Lindey Mean is an associate professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. She is also an affiliated faculty members with the Global Sport Institute at ASU.
Mean's research focuses on the intersection of identities, sport, gender and sexuality, ideology and culture, discourses, language and representational practices across multiple sites and levels of enactment.
She received her doctorate in psychology from the University of Sheffield in England.
Education
Ph.D. Social and Applied Psychology, University of Sheffield, U.K.
B.Sc. Psychology (Honors), Plymouth Polytechnic (now University of the Southwest), U.K.
Graduate Faculty in Communication research areas: sport and diversity, identities and discursive practices, language and re/presentation, ideology and culture
Publications
Meân, L. J. Sport as gender/feminist studies. In A. C. Billings (Ed.) Defining Sport Communication (2017).
Meân, L. J. & Herrera, R. Gendered nations: Media representations of the men’s and women’s U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry. In J. W. Kassing & L. J. Meân (Eds), Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico Soccer Rivalry: Passion and Politics in Red, White, Blue, and Green, (2017).
Coche, R., Meân, L. J., & Guerra, O. Bicultural stress, soccer and rivalry: How Mexican-Americans experience the soccer competition between their two countries. In J. W. Kassing & L. J. Meân (Eds), Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico Soccer Rivalry: Passion and Politics in Red, White, Blue, and Green (2017).
Meân, L. J. Foreword, p. ix-xiii (5 pages). In D. Caldwell, J. Walsh, E. W. Vine, & J. Jureidini (Eds), The Discourse of Sport. Analyses from Social Linguistics. (2017)
Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Meân, L. J. Women training to coach a male sport: Managing gendered identities and masculinity discourses. Communication & Sport (2016).
Meân, L. J. The 99ers: Celebrating the mythological. Journal of Sports Media (2015).
Meân, L. J. Managing ideologies and identities: Reporting the Penn State scandal. Sports & identity: New agendas in communication (2014).
Meân, L. J. Sport websites, embedded discursive action, and the gendered reproduction of sport. The Routledge handbook of sport and new media (2014).
Meân, L. J. The communicative complexity of youth sport: Maintaining benefits, managing discourses, and challenging identities. Handbook of sport communication (2013).
Meân, L. J. Discourses, discursive processes, intertextuality, and identities. Journal of Multicultural Discourses (2012).
Meân, L. J. Empowerment through sport? Female fans, women’s sport, and the construction of gendered fandom. Sport and its female fans (2012).
Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Meân, L. J. "I don’t think I can catch it": Women, confidence and responsibility in football coach education. Soccer and Society (2011).
Halone, K. K., & Meân, L. J. Situating sport, language and culture as a site for intellectual discussion. Journal of Language and Social Psychology (2010).
Meân, L. J., & Halone, K. K. Sport, language, and culture: Issues and interactions. Journal of Language and Social Psychology (2010).
Meân, L. J., Kassing, J. W., & Sanderson, J. The making of an epic (American) hero fighting for justice: Commodification, consumption, and intertextuality in the Floyd Landis defense campaign. American Behavioral Scientist (2010).
Mean, L. J. Making masculinity and framing femininity: FIFA, soccer and World Cup websites. Examining identity in sports media (2010).
Meân, L. J. "Dare to dream": U.S. women’s soccer vs. the World. Opponents: Legendary sport matchups that made sports history (2010).
Meân, L. J. On the lite side? MillerLite's Men of the Square Table, Man Laws, and the making of masculinity. Sport, beer and gender: Promotional culture and contemporary social life (2010).
. Sport, Language & Culture. (2010).
Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Meân, L. J. Standards and separatism: The discursive construction of gender in English football coach education. Sex Roles (2008).
Meân, L. J., & Kassing, J. "I would just like to be known as an athlete": Managing hegemony, femininity, and heterosexuality in female sport. Western Journal of Communication (2008).
Meân, L. J., & Kassing, J. W. Fan identities at youth sporting events: A critical discourse analysis. International Journal of Sport Communication (2008).
H Williams, Lindsey Mean. The conceptualization and measurement of gender diversity. Organizational Research Methods (2004).
Kassing, J. W., Billings, A. C., Brown, R. S., Halone, K. K., Harrison, K., Krizek, B., Meân, L. J., & Turman, P. D. Communication in the community of sport: The process of enacting, (re)producing, consuming, and organizing sport. Communication Yearbook (2004).
Kassing, Jeffrey W (Author) ,Billings, A C (Author) ,Brown, R S (Author) ,Halone, K K (Author) ,Harrison, K (Author) ,Krizek, B (Author) ,Mean, Lindsey Jane (Author) ,Turman, P D (Author) . Communication in the Community of Sport: The Process of Enacting, (Re)producing, Consuming, and Organizing Sport. Communication Yearbook (2004).
Mean, Lindsey Jane (Author) . Everyday discursive practices & the construction of gender: A study at the 'grass roots'. Communication research in Europe and Abroad (2003).
Lindsey Mean. Identity and discursive practice: Doing gender on the football pitch. Discourse & Society (2001).
Goddard, Angela & Mean, Lindsey Jane. Language and gender. (2000).
Williams, H. M., & Meân Patterson, L. J. The effect of team diversity: Does organizational context matter?. 3rd International Workshop on Team Working. London: London University Press (1999).
L.J. Mean. Sport, identities, and consumption: The construction of sport at ESPN.com. Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption (0).
Research Activity
Sport, gender, diversity, youth, identities, discourses, language and representation
Meân, L. J. Attack, defend, exclude: Managing scandals and threats to sporting ideology, identities and power. New Agendas Conference on Sports and Identity, February, University of Texas-Austin, TX (Feb 2013).
Meân, L. J. Attack, defend, exclude: Managing scandals and threats to sporting ideology, identities and power. New Agendas Conference on Sports and Identity, February, University of Texas-Austin, TX (Feb 2013).
Fielding-Lloyd, B., & Meân, L.J. (joint authors). Soccer and 'Team GB': Managing nation and gender in the media coverage of the London Olympics 2012. Summit on Communication & Sport, International Association for Communication and Sport (Feb 2013).
Meân, L. J. What the kids are learning now: Constructing sport, identities and fandom in Sports Illustrated Kids and SIKids.com. Summit on Communication & Sport, March, 2012, Peoria, Il (Mar 2012).
Meân, L. J. What the kids are learning now: Constructing sport, identities and fandom in Sports Illustrated Kids and SIKids.com. Summit on Communication & Sport, Peoria, Il (Feb 2012).
Meân, L. J. Off track and on Oprah: Denials, trials, and redemption-seeking in Marion Jones’ fall from grace. Western Communication Association, Monterey, CA (Feb 2011).
Meân, L. J. & Kassing, J. W. Heroism and disgrace: Commodifying performance in Nike’s World Cup narratives. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, San Diego, CA (Nov 2010).
Fielding, B., & Meân, L. J. Gender problems? Discursive approaches to equality in coach education. Diversity and Equality in Leisure, Sport and Tourism, Leeds, UK (Jul 2010).
Meân, L. J. Sport, identities, and the internet: The construction of sport at ESPN.com. Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV (Mar 2010).
Meân, L. J., & Kassing, J. W. (2008). The re/production of traditional gender hegemony by women athletes: ‘good’ athletes, ‘new sexism’ and Title IX. Third Summit on Communication and Sport, Clemson, SC, USA (Feb 2008).
Mean, Lindsey. It's a man's game: Gender, soccer and the discursive construction of identity. National Communication Association Convention
Fielding, B, Mean, Lindsey. Managing gender diversity in a coaching programme. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey. Communication and sport pre-conference. National Communication Association Convention
Ortiz-Reynoso, A, Mean, Lindsey, Williams, H. Producing and reproducing gender and national identities in diverse teams. European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology
Fielding, B, Mean, Lindsey. Gender moves: Femininity, masculinity, and the spaces between. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey. Enacting, producing and reproducing gender in sport. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey. Sport and Communication. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference
Kassing, J, Mean, Lindsey. Charting the communication geography of youth sporting events: A discursive analysis. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey. Directions for the future: The examination of research within the context of sport(s) and athletics. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey, Kassing, J, Gebhard, K, Burkhart, K. Making mamma and daddy proud: Youth athletes' constructions of parent and fan behavior. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey. Identities, mediated practices and power relations in sport: The hidden perils of a routine cultural site. Critical & Cultural Studies Division. National Communication Association Convention
Fielding, B, Mean, Lindsey. They used to pay me ten pounds a stitch: Heroic, ordinary and rebellious masculinity in English football coaching. National Communication Association Convention
Mean, Lindsey. Comedy football: Framing, blaming and defaming the Women's World Cup. International Communication Association Conference
Mean, Lindsey. Framing the Significance of Sport: Sport as a Foundational Discourse. Communication and Sport Summit
Service
Search committee Assistant Professor, Member (2014 - Present)
Curriculum committee, Chair (2014 - Present)
IGLE (International Education), Member (2014 - Present)
A.A. Communication Studies, Director (2013 - Present)
College Committee on Study Abroad, Member (2013 - Present)
College Committee on Teaching Evaluations, Member (2013 - Present)
MA Communication Studies, Program Director (2013 - Present)
College Curriculum Committee, Member (2013 - Present)
Mass Communication & Society, Editorial Board (2012 - Present)
Mass Communication & Society, Editorial Board (2012 - Present)
Mass Communication & Society, Editorial Board (2012 - Present)