Sports & Human Rights: Amira Rose Davis 

76th Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Sports & Human Rights

Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Live Oak Pavilion A-D | Florida Atlantic, Boca Raton

• 10:30-11:20 am:
  Activist Airwaves: Podcasting as a Tool for Advocacy and Change
  
  
• 3:30-4:30 pm: Keynote:
  The Games We Play: Considering the Politics and Possibilities of Sports and Human Rights
  
  

Amira Rose Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas-Austin where she specializes in 20th Century American History with an emphasis on race, gender, sports, and politics. Recently named a Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader by the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, she is finishing up her book, “Can’t Eat a Medal”: The Lives and Labors of Black Women Athletes in the Age of Jim Crow (UNC Press). Davis is the co-author of the award-winning children's book, Go Wilma, Go! (Bloomsbury Press) with Micheal Long. She has published articles in The Journal of African American History, American Quarterly, Radical History Review, and Modern American History, as well as other journals and edited collections, and has bylines in the Washington Post. The New Republic, L.A. Times, and Slate, among others. 

Davis also provides sports commentary for media outlets including NPR, CNN, and BBC. She has written, produced, and featured in multiple ESPN projects, including authoring, and narrating the digital essay, “Title IX- The Fight Continues,” for which she won a Silver CLIO Award. Davis serves on the advisory board of the Jackie Robinson Museum and the Arthur Ashe Legacy Foundation and co-chairs the American Studies Association’s Sports Studies Caucus. Davis is the co-host of the Feminist sports podcast, Burn it All Down and was the host of Season 3 of American Prodigies: The Rise of Black Girls in Gymnastics.