Email: okh257@eid.utexas.edu
Hometown: Woodstock, IL
B.A. Degree: Lake Forest College
MA. Degree: Baylor University
Current Research Interests: I'm October Heffner, a Communication scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing my PhD. My work focuses on gender, sports, and popular culture, offering unique perspectives on gendered athletic spaces and the influence of gender dominance on culture and space. By utilizing rhetorical analysis, sports communication literature, and rhetorical scholarship, my research aims to provide answers to questions regarding how sport culture and gender interact.
Website: https://www.octoberheffner.com/
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Butterworth
Projected Graduation Date: Spring 2029
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