Kristin Wells
M.A. Student | Graduate Assistant
Contact Information
Research and Creative Interests
- Sports Media
- Social Movements
- News Media and Politics
- Public activism
- journalism history
- media history
- Media Historiography
- Sports and Race
- Documentary
- Sport documentary
Biography
Kristin Wells is a second year M.A. student at IU, and her research interests revolve around the role of sport and media cultures as they intersect with social movements. She researches sport history, historiography, collegiate athletics, and sport documentary. She graduated from the University of Tulsa with Bachelor’s degrees in Media Studies and Spanish. Her experience working in a newsroom, doing policy and advocacy in the nonprofit sector, and fostering a lifelong love of sports help inform her research.