Katie Lever is a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas, where she researches NCAA rhetoric and policy and was named the 2021 Moody College of Communication Outstanding Doctoral Student. Lever is in the process of writing her dissertation which covers paternalism in college sports and how infantilizing language use can harm college athletes. She has also presented past research on ideology and policy in college sports at national conferences. Katie is a freelance sportswriter, whose work has been featured in FanSided, Extra Points,Global Sports Matters, and Forbes. Her freelance work with 2aDays discusses NCAA policy and sports law and their effect on college athletes. Lever’s debut novel, Surviving the Second Tier, launched in February 2022 and discusses her research, including college athlete abuse, exploitation, health and safety, mental health, and NCAA policy failures, in a fictional dystopian context.

She graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2016 with a B.A. in Communication Studies and in 2018 with an M.A. in Organizational Communication. While at WKU, Lever was a Division 1 athlete running track and cross country and was a two-time Sun Belt Conference champion in track and field (indoor and outdoor). She serves on the Drake Group Board of Directors and resides in Austin, Texas.

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Katie Lever, M.A.  Doctoral Candidate, the University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication Department of Communication Studies

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948261278/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_7ZG6D2S22JPAN088AXJV

2aDays: https://www.2adays.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-lever-941a31180/ Twitter: @leverfever Instagram: @leverfever

 

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