Ian Ritchie
Associate Professor
Kinesiology
Brock University
Canada
Biography
I have a particular interest in the use of performance-enhancing substances in international, high-performance sport, especially in the Olympic Games, and the creation of rules against ‘doping’. However, this interest is part of a more general one related to the development of value systems related to dominant forms of sport in modern times. The book “Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport” (Routledge 2006, co-authored with Rob Beamish), critically examines the development of anti-doping policies in sport, specifically the creation of Olympic rules against doping during the post-WWII period. I am also interested in gender construction in sport, specifically the history of ‘sex testing’ policies, and generally the history of the Olympic Games.
Research Interest
Doping and anti-doping policies in the Olympic Games; Canadian anti-doping policies; Sex testing; General History of the Olympic Games
Publications
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Ritchie, Ian (2015) “Social Class and Sport.†In Richard Giulianotti (editor), Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport. London and New York: Routledge, 210-219.
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Ritchie, Ian (2015) “Enhancing Performance and Performance Enhancers in the Olympic Movement: Historical and Sociological Considerations.†In Cora Burnett, Stephan Wassong, Kobus Roux, and Jörg Krieger (editors), Historical and Contemporary Issues in Olympic Studies. Proceedings of the Olympic Studies Conference held at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 98-111.
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Beamish, Rob and Ian Ritchie (2015) “Ben Johnson, Charles Dubin, and ‘The Spirit of Sport’: Canada’s Role in International Anti-Doping Policies.†Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies, XXIV, 47-72.
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Ritchie, Ian (2016) “Cops and Robbers? The Roots of Anti-Doping Policies in Olympic Sport.†In Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, 9(16), March. The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of History.
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Ritchie, Ian (2016) “Understanding Doping as ‘Cheating’ From the Perspective of History.†In Timothy Delaney (editor), Sportsmanship: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 31-41.
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Ritchie, Ian (2016) Review of Kathryn E. Henne, “Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport.†International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(5): 632-634.
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Ritchie, Ian (2017) “The Olympics as ‘Something Else’: Understanding the Success and Tensions of the Olympic Games through its Foundation Myths.†World History Bulletin, special issue Collective Memory and the Global Event, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1: 28-32.
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Krieger, Jörg, Lindsay Parks Pieper and Ian Ritchie (2017, Submitted) “Sex, Drugs, and Science: The IAAF’s and the IOC’s Attempts to Control Fairness in Sport.†Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, special issue, Science and Sport.
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Ritchie, Ian and Kathryn Henne (2017, In Progress) “Criminalization or Legalization? Institutionalized and Progressive Positions on Anti-Doping in Sport.†To be submitted to the Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice (special issue on Sport, Crime and Deviance; Stephen Wagg, editor).
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Ritchie, Ian (2018, In Progress) Spirit, Myth, and Power: Doping, Anti-Doping, and the Olympic Games. Vancouver, British Columbia: University of British Columbia Press.
