Dr. Courtney M. Cox is an Associate Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES) at the University of Oregon. Her research examines issues related to identity, technology, and labor through sport and wine. She frequently teaches ES 310: Race, Gender, and Sport, ES 460/560: Race, Class, Empire: The Olympics, and ES 399: Oregon Sporting Cultures.
Her book, Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball(University of Illinois Press, 2025) considers how Black women and non-binary athletes maneuver through the global sports-media complex. She is also co-director (with Dr. Perry B. Johnson) of The Sound of Victory, a multi-platform digital humanities project located at the intersection of music, sound, and sport. With Johnson, she is the co-editor of the forthcoming collection The Sound of Victory: Music, Sport, and Society (2026 - NYU Press).
At the University of Oregon, she serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, supporting the doctoral program and graduate certificate. She is also an elected member of the Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee, charged with advising the president on all policies and practices related to the academic performance and welfare of college athletes. She is also affiliated with the University of Oregon Olympic Studies Hub, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, and the Women of Color Project.
She previously worked for ESPN as a Sports Emmy-nominated production assistant (event production) and stage manager (studio directing), Longhorn Network as a stage manager and associate director (studio directing), in public radio for Pasadena’s KPCC as a freelance producer, and as an intern for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
