Department of Kinesiology

Dean Anderson
Professor

	Office: 207 Forker Building
	Phone: 515-294-3427
	Email: deanf@iastate.edu
	Other Links: Vita

Research Interests

My research is focused on Identity Theory and its application to understanding sports fan and exercise adherence behavior. I am interested in the reciprocal relationship between role identities such as fan or exerciser and behavior. I have also investigated sports career socialization, as well as sexism and racism in sport.

Teaching

I teach courses relating to the sociology and social analysis of sport and physical activity. I have also taught courses related gender roles in sport and social psychological aspects of sport and physical activity.

Service/Outreach/Professional Activity

I have been active in the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the Sport Sociology Academy in AAHPERD, I served as chairperson of the Sociology of Sport Academy in 1986. I am a Research Fellow of the AAHPERD Research Consortium. I have recently served as an ad hoc reviewer for several journals including Journal of Health Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, International Journal of Sport and Exercise, and the International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing.

Personal Interests

Fishing, working with antique furniture, and reading mysteries.