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Jules Boykoff (born September 11, 1970) is an American academic, author, poet, and former athlete. He is a former professional soccer player. His research focuses on the politics of the
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suppression of dissent Dissent is an opinion, philosophy or sentiment of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or policy enforced under the authority of a government, political party or other entity or individual. A dissenting person may be referre ...
, and the role of the mass media in
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, especially regarding coverage of climate change issues. Boykoff has written four books on the Olympic Games, and he has written essays in ''
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,'' and '' Jacobin''. He has appeared on
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Life and work


Soccer career

At the college level, Boykoff played two years for the University of Wisconsin before crossing to the
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. After graduating he was drafted in 1993 by indoor soccer team
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of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). He also played with National Professional Soccer League team
Milwaukee Wave The Milwaukee Wave is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1984, they have been the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in the United States and are seven-time league champions, m ...
. In all he played four seasons of indoor professional soccer. At the age of 19, he played for the
United States men's national under-23 soccer team The United States U-23 men's national soccer team, also known as the United States men's Olympic soccer team, is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is qualification into and competition at the quadri ...
in the
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Toulon Tournament The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...
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entered the 1990, 1991 and 1992 editions in preparation for the
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football tournament.


Academic career

Boykoff is currently a professor of Politics and Government at
Pacific University Pacific University is a private university in Forest Grove, Oregon. Founded in 1849 as the Tualatin Academy, the original Forest Grove campus is west of Portland. The university maintains three other campuses in Eugene, Hillsboro, and Wo ...
, Oregon. In 2007 and 2009, students selected him as recipient of the Trombley Award for teaching excellence. He also held a visiting professor position at
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during the 2004–2005 school year."Sochi Games Are Apt Venue for Athlete Activism"
/ref> Common course topics taught by Boykoff include US politics, the politics of surveillance, mass-media and politics, and the politics of literature and poetry. In November 2006, he spoke at the
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in Nairobi, Kenya, "COP 12".OregonLive.com's Printer-Friendly Page
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mentioned work Boykoff co-authored with his brother Maxwell Boykoff (Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute) on US media coverage of global warming. Boykoff is also co-editor of ''The Tangent'', a politics and art
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, and runs The Tangent Reading Series in Portland, Oregon.


Critique of the Olympic Games

Boykoff has been called “one of the biggest names in international Olympic Games academia" and is known for his informed criticism of the Olympic Games. Common themes in Boykoff's Olympics work include Cost of the Olympic Games, overspending, List of Olympic Games scandals and controversies, corruption, militarization of the public sphere and Militarization of police, police, gentrification, and greenwashing. Boykoff lived in London in the lead up to and during the 2012 Summer Olympics and in Rio de Janeiro as a Fulbright Program, Fulbright scholar during preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In July 2019 he interviewed two women in Tokyo who were displaced by the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. In June 2021 Boykoff debated Dick Pound, Richard W. Pound of the International Olympic Committee.


Bibliography


Books


Nonfiction

* ''The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements'': Routledge, 2006. I ISBN 978-0415978101 * ''Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States'': AK Press, 2007. I ISBN 978-1904859598 * ''Landscapes of Dissent: Guerrilla Poetry & Public Space'', co-authored by Kaia Sand: Palm Press, 2008. I ISBN 978-0978926243 * ''Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games'': Routledge, 2013. I ISBN 9780415821971 * ''Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London'': Rutgers University Press, 2014. I ISBN 978-0813562018 * ''Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics'': Verso Books, 2016. I ISBN 9781784780722 * ''NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond'': Fernwood Publishing, 2020. I ISBN 9781773632766


Poetry

* ''Once Upon a Neoliberal Rocket Badge'': Edge Books, 2006. I ISBN 978-1890311216 * ''The Slow Motion Underneath (Hot Dream)'', collaboration with Jim Dine: Steidl, 2009. I ISBN 9783865216939 * ''Hegemonic Love Potion'': Factory School, 2009. I ISBN 978-1600010620 * ''Fireworks'': Tinfish Press, 2018. I ISBN 978-0998743875


References


External links


Pacific University Faculty Page

Interview in Pacific Magazine
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