Anika Leslie-Walker

Biographic Data

ID124372
NAMEAnika Leslie-Walker
GIVEN NAMESAnika
FAMILY NAMELeslie-Walker
SIGNATURELESLIE-WALKER A
AFFILIATIONSNottingham Trent University
ORCID0000-0002-8521-5910
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The intersections of race and gendered stereotypes within the constructions of digital women footballers in video games

    Open AccessPaul Ian Campbell, Marcus Maloney et al.ARTICLEIdentities2025References: 36

    This article employs Bogost’s (2007) ‘procedural rhetoric’ frame to explore the ways in which the numerical values which constitute FIFA 22’s ‘Top 100’ Black and White digital women footballers reflect or challenge the exclusionary discourses that have, thus far, shaped the experiences of White and Black female sporting athletes in the social world. In doing so, this research is the first to empirically demonstrate considerable differences betwee…

  • Encourage them to be themselves

    Open AccessDaniel Kilvington, J Lusted et al.ARTICLEEthnic and Racial Studies2025Cited by: 1References: 34

  • Characterising the activity, lifestyle behaviours and health outcomes of UK university students

    Open AccessMatthew J Savage, Eleanor L Procter et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The findings of the current study provide an update on the landscape of UK university students' health and health-related behaviours. Overall, health-related outcomes and behaviours are poor in this population and these data suggest that gender and ethnicity play a role in determining students' health and health-related behaviours. Therefore, these factors should be considered when developing strategies to promote healthy living in the context of…

  • Inclusivity for who

    Open AccessAnika Leslie-Walker, Katie Taylor et al.ARTICLEInternational Review for the…2024References: 77

    This article explores the experiences and identities of minority ethnic women at the UEFA Women's Euros (UWE) held in England in 2022. It does so at a time when women sports fans have become more visible in the historically male-dominated environs of football fandom, particularly in the United Kingdom (UK), and when questions of ‘race’, ethnicity and gender are longstanding, contested elements of British culture and society. Through a Black femin…

  • The Football Association's Women’s Super League and female soccer fans

    Open AccessAnika Leslie-Walker, Claire MulvennaARTICLESoccer and Society2022Cited by: 7References: 7

    The global soccer market has seen a growth in the professionalization of women’s teams and as a result, spectatorship and fandom have augmented. Women’s soccer was historically perceived as a taboo; however, stakeholder support has generated visibility and enhanced commercialization opportunities. The Football Association in England instituted the Women’s Super League (hereafter WSL) during 2010, and the first season commenced in 2011 with eight …