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Ann Hall <m.ann.hall@ualberta.ca> University of Alberta |
| Address: | 9658 86 Ave Edmonton, Alberta T6C 1J9 Canada |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-Sport |
| Interests: | Canadian History / Studies Sport Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
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Bio: Ann Hall was educated at Queen’s University (BA, BPHE), the University of Alberta (MA) and the University of Birmingham (PhD). In 1968 she joined the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta, where she remained until her retirement in 1997 as Professor Emeritus. She is also a former Chair of the Women’s Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts. She continues to be an active scholar through writing, editorial work, occasional teaching, conference presentations, and volunteer work. Her most recent books include: "The Grads Are Playing Tonight!: The Story of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club" (University of Alberta Press, forthcoming); "Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sport" (James Lorimer, 2008); and "The Girl and the Game: A History of Women’s Sport in Canada" (Broadview Press, 2002). She is currently working on a biography of Geneva Misener (1877-1961), an early feminist and the first woman to be hired as a professor at the University of Alberta. |
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