Podcast Guest Expert, The Real Psychobabble Podcast

Co-Author with Dr. Kelsy Burke, Gender & Society Blog

Online Pornography: A Religious Man's Cross to Bear

"My brain had been wired to use pornography," explains Christopher, a 28-year-old man who self-identifies as a pornography addict. A conservative evangelical Protestant, Christopher struggles with how his porn use fits into his religious beliefs. Though he describes porn use as natural for men, his faith insists that he shouldn't be looking at it.

Guest Blogger, The Baton Twirler’s Guide

Guest Blogger: Trenton Haltom

As competitors, baton twirlers so often feel judges are intimidating foreign entities sitting behind rickety old tables clutching stopwatches and waiting to mark penalties. As a judge, the adjudicators of our sport only want twirling athletes to succeed-where does the translation get lost?

Contributor, Little Village Magazine

Meet the UI's first female drum majors, leaders and entertainers during WWII | Little Village

When UI drum major Analisa Iole stepped onto the Kinnick Stadium football field this past fall, she was celebrated as the Hawkeye Marching Band's first female major since WWII. But who were Iole's predecessors, the women who served as leaders in the community while U.S. service members (including Nile Kinnick) were overseas?

Author, Girl w/ Pen column in The Society Pages Blog 

Boys with Batons - Girl w/ Pen

Have you ever seen a baton twirler perform? They manipulate a metal stick in magical ways: rolling it between their fingers, tossing it 20 feet into the air, and catching it between their legs or completely blind behind their head. If you have seen a baton twirler, it was likely a young woman in a bedazzled swimsuit-style costume.

Research Feature, MEN Magazine

MEL Magazine

The Dizzying World of Competitive Male Baton-Twirling

Nine-year-old Ciaran Muir wears a V-neck top bedazzled with lime-green rhinestones while cartwheeling through a Scottish field and hurling a two-foot rod in the air. He sports calloused hands and six-pack abs, gained through countless hours of training in the physically demanding sport of baton twirling.

Interviewed, UNL Grad Studies 10 Tips for Success in Grad School ​​

Headline Article, The Daily Nebraskan

Self-taught twirler adds diversity to UNL's team

​Trenton M. Haltom is one of only three male baton twirlers in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s history.

He's aware of the stigma attached to male twirlers, but he's been fascinated by it since his mother used to twirl, and he was taking lessons by the time he was 16.

“I don’t necessarily think I’m changing people’s minds about masculinity,” Haltom said. “But my presence gets people to think ‘Oh yeah, I’ve never seen that before, but a guy can twirl for a major university and actually do it pretty well.’ The coolest thing to me is just being able to break down stereotypes and change people’s ideas.”