Christina Kwauk
Biographic Data
| ID | 370455 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Kwauk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwauk |
| SIGNATURE | KWAUK C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4587-6762 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Climate emotions and climate justice
Global policy discourse increasingly frames sport, leisure, and recreation as tools for advancing climate justice alongside education, health, and social cohesion. While initiatives such as the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework highlight sport's potential to address the climate crisis, little is known about how SDP can foster meaningful climate action – defined as actions that contribute to transformative and equitable climate so…
A green skills framework for climate action, gender empowerment, and climate justice
Marcher sur l’eau
Gender equality and climate justice programming for youth in low- and middle-income countries
Climate change threatens hard won progress in the education and life outcomes of adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by compounding the harmful effects of gender inequality and poverty. In recent years, there has been a rise in global advocacy for gender transformative education for climate justice that addresses the underlying gender inequalities driving climate vulnerability for adolescent girls in LMICs. But, has the i…
Bringing in “Outside” Voices
Attention to menstrual hygiene management in schools
Let them see a different path’
Drawing on ethnographic data collected over 12 months of field research, this paper contributes to the growing body of literature on sport for development (SFD) by giving voice to alternative constructions of the educative potential of SFD. It does this by exploring the social attitudes of youth, educators, community leaders and government officials in the Pacific island nation of Sāmoa towards sport, education and development. Imagining sport to…
Producing Markets, Producing People
In the context of rising rates of metabolic disorders and global attention to the “obesity epidemic” in Oceania, public health in Samoa tends to focus on multi-sectoral efforts to increase vegetable consumption and production. To understand better what non-health officials thought about food environments and health, we sought out a group of food actors (food trade and agricultural entrepreneurs, distributors, producers and food policy practitione…
No Longer Just a Pastime
In the midst of a noncommunicable disease (ncd) crisis, sport has emerged as a popular public health strategy across Oceania. Promising to turn unhealthy, obese bodies into fit, productive bodies, sport-based health programs are supposed to contribute to the economic development of Pacific Island nations. In Sāmoa, however, these efforts have been complicated by an existing web of meaning entangling sport within the transnational realities of Sam…
The new abolitionists? The World Bank and the 'boldness' of global school fee elimination reforms
This article explores the ambiguity within the World Bank's (WB) stance on primary school fees by examining the recently launched school fee abolition initiative. Drawing on key texts from this initiative and two decades of WB educational policy, we suggest that the discursive work around school fees performed by the Bank is a reflection of broader historical shifts in its representation as a development institution. Our three-part analysis shows…
Obesity and the healthy living apparatus
In lieu of increased international attention on high rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, this paper examines the discourse strategies employed in three international health and fitness documents that enable the international community to problematize and to govern the lifestyles of Pacific Islanders. I draw specifically upon Fairclough's [(2001). Language and power (2nd ed). Essex: Pearson Education Limited] tools of discourse analysis to he…
Sport and Development
Development' has become both a watchword and a fascination in sporting circles worldwide. Yet sport officials, policy makers, and advocates often have relatively unsophisticated understandings of development and the role of sport therein. This can result in programs and initiatives that are unfocused, ineffective, or even counterproductive. Drawing on critical theory and informed by our own research on sport-based social programs, the authors att…
Goal! The Dream Begins
Intertwining a narrative about international soccer with a narrative about an illegal Mexican immigrant footballer, the new soccer film, ‘Goal! The Dream Begins’ demonstrates what it means for modern sport to be truly ‘global’ in a world where individuals are increasingly multinational. The film brings a story of immigration into the discourse, illuminating how modern sport has moved beyond the traditional notions of muscular Christianity and int…
Sport and Development
Development' has become both a watchword and a fascination in sporting circles worldwide. Yet sport officials, policy makers, and advocates often have relatively unsophisticated understandings of development and the role of sport therein. This can result in programs and initiatives that are unfocused, ineffective, or even counterproductive. Drawing on critical theory and informed by our own research on sport-based social programs, the authors att…
No Longer Just a Pastime
In the midst of a noncommunicable disease (ncd) crisis, sport has emerged as a popular public health strategy across Oceania. Promising to turn unhealthy, obese bodies into fit, productive bodies, sport-based health programs are supposed to contribute to the economic development of Pacific Island nations. In Sāmoa, however, these efforts have been complicated by an existing web of meaning entangling sport within the transnational realities of Sam…
Producing Markets, Producing People
In the context of rising rates of metabolic disorders and global attention to the “obesity epidemic” in Oceania, public health in Samoa tends to focus on multi-sectoral efforts to increase vegetable consumption and production. To understand better what non-health officials thought about food environments and health, we sought out a group of food actors (food trade and agricultural entrepreneurs, distributors, producers and food policy practitione…
Let them see a different path’
Drawing on ethnographic data collected over 12 months of field research, this paper contributes to the growing body of literature on sport for development (SFD) by giving voice to alternative constructions of the educative potential of SFD. It does this by exploring the social attitudes of youth, educators, community leaders and government officials in the Pacific island nation of Sāmoa towards sport, education and development. Imagining sport to…
Obesity and the healthy living apparatus
In lieu of increased international attention on high rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, this paper examines the discourse strategies employed in three international health and fitness documents that enable the international community to problematize and to govern the lifestyles of Pacific Islanders. I draw specifically upon Fairclough's [(2001). Language and power (2nd ed). Essex: Pearson Education Limited] tools of discourse analysis to he…
Gender equality and climate justice programming for youth in low- and middle-income countries
Climate change threatens hard won progress in the education and life outcomes of adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by compounding the harmful effects of gender inequality and poverty. In recent years, there has been a rise in global advocacy for gender transformative education for climate justice that addresses the underlying gender inequalities driving climate vulnerability for adolescent girls in LMICs. But, has the i…
The new abolitionists? The World Bank and the 'boldness' of global school fee elimination reforms
This article explores the ambiguity within the World Bank's (WB) stance on primary school fees by examining the recently launched school fee abolition initiative. Drawing on key texts from this initiative and two decades of WB educational policy, we suggest that the discursive work around school fees performed by the Bank is a reflection of broader historical shifts in its representation as a development institution. Our three-part analysis shows…
Goal! The Dream Begins
Intertwining a narrative about international soccer with a narrative about an illegal Mexican immigrant footballer, the new soccer film, ‘Goal! The Dream Begins’ demonstrates what it means for modern sport to be truly ‘global’ in a world where individuals are increasingly multinational. The film brings a story of immigration into the discourse, illuminating how modern sport has moved beyond the traditional notions of muscular Christianity and int…
Obesity and the healthy living apparatus
In lieu of increased international attention on high rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, this paper examines the discourse strategies employed in three international health and fitness documents that enable the international community to problematize and to govern the lifestyles of Pacific Islanders. I draw specifically upon Fairclough's [(2001). Language and power (2nd ed). Essex: Pearson Education Limited] tools of discourse analysis to he…
Sport and Development
Development' has become both a watchword and a fascination in sporting circles worldwide. Yet sport officials, policy makers, and advocates often have relatively unsophisticated understandings of development and the role of sport therein. This can result in programs and initiatives that are unfocused, ineffective, or even counterproductive. Drawing on critical theory and informed by our own research on sport-based social programs, the authors att…
The new abolitionists? The World Bank and the 'boldness' of global school fee elimination reforms
This article explores the ambiguity within the World Bank's (WB) stance on primary school fees by examining the recently launched school fee abolition initiative. Drawing on key texts from this initiative and two decades of WB educational policy, we suggest that the discursive work around school fees performed by the Bank is a reflection of broader historical shifts in its representation as a development institution. Our three-part analysis shows…
No Longer Just a Pastime
In the midst of a noncommunicable disease (ncd) crisis, sport has emerged as a popular public health strategy across Oceania. Promising to turn unhealthy, obese bodies into fit, productive bodies, sport-based health programs are supposed to contribute to the economic development of Pacific Island nations. In Sāmoa, however, these efforts have been complicated by an existing web of meaning entangling sport within the transnational realities of Sam…
Producing Markets, Producing People
In the context of rising rates of metabolic disorders and global attention to the “obesity epidemic” in Oceania, public health in Samoa tends to focus on multi-sectoral efforts to increase vegetable consumption and production. To understand better what non-health officials thought about food environments and health, we sought out a group of food actors (food trade and agricultural entrepreneurs, distributors, producers and food policy practitione…
Let them see a different path’
Drawing on ethnographic data collected over 12 months of field research, this paper contributes to the growing body of literature on sport for development (SFD) by giving voice to alternative constructions of the educative potential of SFD. It does this by exploring the social attitudes of youth, educators, community leaders and government officials in the Pacific island nation of Sāmoa towards sport, education and development. Imagining sport to…
Attention to menstrual hygiene management in schools
Bringing in “Outside” Voices
A green skills framework for climate action, gender empowerment, and climate justice
Marcher sur l’eau
Gender equality and climate justice programming for youth in low- and middle-income countries
Climate change threatens hard won progress in the education and life outcomes of adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by compounding the harmful effects of gender inequality and poverty. In recent years, there has been a rise in global advocacy for gender transformative education for climate justice that addresses the underlying gender inequalities driving climate vulnerability for adolescent girls in LMICs. But, has the i…
Climate emotions and climate justice
Global policy discourse increasingly frames sport, leisure, and recreation as tools for advancing climate justice alongside education, health, and social cohesion. While initiatives such as the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework highlight sport's potential to address the climate crisis, little is known about how SDP can foster meaningful climate action – defined as actions that contribute to transformative and equitable climate so…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)