Dr. Lars Dzikus

Dr. Dzikus teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sport studies including Socio- Cultural Foundations of Sport and Leisure, Sociological Aspects of Sport, and Social Theories of Sport.

His primary research interests lie in globalization and the diffusion of American sports, particularly the history of American football in Germany in its broader socio-cultural context.

Dr. Dzikus has regularly assisted German professional soccer teams visiting the United States, including Hamburg SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and the women’s national team.

Dr. Dzikus earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees in socio-cultural studies in sport from The Ohio State University. As an undergraduate he studied chemistry, physical education, and education at the Universität Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Dzikus is a member of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) and the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS).

Publications

Dzikus, Lars and Torsten Brandt. “Turnen, Tanz und Akrobatik neu verpackt: Cheerleading im Sportunterricht” [Gymnastics, dance and acrobatics in a new package: cheerleading in the physical education curriculum]. Sportpädagogik (30), no.2 (2006): 36-41.

Dzikus, Lars. “American Football in West Germany: Cultural Transformation, Adaptation, and Resistance,” In Turnen and Sport: Transatlantic Transfers, ed. Annette Hofmann, 221–239. Münster: Waxman, 2004.

Dzikus, Lars. “American Football, Deutschland und der Unternehmer: Amerika in unseren Köpfen und Stadien” [American Football, Germany, and the Entrepreneur: America in our Heads and Stadiums]. Sportwissenschaft 32, no.1 (2004): 50–64.

Contact Information

Dr. Lars Dzikus
Assistant Professor

1914 Andy Holt Ave
322 HPER
Knoxville, TN 37996

Phone: 865-974-3340
Email: ldzikus@utk.edu
Fax: 865-974-8981

 

Contact the Department of Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies

1914 Andy Holt Ave.
322 HPER Bldg.
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2700

Phone: 865-974-3340
Fax: 865-974-8981