Selected Writing:
“The Body, the Host.” Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Spring 2025.
“Black Girls RUN! and the Importance of Finding a Fitness Community.” Engaging Sports. Fall 2021.
“Track Record: Q&A with Tommie Smith.” Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Spring 2016.
“On Our Own Turf.” Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Winter 2015.
“Coach Wink Hangs Tough.” Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Winter 2014.
Media Appearances:
“The Drawbacks of ‘Black Don’t Crack.’” Oberlin Research Review. Spring 2025.
“The Impossible Youth of Kamala Harris: Aka why does she look so much younger than Tim Walz?” Burnt Toast. Fall 2024.
“Q&A with Dr. Alicia Smith-Tran.” Contexts Magazine. March 2024.
“In the Locker Room with Alicia Smith-Tran, Sociology Professor and Basketball Guard.” The Oberlin Review. Spring 2023.
“BHM: Where Are They Now – Alicia Smith-Tran ’10.” Oberlin College Athletics Department – GoYeo.com. February 2022.
“I’m a Running Researcher: Alicia Smith-Tran.” Featured on Jographies: Geographical Perspectives on Running. June 2021.
“Does Research on Physical Activity Not Include Black Women?” Psychology Today. June 2020.
Quoted in “Creativity Boosts Your Brain.” TCU Magazine. Spring ’20.
Quoted in “TCU’s Dixon creating environment for substantive change.” Frogs O’ War. June 2020.
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