Various articles, media clips, academic panels, and podcast appearances ft. Tunisha

Nov 2021 || Dr. Tunisha Singleton on The Karen Hunter Show on SiriusXM Channel 126 “Urban View.”

Hockey started in Nova Scotia, Canada by Black people. Karen talks with Dr. Tunisha Singleton of the Black Girl Hockey Club about the club's mission, which is to create a safe space for Black women in hockey.

July 2021 || Women in Sport Speaker Series.

In a space saturated with random content and screaming voices all jockeying for position, it’s time for professionals in the sports biz to pause - take a breath - and rethink their purpose. This presentation emphasizes how impact and innovation can be used to reinvigorate the sports experience for teams, brands, fans, and stakeholders alike.

Sept 2020 || Penalty Box Radio: Dr. Tunisha Singleton of Black Girl Hockey Club joined us to discuss diversity in the sport and how the BGHC is growing hockey through scholarship and educational programs.

July 17, 2020 || Dr. Tunisha Singleton during the Media Psychology Symposium speaking about sport as an essential service and the necessary social programming innovations to maintain fan engagement, community involvement and brand experiences during COVID. Additional info on introducing a framework for media and marketing management with The 3Es: Emotion, Engagement and Experience.

April 2020 || The inaugural Professional Wrestling Studies Association WrestlePosium I presents the presentation from Tunisha Singleton "Digital Fandomonium: How pro wrestling set the tone for success."

"Pro wrestling earned a head seat at the table for setting industry standards about fan engagement and content innovation. This presentation looks beyond the 'what' to get to the 'why,' revealing pertinent information on the impact of narrative persuasion, consumer behavior, and emerging technology. The concept of 'Digital Fandomonium' is introduced to explore where brand experience, fan psychology, and digital communication collide. Attention is centered on the influential role sports entertainment has in adopting this methodology to create global, generational, and sustained success."

October 2016 || Dr. Tunisha Singleton presents at Digital Hollywood Conference: Inside the Sports Experience - Virtual Fandomonium and Immersive Design

June 2017 || Full Digital Hollywood Panel on Immersive Entertainment ft Dr. Tunisha Singleton, Inside the Experience: The Psychology of Immersive Design

June 2021 || Creating Social Impact with Media Psychology with Dr. Rutledge & Dr. Singleton

Media Psychology is valuable anywhere human behavior intersects with media and technology. Social impact and community growth are two areas where media psychology is used to affect positive change.

Join us for this exciting event, and hear Dr. Tunisha Singleton discuss how she uses media psychology to influence her work in sports business and engagement, with Black Girl Hockey Club (BGHC) being a prominent example of how her diversity in approach is currently being used for social impact and growth in her community.

Feb 2021 || Hockey Night Punjabi: #GetUncomfortable! That's the message from the Black Girl Hockey Club. This week we talk to Tunisha Singleton Ph.D. to find out how they're using their platform to disrupt racism on and off the ice. Amrit Gill reports.

Dec. 7 2020 || Dr. Tunisha Singleton at the Black Girl Hockey Club digital event on authentic engagement with the BIPOC community in youth hockey at all levels

The Academy of eSports: A Conversation with Dr. Tunisha Singleton

Esports are organized competitive video games allowing schools to redefine their athletic culture, diversify opportunities for student participation, promote physical and mental health, increase collegiate scholarship pathways, and play games!

December 2020 || Authentic Engagement with the BIPOC Community at the Youth Hockey Level

The Erie Otters have teamed with Black Girl Hockey Club for an intimate dialogue on youth hockey. Speakers include Dr. Tunisha Singleton, Saroya Tinker (pro hockey player for the 2023 Isobel Cup Championship team Toronto Six), and Mike Watson (Columbus Ice Hockey Club President).

The Fix Sports Podcast || Dr. Tunisha Singleton is guest to discuss Black Girl Hockey Club and diversity in the sports.

June 2017 || Snippet of Digital Hollywood Conference. Full panel discussion below; Tunisha Singleton discusses the importance of storytelling in VR and the efficacy of using VR to watch live sports and complete the fan experience with complementary content.

Global Women's Sports Radio On-Air Personality Candace Cordelia speaks with Tunisha Singleton of Black Girl Hockey Club to discuss: her love for hockey, how she became involved with the organization, the Get Uncomfortable Campaign, shifting to online events due to covid-19, diversity within the organization, stigmas they've had to overcome, as well as their overall purpose & objective.

Rink Stories Podcast || Clip of Fatou Bah and Tunisha Singleton of the Black Girl Hockey Club join Matt and Bob for Wrist Shots. Listen to the whole podcast here: Rink Stories Podcast Ep23

Jan 2021 || Popular Culture Dialogue: Digital Popular Culture

Recorded a week after insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol, this Popular Culture Dialogue brings together popular culture students and scholars to discuss what it means to be digital. They consider how being digital impacts our understanding of "popular" and "culture" as well as how we can respond to the challenges facing the world due to this new popular culture.

Join Matthew Hale, Jess Maddox, Tunisha Singleton, Jasmine Stork, Laura Alvarez Trigo, Christopher Zysik, Anuli Akanegbu, Heidi Ippolito, and Christine Thomlinson as they discuss their perspectives and approaches to this field of study.

April 2020 || Writing & Fighting Full panel: Gender, Media & Combat Sports

Professional MMA fighters, writers, commentators and sports media professionals share personal stories and spark conversation on gender roles and biases in combat sports worldwide.

November 11, 2020 || Writing & Fighting Geopolitics and Combat Sports panel with Dr. Tunisha Singleton and Karim Zidan, an investigative journalist covering sports & authoritarian regimes. His work reveals the symbiosis between fight promoters and autocrats, a relationship that deflects public scrutiny while enabling inequality and oppression.

June 18 || Writing & Fighting Full Virtual Panel: Race, Representation & Culture in Combat Sports and Pro Wrestling

This discussion tackles how race and multicultural identities have been represented in combat sports, offering everyone the opportunity to listen and learn from the experiences shared and dialogues created. Guests include UFC's 1st Black female fighter Angela "Overkill" Hill, professional wrestling "The Urban Juggernaut" Sean Black, Janaka Lewis, professor of Literature and the Director of Women’s & Gender Studies at University of North Carolina Charlotte, and Louis Moore, associate Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, where he teaches African American History, Civil Rights, Sports History, and US History.

May 21, 2020 || Writing & Fighting Full Virtual Discussion: Combat Sports & Communication: The Interaction of Autism, Hearing Impairment & MMA.

An open discussion on communication disabilities (i.e. autism, hearing impairment) and their intersection with combat sports.

Full panel and clips from appearances on “Writing & Fighting,” a digital series and academic forum from American University where conversations center on the intersection of combat sports, society, and the arts.

June 4, 2020 || Writing & Fighting Full Panel Dr. Tunisha Singleton opening statement during Muhammad Ali virtual event. "How we should make sense of all this. Black culture is the fabric of sports and entertainment, but we've never been looked at as equal."

June 18, 2020 || Writing & Fighting Opening statement on the first time she was called the N-word in the 5th grade, having only 4 Black teachers out of 22 years of formal education, and the importance of representation.