Sam Schelfhout
Biographic Data
| ID | 669725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sam Schelfhout |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sam |
| FAMILY NAME | Schelfhout |
| SIGNATURE | SCHELFHOUT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2109-1397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Balancing Gender Identity and Gamer Identity
This article examines a terrain in which gender inclusion remains a challenge: competitive esports. In the male-dominated sphere of esports, the underrepresentation of women and nonbinary people often leaves these marginalized groups invisible, with a significant lack of women and nonbinary people competing in top-tier tournaments. We highlight the experience of Wang ‘BaiZe’ Xinyu, a Chinese Hearthstone player who became the first woman to compet…
Lifting ‘Round the World
In the first visit by American athletes to the Soviet Union since World War II, the U.S. weightlifting team included 340-pound Paul Anderson who startled the sports world in June of 1955 by pressing a world record 402 pounds, exceeding that of his Soviet adversary by 77 pounds. The admiration evoked by his colossal size and strength encouraged the State Department to send Anderson and other weightlifters on goodwill tours to counter Soviet expans…
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Lifting ‘Round the World
In the first visit by American athletes to the Soviet Union since World War II, the U.S. weightlifting team included 340-pound Paul Anderson who startled the sports world in June of 1955 by pressing a world record 402 pounds, exceeding that of his Soviet adversary by 77 pounds. The admiration evoked by his colossal size and strength encouraged the State Department to send Anderson and other weightlifters on goodwill tours to counter Soviet expans…
Balancing Gender Identity and Gamer Identity
This article examines a terrain in which gender inclusion remains a challenge: competitive esports. In the male-dominated sphere of esports, the underrepresentation of women and nonbinary people often leaves these marginalized groups invisible, with a significant lack of women and nonbinary people competing in top-tier tournaments. We highlight the experience of Wang ‘BaiZe’ Xinyu, a Chinese Hearthstone player who became the first woman to compet…
Psychology (2 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (2 works) · Admiration (1 work) · Adversary (1 work) · Advertising (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Championship (1 work) · Competitor analysis (1 work)