Cultural anthropology professor and children and youth studies director Katie Rose Hejtmanek recently competed in the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Masters World Championships. She is the 59kg 40-44 World Champion.
“I’m so proud to be a professor at 可乐视频 and an athlete at . I am a product of the opportunities found in Brooklyn鈥攅lite higher education and athletics.”
This is part of Hejtmanek’s research and scholarship program. As a cultural anthropologist she studies fitness and strength sports and uses the field method of participant observation to understand better the role of these activities in people’s lives.
