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“Sports,
Men & Masculinity: A Super Bowl of Violence” Is Topic Of
Lecture at Pomona College
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 Five days before Americans gather to watch the Super Bowl,
Pomona College will host a lecture on “Sports, Men &
Masculinity: A Super Bowl of Violence” by Michael Messner,
the author of Taking the Field: Men, Women and Sports.
Messner will discuss how the sports media provides boys and
men with messages about masculinity.
The February 1 lecture will begin at 11 a.m. and be held in
Pomona’s Hahn Building (Room101), 420 N. Harvard Ave.,
Claremont. It is the first of a five-part lecture series on
“Playing the Game: Social Forces in Sports,” sponsored by
the Pomona College departments of Sociology and Physical
Education/Athletics. For more information, call (909)
607-3026.
Messner, well-known for his research on Super Bowl
advertisement and violence, is the author of several books
including Men's Lives (2004), Taking the Field: Women, Men,
and Sports (2002), Paradoxes of Youth and Sport (2002), and
Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity (1995).
His articles have appeared in Gender & Society, Theory &
Society, Men and Masculinities and Sociology of Sport
Journal. He has conducted several studies of gender in
sports media for the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los
Angeles and for Children Now. Messner is a professor of
sociology at the University of Southern California and a
past president of the North American Society for the
Sociology of Sport.
A second lecture in February will examine “Chemistry,
Performance Enhancement and the Olympics.” This lecture will
be given on February 15, at 11 a.m., by Dr. Don Catlin, who
runs the only drug-testing lab in the United States
accredited by the International Olympic Committee.
Catlin’s lab is where the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the NFL
and the NCAA send urine to be analyzed using a method called
gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In the summer of 2003,
Catlin 'discovered' the designer steroid
tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) in a used syringe sent
anonymously, resulting in the BALCO-lab scandal that has
rocked the world of sport. A UCLA associate professor of
medicine and pharmacology, Catlin will talk about his
research and findings, as well as the legal fallout that has
resulted from his work.
The talk will be held in Pomona’s Seaver North auditorium,
645 North Colleges Ave., Claremont. It is co-sponsored by
Pomona College’s departments of Chemistry and Physical
Education/Athletics, and is being supported by the Hart
Institute of Pomona College. For more information, call
(909) 621-8429 or email kreynolds@pomona.edu.
Pomona College, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offers a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships between
students and faculty, and a range of opportunities for
student research. For more information on Pomona College,
visit its Website at www.pomona.edu.
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