Brent Hardin

Associate Professor, Adapted Sport
Director, Alabama Disability Sports Program
103 Moore Hall
(205)348-5109
bhardin@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2003

Recent Courses Taught:

HPE 468: Adapted Sport
HPE 538: Advanced Adapted Sport and Physical Education

Areas of Research:

Media Coverage of Disability Sport
Disability Sport Coaching Expertise

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Florida State University, 2000, Adapted Physical Education

M.A., University of Georgia, 1997, Physical Education

B.A., Ambassador College, 1988, Theology – Physical Education

Professional Experiences:

Founder and Director, Alabama Disability Sports Program, The University of Alabama, 2003 – Present.

Assistant Professor of Adapted Sport, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Alabama, 2003 – Present.

Selected Publications:

Hardin, B. (in press). Physical education textbooks and portrayals of disability. PALAESTRA. Accepted for publication in June 2007.

Hardin, M., & Hardin B. (2006). Elite wheelchair athletes relate to sport media.
Chapter in The Paralympics: Elite Sport or Freak Show. London: Meyer & Meyer.

Hardin, B., & Hardin M. (2004). Distorted pictures: Images of disability in physical education textbooks. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. Volume 21, Issue 4.

Hardin, B. (2005). Preparing physical educators for inclusion: Practitioners perceptions regarding teacher education. The Physical Educator. Volume 62, Issue 1.

Hardin, M., & Hardin B. (2005). Performance or Participation…Pluralism or Hegemony? Images of Disability & Gender in Sports ‘n Spokes Magazine. Disability Studies Quarterly. Volume 25, Issue 4.

Selected Presentations:

Hardin, B., Stran, S., & Lorenzi D. (2007, April). Wheelchair athletics: An overview of university wheelchair programs in the United States. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hardin, B., Wheeler, S., & Oh, J. (2006, April). Case study of a successful wheelchair basketball coach. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hardin, B., Bryant, L., Giacobbi, P.R., & Stancil, M. (2006 April). Wheelchair athletes perspectives of the impact of physical activity on quality of life. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hardin, B., Hardin M. (2005, October ). Images of disability & gender in Sports ‘n Spokes magazine. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Winston Salem, North Carolina.