and Philosophy of the Body, Sport, and Physical Culture from Ancient Greece to the Present
![Photo of faculty member Janice (Jan) S Todd](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/janice_todd_1280_thumb.jpg)
Specializes in the history of strength and conditioning, doping, women and sport, and history of physical culture.
Affiliated Faculty
![Photo of faculty member Kimberly A Beckwith](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/kimberly_beckwith_2508_thumb.jpg)
Teaches courses on sport history and strength and conditioning. Research focuses on physical culture history.
![Photo of faculty member Matthew Bowers](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/matthew_bowers_2515_thumb.jpg)
Examines the management of systems for athlete development, including how different sport settings influence performance and participation over the lifespan. Focuses on re-imagining the youth sport experience, with a specific interest in the developm...
![Photo of faculty member John D Fair](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/john_fair_2538_thumb.jpg)
Focuses on the history of sport culture, particularly Olympic weightlifting, and its impact on society.
![Photo of faculty member Tolga Ozyurtcu](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/tolga_ozyurtcu_2600_thumb.jpg)
Studies the historical, philosophical, sociocultural, and political dimensions of sport and physical culture.
![Photo of faculty member Jason Shurley](https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/jason_shurley_7474_thumb.jpg)
The history of physical culture, strength and conditioning, and sports medicine.
Affiliated Center
- Physical Culture and Sport Studies at the Stark Center
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