U. of Wisconsin Athletics Hires Director of Diversity and Inclusion

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University of Wisconsin Athletics, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Jennifer Hunter
University of Wisconsin Athletics, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Jennifer Hunter

This article appeared in the November | December issue of Athletic Business. Athletic Business is a free magazine for professionals in the athletic, fitness and recreation industry. Click here to subscribe.

Within her first week on the University of Wisconsin campus, Jennifer Hunter was asked in casual conversation if she plays a sport for the Badgers. The 33-year-old took it as a form of compliment on some level, but it's the exact sort of stereotyping that Hunter was hired this summer to address as the UW athletic department's first-ever director of diversity and inclusion. The need for such a hire was affirmed shortly after the official announcement in September, as Facebook commenters insinuated that she got the job based on her skin color. Senior editor Paul Steinbach asked Hunter, a juris doctor (sports law concentration) who came to the UW via Cal athletics and the NBA, to share her perspective on the student-athlete experience.

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