Assistant Professor
University of Manitoba
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
112 Frank Kennedy
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8762
Fax: (204) 261-4802
E-mail: teetzel@cc.umanitoba.ca

Education:

• PhD (Kinesiology) University of Western Ontario – 2009
• Diploma in Ethics (Philosophy) University of Western Ontario – 2005
• MA (Kinesiology) University of Western Ontario – 2004
• BSc (Kinesiology) University of Western Ontario – 2002

Research Interests:

Dr. Sarah Teetzel’s research examines the intersection of rules and values in sport. In collaboration with Dr. Charlene Weaving (St. Francis Xavier University) she is examining whether doping is a gendered practice and whether gender effects are present and taken into account in current anti-doping programs. This project is funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Her main areas of interest include:

• Applied ethics (sport, health, physical activity)
• Gender in sport
• Doping and technology
• Olympic studies
• Philosophical, historical, and sociocultural aspects of sport

Recent Publications:

Teetzel, S. (2011). "Rules and reform: eligibility, gender differences, and the Olympic Games." Sport in Society. 14(3), 386-398.

Teetzel, S. (2009). “Respecting privacy in detecting illegitimate enhancements in athletes.” In Claudio Tamburrini and Torbjörn Tännsjö (Eds.), The Ethics of Sports Medicine. London: Routledge.

Teetzel, S. (2009). “El dopaje en el deporte juvenil: un examen de la privacidad y la autonomía” In C. R. Torres(Ed.), Niñez, Deporte y Actividad Física: Reflexiones Filosóficas sobre una Relación Compleja.(pp. 41-60). Buenos Aires: Miño y Dávila Editores.

Teetzel, S. (2008). “Privacy and doping in youth sports.” In A. J. Schneider, S. Teetzel, M. Capobianco, and G. Bardwell (Eds.), Children, Sport, and Physical Activity: Philosophical Dimensions (pp. 236-241). London, ON: The University of Western Ontario.

Teetzel, S. (2007). “Respecting privacy in detecting illegitimate enhancements in athletes.” Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 1(2), 159-170.

Teetzel, S. (2007). “Sports, medicine, and the emergence of sports medicine in the Olympic Games: the Canadian example.” Journal of Sport History 34(1), 401-413.

Teetzel, S. (2007). “On transgendered athletes, fairness and doping.” In A. J. Schneider and F. Hong (Eds.), Doping in Sport: Global Ethical Issues (pp. 51-75). London: Routledge.

Teetzel, S. (2006). “Sharing the blame: complicity, conspiracy, and collective responsibility in sport.” Acta Gymnica 36(2), 85-94.

Teetzel, S. (2006). “Equality, equity, and inclusion: Issues in women and transgendered athletes’ participation at the Olympics.” In N. Crowther, M. Heine, and R. K. Barney (Eds.). Cultural Imperialism in Action: Critiques in the Global Olympic Trust (pp. 331-338). London, ON: International Centre for Olympic Studies.

Teetzel, S. (2006). “On transgendered athletes, fairness, and doping: an international challenge.” Sport in Society 9(2), 227-251.

Research Reports:

Teetzel, S. (2009). Value acquisition through sport. Submitted to the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

Teetzel, S. (2006). Transgendered athletes and sport. Submitted to Foundations: Consultants on Ethics and Values, and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

Teetzel, S. (2006). Asset Building Champions and True Sport – A movement in search of a foundation? Submitted to Foundations: Consultants on Ethics and Values, and the True Sport Secretariat.

Recent Conference Presentations:

Teetzel, S. (2009). Reinterpreting rules to challenge the gender binary in Olympic sports. Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference. Ottawa, November 4-7, 2009.

Teetzel, S. (2009). Are Olympic eligibility rules justifiable? Presented at the 37th annual meeting of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. Seattle University, August 27-30, 2009.

Teetzel, S. (2009). Technology and the Olympic Games. Presented at Technology and Sport: Philosophical Dimensions. Vancouver, May 29-31, 2009.

Teetzel, S. (2009). Auxiliary rules of reform. Presented at Olympic Reform: A Ten-Year Review. University of Toronto, May 18-20, 2009.

Teetzel, S. & Bardwell, G. (2008). Gender policies in sport: Lessons learned from past injustices. Presented at To Remember is to Resist: Forty Years of Sport and Social Change. University of Toronto, May 19-22, 2008.

Teetzel, S. & Weaving, C. (2008). Ladies first: Controlling Canadian women athletes through chaperoning. Presented at the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) 36th annual conference, Lake Placid, New York, May 23-26, 2008.

Courses taught in 2009-2010:
PERS 3460 – Sociology of Physical Activity and Leisure
KIN / REC 3340 – Philosophy of Physical Activity and Leisure

Graduate students:

Sarah is interested in supervising master’s students whose research interests are related to the following topics:

• Rules and values in sport
• Drug testing, privacy, and informed consent in sport
• Implications of current sex testing procedures in sport
• Tensions faced by transgender athletes competing at the elite level of sport
• Acceptable and unacceptable uses of technology in sport
• Autonomy and athlete’s rights
• Philosophical, historical, or sociocultural aspects of sport and physical activity