Ms Evdokia Pappa
PhD Researcher (Sociology of Sport)
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
About Evdokia
Evi is studying part time for a her PhD under the supervision of Dr Laura Hills and Dr Eileen Kennedy and is aiming to submit this year. Her research is a sociological examination of media constructionn of Olympic Drug Scandals with reference to media coverage of the games in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008). Evi has used the theoretical tools of moral panic, moral regulation and governmentality for her data analysis and as the basis to discuss her findings.
Her research interest is a long standing one which included the successful completion of an MA in Criminology from Middlesex University during which she interviewed competitive athletes who had used performance-enhancing drugs. These interviewes enhanced Evi's understanding of the use of drugs in competitive sport as well the perspectives and experiences of the drug-users themselves.
Outside of her research, Evi has taught on various undergraduate degree programmes and completed a PGCert degree in Higher Education. She has also presented at international conferences, the most recent in August 2011 a the Anti Doping and Moral Panic or Rational Policy Conference hosted by Aarhus University. Evi's abstract was entitled "Rethinking Moral Panic in the Presence and Absence of Olympic Doping Scandals".
You can also contact Evi at evdokiapappa@gmail.com
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Investigating the depiction of soping in sport and its implications;
- Contemporary conceptualizations of moral panics;
- Foucauldian governmentality;
- Motives for the use of doping substances in sport.
Recent publications are:
Pappa, E. and Kennedy, E. (Under Review) "Rethinking moral panic in the media representation of Olympic doping scandals";
Pappa, E. & Kennedy, E. (In Press) "It was my thought...he made it a reality: normalization and responsibility in athletes' accounts of performance enhancing drug use";
Kennedy, E. and Pappa, E. (2011) "Positioning the body from fashion to performance: the discursive construction of exercise in women's lifestyle and fitness magazines" in Kennedy. E and Markula, P. (eds.) Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism, London: Routledge.
