Ph.D. in Sociology
Dr. Katelyn E. Foltz (she/her/hers) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Mississippi.
She explores how institutions create and maintain social inequalities, thereby promoting exploitation and violence towards marginalized populations. She interrogates the intersections of race, class, and gender in two distinct but overlapping institutions: sports and intimate partner relationships (family). In addition to researching violence as a tool to maintain structures of inequality, she also investigates resistance and activism within these institutions. Dr. Foltz earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2025. Building on her expertise, she is now exploring how gender-based violence and interpersonal violence manifests in higher education and universities.
New Project on Football, concussions, and caregiving
Social Justice in the Community
Here Katelyn discusses the football and concussions through a sociological lens. She also notes the role wives and partners play as caregivers during playing and after retirements when players' bodies begin to fail them.
New Research Project
If you are a spouse or partner to a retired NFL player and would like to be interviewed as part of this study, please fill out this contact form.