Chris Shelton is the Chair of the Exercise and Sport Studies Department and the CoDirector of the Project on Women and Social Change. She received her B.S. and M.S.
from James Madison University. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Merida, Venezuela,
1970-72, and is a past president and past executive director of the National Association
for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS). She has been involved with several
international NGO’s that work for gender equity and to expand opportunities for women
and sport. Professor Shelton teaches graduate courses in women and sport, sport
pedagogy, and international women’s sport.
At the undergraduate level, Professor Shelton teaches ESS 100 Introduction to ESS and
ESS 200 Sport in Search of the American Dream. Christine’s research, theoretical and
advocacy work is on equity issues which cross race, gender, and class. Ms. Shelton is one
of the editors of the volume: Women on Power: Leadership Redefined. Her scholarship is
directed toward bridge-building contact between the women’s sport community and the
academic community.