Cheryl Cooky

Cheryl Cooky was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. For a brief time, she lived a half a mile from Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, where she could hear cheers from the stadium. Cooky currently resides “across the border” in Indiana, where she is a professor of sociology at Purdue University. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of gender, sport, media and American culture. She frequently speaks on issues related to gender equality in sports for documentary films, television, radio and podcasts, appearing in over 200 national and international news media outlets. In her spare time, she enjoys walking her dogs Ivy and Lincoln, wine tasting, traveling, and watching sports events.