Tracie Canada is a cultural anthropologist with research and teaching interests in race, sport, kinship, and the performing body. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and is currently a postdoctoral research associate and incoming assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame. Her work has been supported by the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Canada is currently working on a book project about the lived experiences of Black college football players.