Kaitlin Pericak

Biographic Data

ID4220553
NAMEKaitlin Pericak
GIVEN NAMESKaitlin
FAMILY NAMEPericak
SIGNATUREPERICAK K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oklahoma
ORCID0000-0001-7784-9422
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Global recruitment fields

    Simran Kaur Sethi, Kirsten Hextrum et al.ARTICLELeisure/Loisir2026

    International college athletes (ICAs) are a growing portion of U.S. higher education undergraduate students. Those coming to the U.S. to play a sport and earn their degree face myriad regulatory agencies and restrictive policies that uniquely structure their path to higher education. Yet little is known about how ICAs persist through the extensive U.S. immigration laws, NCAA requirements, and institutional standards, all of which create barriers …

  • Good athlete, bad patient? Navigating life with chronic illness in U.S. collegiate sport

    Caitlin Vitosky Clarke, Eva Rubin et al.ARTICLEQualitative Research in Sport and…2025

    This paper discusses sociological phenomenological challenges faced by chronically ill U.S. collegiate athletes. Using medical sociology frameworks for deviant patients and critical disability approaches to sport, we consider how social sport norms often counter medical advice for chronic disease management, thus forcing athletes to choose between being a ‘good patient’ or being a ‘good athlete’ in the eyes of college sport coaches and sports med…

  • Capitalizing on sport labor migration

    Open AccessSimran Kaur Sethi, Kaitlin Pericak et al.ARTICLEInternational Review for the…2025Cited by: 1References: 34

    International college athletes (ICAs) are integral to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and lie at a particular social location as they are international students and college sport laborers. However, little research examines the discriminatory regulations toward ICAs by the NCAA, its member institutions, and the US federal government. Recent court rulings that permit college athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness (…

  • Our dorm, our home, our friends, family

    Kaitlin Pericak, Fabio Felli et al.ARTICLESport Education and Society2023Cited by: 2References: 7

    This study explores the experiences of international college athletes (ICAs) at a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III (DIII) small private institution in the Southern part of the United States (U.S.). ICAs are an integral part of the athletic and academic community and have been part of the NCAA for over 50 years; however, there is limited research surrounding this population's experience of belonging at Higher Education …

  • How Systemic Racism Shapes Access to Interscholastic Sports and Why It Matters

    Kaitlin Pericak, B P MartinezARTICLESociological Focus2022Cited by: 1References: 8

    Interscholastic sports are an important resource that provides access to social, cultural, and economic capital; however, not all students have equal access to sports in public high schools. Utilizing theories of systemic racism, this study shows how racism affects housing and property taxes, which shapes resources provided in public schools. The authors use the example of interscholastic sports as a school resource to highlight another form of r…