Real Racers Turn in Both Directions: AutoCross, Life Skills, and the Woman Driver

After a career in advertising - some of it spent writing car commercials - Dr. Chris Lezotte earned a master's degree at Eastern Michigan University and a Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University. Now working as an independent scholar, she investigates the relationship between women and cars in a variety of contexts, including women's participation in traditionally masculine car cultures (including motorsports) as well as representations of women, and cars in popular culture. Dr. Lezotte's current project focuses on women's growing involvement in AutoCross - the reason's for women's participation; the methods by which women negotiate entry into a historically masculine environment; and how the AutoCross experience contributes to women's identity, self-knowledge, and empowerment.

This episode is sponsored in part by: The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC), The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH), The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Argetsinger Family - and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

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