Contact Information
Room 207
504 E. Armory Ave., M/C 504
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Areas
Biography
Dan Gilbert specializes in U.S. labor and cultural history. Current research interests include the history of public employee unionism and the role of sports in the American workplace.
Research Interests
Modern U.S. History
Labor History
Cultural History
Sports History
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
B.A., Wesleyan University
Grants
John T. Dunlop Scholar Award, Labor & Employment Relations Association
Baseball Research Award, Society for American Baseball Research
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Associate Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Associate Professor, History
Recent Publications
Gilbert, D. A. (2018). Consuming Athletic Labor: A Special Issue of JSSI. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 42(3), 151. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723518771401
Gilbert, D. (Ed.) (2018). Consuming Athletic Labor. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 42(3).
Gilbert, D. A. (2018). The Gridiron and the Gray Flannel Suit: NFL Football and the Modern U.S. Workplace. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 42(2), 132-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723518756850
Gilbert, D. A. (2016). Not (Just) About the Money: Contextualizing the Labor Activism of College Football Players. American Studies, 55(3), 19-34. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44982429
Gilbert, D. A. (2013). Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency. University of Massachusetts. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkb8h