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Research Description
My work encompasses a broad range of interdisciplinary work within the Sociology of Health. I was trained in Anthropology for my BA and in cultural studies and sport sociology for my Ph.D. in Kinesiology and Community Health at UIUC.
My primary research agenda is focused on the use of exercise interventions as a solution for health issues such as depression and anxiety. I am concerned with how exercise science researchers conceptualize their research participants, the diseases in question, exercise, and the relationship between the disease and exercise. I am interested in the production of knowledge in this area and how it impacts social perceptions of people with mental illness, particularly in relation to the perception of mental illness as an economic burden and the promotion of individualized self-care.
Using my background in sport sociology and sociology of mental health, I have collaborated frequently on topics related to health and physical activity including college athletics contexts.
Education
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Additional Campus Affiliations
Teaching Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Teaching Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences
Teaching Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
Recent Publications
Fu, Y., Clarke, C. V., Van Moer, M., & Schneider, J. (2024). Exploring evidence selection with the inclusion network. Quantitative Science Studies, 5(1), 219-245. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00287
Adamson, B., DiFilippo, K., Frasca, E., & Clarke, C. V. (2023). Using Autoethnographic Writing to Teach Critical Thinking in Health Behavior Theory Courses. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 9(4), 258-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799231174247
Clarke, C. V., & Adamson, B. C. (2023). A syndemics approach to exercise is medicine. Health (United Kingdom), 27(3), 323-344. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593211021481
Clarke, C. V., Pericak, K., Adamson, B. C., & Mahoney, K. (2023). A Syndemics Approach to NCAA Collegiate Sport Participation During COVID-19. In D. L. Andrews, H. Thorpe, & J. I. Newman (Eds.), Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times: COVID Assemblages (pp. 569-596). (Global Culture and Sport Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14387-8_23
Pericak, K., & Clarke, C. V. (2023). Embodied regulation: the case of women collegiate athletes. Sport in Society, 26(12), 1957-1978. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2023.2225449