Dr Catherine Phipps
BA, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Davis, L., Phipps, C., & Pope, S. (2023). The impact of Fallon Sherrock and the increasing prominence of women within professional darts events: A call for future research. Managing Sport and Leisure. Doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2023.2229328

Afroozeh, M.S., Phipps, C., Afrouzeh, A., Mehri, A., & Alipourasiri, Z. (2023) “The spectators ask, is it a boy or a girl? What is it?”: Cultural cisgenderism and trans men’s sporting experiences in Iran. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902231162270

Velija, P., & Phipps, C. (2023) “That's where you start to think like, does anyone actually listen to or watch women's sport?” Gender regimes and students’ experiences on higher education sport courses. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 58(2), 233-252. Doi.org/10.1177/10126902221097824

Phipps, C. (2022) “You belong in the kitchen”: Social media, virtual manhood acts, and women strength sport athletes’ experiences of gender-based violence online. Feminist Media Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2022.2158898

Phipps, C. (2022) “For some people they’d never be able to tick all those boxes”: Exclusion of trans and non-binary identities in university sport policy. In G. L. Witcombe & E. Peel (Eds.) Gender Diversity and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Increasing Inclusivity. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Phipps, C., & Blackall, C.J. (2021) ‘I wasn’t allowed to join the boys’: The ideology of cultural cisgenderism in a UK school. Pedagogy, Culture & Society. Doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2021.2000012

Phipps, C. (2021) Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference 2021. Leisure identities, health, and wellbeing: Conference review. International Journal of Spa and Wellness. Doi.org/10.1080/24721735.2021.1991649

Phipps, C. (2021) Thinking beyond the binary: Barriers to trans* participation in university sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 56(1), 81-96.

Phipps, C., Khomutova, A., & Channon, A.C. (2021) Coaching female combat athletes: Creating positive environments for women and girls. In: J. Wallace & J. Lambert (Eds.) Sport Coaching with Diverse Populations: Theory and Practice (47-59). London, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Phipps, C. (2020) ‘We already do enough around equality and diversity’: Action taken by student union officers to promote LGBT+ inclusion in university sport. Sociology of Sport Journal, 37(4), 310-318.

Moghadam, S., Phipps, C., Thelwell, R., & Weston. N. (2020) Navigating the rocky road: Elite female boxers’ perceptions of their boxing journey. Martial Arts Studies, 9, 71-85.

Phipps, C. (2019) ‘They were constantly harassing us and a lot of it was to do with our sexuality’: Masculinities, heteronormativity, and homophobia in university-based sport. In: R. Magrath, J. Cleland & E. Anderson (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport (359-378). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Channon, A., & Phipps, C. (2017) Pink gloves still give black eyes: Exploring ‘alternative’ femininity in women’s combat sports. Martial Arts Studies, 3, 24-37.

Piedra, J., Ramírez-Macías, G., Ries, R., Rodríguez-Sánchez, A.R., & Phipps, C. (2015) Homophobia and heterosexism: Spanish physical education teachers’ perceptions. Sport in Society, 8(1), 42-55.

Mierzwinski, M., & Phipps, C. (2015) ‘’I’m not the type of person who does yoga’’: Women, ‘hard’ martial arts, and the quest for exciting significance. In: A. Channon & C.R. Matthews (Eds.) Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports. Women Warriors around the World (237-252). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Catherine teaches on a range of undergraduate sociology of education modules including Social and Cultural Issues, Sociology of Education, and Contemporary Issues in Education. She also teaches research methods at the postgraduate level. She is the level leader for MA Physical Education and School Sport.

Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (Solent University, 2019)

Award for Best Conference Presentation: Sport and Discrimination Conference (2018)

Award for Best Conference Presentation: Gender Issues in Sport Conference (2016)

Norbert Elias Prize (University of Chester, 2013)

Ron and Betty Smith Sport Student Research Prize (York St, John University, 2012)

Physical Education and Sports Coaching Dissertation Prize (York St. John University, 2012)

Catherine’s research focuses broadly on gender, gender identity, and sexuality in sport. She is particularly interested in trans inclusion in sport spaces and has published several articles on this topic, specifically around the policies and practices related to inclusion. Catherine has also interviewed elite strength sport athletes about their experiences of online gender-based violence and worked with Dr Philippa Velija on the inclusion of gender knowledge within degree curricula. Catherine is currently working with colleagues in Iran to publish research on trans inclusion in Iranian sport; Afghan refugees’ experiences of sport; disabled women’s sporting experiences; and women’s football fandom.

Catherine is currently working on publications with colleagues in Iran on refugee women’s experiences of sport; disabled women in sport; and women’s football fandom. In addition, she is working with colleagues at Durham University on a large-scale research project focussing on LGBT+ inclusion in youth sport.