The political and humanitarian toll of the Olympic Movement has been a topic of study for Pacific Universityʻs Jules Boykoff for 15 years. Boykoff and his writing partner, Dave Zirin, will be in Paris reporting on those issues for The Nation magazine.
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Pacific University Politics and Government Department Chair and Professor Jules Boykoff is a go-to voice of skepticism about the Games, and a particular critic of the choice to award them to Beijing. He offers an overview about these Olympics.
Throughout the controversy over the Tokyo Games, Boykoff has been everywhere. Just this year, he has been cited or interviewed by the BBC, Reuters, the Sydney Morning Herald, the New York Times, NBC, Bloomberg, Time Magazine, the Voice of America, the Washington Post, CNBC, the Irish Times — in short, by every outlet looking for informed criticism of the Olympics.
Nicole George '16 is working to perpetuate and enhance the cultures of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of southeast Alaska.
Paul Snell and Jules Boykoff, colleagues in Pacific's Politics and Government Department, have emerged as important voices as protests for racial and social justice rivet the country.
Jules Boykoff, professor of politics and government, wrote an article about the Portland homelessness crisis on commondreams.org.
Jules Boykoff, politics and government professor, published an opinion piece on coronavirus and the Olympics on NBC.
Politics and Government Professor Jules Boykoff was quoted in a New York Times story about the spread of the coronavirus and how it might affect the coming Olympic Games, scheduled in Tokyo this July.
Jules Boykoff, Professor of Politics and Government, published an article about the Olympics on THINK.
Professor Jules Boykoff wrote an opinion piece for Think, talking about the upcoming Olympic Games.