Derek Van Rheenen, Ph.D. ASC Director		179 Chavez Student Center Berkeley CA 94720-4220
642-0605		dvr@berkeley.edu
Job Description: Director of the Athletic Study Center. In addition to his responsibilities as Director of the ASC, Derek coordinates the Degree Completion Program and the Faculty Athletic Fellows Program.

Background:
Derek earned his Ph.D (1997) in Interdisciplinary Studies, his Master's degree (1993) in Education, and his undergraduate degree in PEIS/German (1986), all from U.C. Berkeley. Derek joined the faculty as a Lecturer in 1997. He has taught courses in American Studies and in the School of Education. He co-coordinates the Athletes and Academic Achievement concentration in the Graduate School of Education. The M.A. investigates the ways in which institutionalized sport both conflicts with and complements the educational mission of American secondary and post-secondary schools. Derek's research interests include literacy development in non-school settings, the connections between sports, culture and learning, and the history of intercollegiate athletics in the American university system. His publications include "Boys Who Play Hopscotch: The Historical Divide of a Gendered Space," "Noncognitive Predictors of Student Athletes' Academic Performance" (with Herbert D. Simons) and "Academic Motivation and the Student Athlete" (with Herbert D. Simons and Martin V. Covington). As an undergraduate at Berkeley, Derek earned Academic All-American honors and played professional soccer for several years following graduation.

Last Updated: 6/21/2007