Scott Brooks
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School of Social and Family Dynamics Wilson Hall 240 Orange Mall Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 7203Campus: Tempe
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Scott N. Brooks is Director of the Global Sport Institute at ASU, and associate professor of Sociology with the School of Social and Family Dynamics, an academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.
As a scholar, Brooks is primarily interested in: youth and sport; inequality in sport, coaching and leadership; and community based sports interventions. He has published in academic journals, edited volumes, and textbooks; been quoted and reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Der Speigel, and SLAM magazine; and invited to speak on the topic of sport internationally. His book, "Black Men Can’t Shoot" (University of Chicago, 2009), tells the importance of exposure, networks, and opportunities towards earning an athletic scholarship. Additionally, Brooks has consulted the NFL, MLB, college and high school coaches and athletes; and is a senior fellow at the Wharton Sports Business Initiative and Yale Urban Ethnography Project.
- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelor’s degree. University of California-Berkeley
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
| SOC 792 | Research |
| SOC 220 | Sociology of Sport |
| SOC 220 | Sociology of Sport |
| SOC 494 | Special Topics |
| SOC 494 | Special Topics |
| SOC 590 | Reading and Conference |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 220 | Sociology of Sport |
| SOC 220 | Sociology of Sport |
| SOC 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SOC 792 | Research |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 792 | Research |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 792 | Research |
| SOC 792 | Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 792 | Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SOC 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| FAS 792 | Research |
| SOC 792 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FAS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SOC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FAS 595 | Continuing Registration |
| FAS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SOC 590 | Reading and Conference |