Biography

Senior Lecturer, Communication Studies
Sports Communication and Media
M.S., Towson University

Kate (she/her/hers) is a Senior Lecturer of sports communication in the Department of Communication Studies where she has been teaching since 2013. She helped create the interdisciplinary Sports Communication and Media program that launched in 2018 and is now the largest such program in the country. Her research interests include analyzing gender dynamics within sport—specifically, depictions of athletes in media—as well as portrayals of gender in popular culture texts.

Courses

CMS 04223  Sports Communication, Culture & Identity
CMS 04323  Images of Athletes in Popular Culture
CMS 04327  Women and Nonbinary Identities in Sports Communication
CMS 04370  Political Communication

Recent Publications

Harman, K. (2021). Chapter 11: Kelley O’Hara and lesbian rule: "[H]umdrum, everyday postwin kiss, and that’s what makes it monumental.” In Yanity, M. & Coombs, D. (Ed.), 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Media, Fandom, and Soccer’s Biggest Stage. Palgrave Macmillan.

Harman, K. (2020). Chapter 6: Jumping through hoops: A post-structural gendered critique of magazine covers depicting female athletes. In Fuller, L. (Ed.), Sportswomen’s apparel in the United States: Uniformly discussed. Palgrave Macmillan.

Harman, K. (2019). “Bad at Love": Halsey’s Bisexual Display. Journal of Bisexuality. 19(4).