Matthew Atencio, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Expertise
Action or Lifestyle Sports, Youth Sports, Skateboarding, Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Qualitative Research, Educational Research
Unique experiences
Worked in Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States; Played semi-professional soccer in Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States.
Biography
My research and teaching is underpinned by academic experience working in various international educational contexts, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. I am interested in contemporary issues within Physical Education, Outdoor Education, and Sport Sociology. In both research and teaching, I place great emphasis on the versatile nature of Kinesiology as a field that can be relevant to the needs of our society. Kinesiology provides a unique context that can align with the diverse backgrounds and life trajectories of our students.
Understanding sport off the field: Two Cal State East Bay Professors contribute to 鈥淪ociology of Sport鈥
Matthew Atencio, Co-Director of the Center for Sport and Social Justice, and Becky Beal contributed to the newly released 12th edition of Sociology of Sport.
February 15, 2023
Bay Area rapper performs at Game 1 halftime show of NBA Finals, highlights AAPI representation (ABC-7)
Professor Matthew Atencio of the Center for Sport and Social Justice discusses the significance of the rapper鈥檚 invitation to perform at the high-profile event.
June 2, 2022
Professor, Students Discouraged By 鈥楶ay-To-Play鈥 Mentality In College Admissions (KPIX)
鈥淭his reminds me of pay-to-play gone haywire,鈥 said Matthew Atencio, an author and professor at Cal State University East Bay. Atencio said he was surprised at the extent of the scandal and how deep it runs within the admissions systems at elite schools. 鈥淲e aren鈥檛 thinking about the ethics or broader social implications of this kind of mentality, but is about cultivating my own individual child and, in this case, it鈥檚 gone nuts,鈥 he said.
March 12, 2019
Is Skateboarding the New Soccer? (East Bay Today)
Cal State East Bay professors investigate one of the fastest-growing youth sports in America.
February 7, 2017