Why is it that professional sports remain a bastion for violence against women? What are the conditions that allow a culture of toxic masculinity to persist despite awakenings elsewhere in society? What is the path forward, and how do we make officials, coaches and athletes accountable?

Walter DeKeseredy, a professor in the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology at Eberly College and author of “Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, and Violence against Women,” will discuss the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and how sport and society can change the narrative on violence during a presentation and book signing event on Monday, Nov. 13 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms from 2-5 p.m.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event.

DeKeseredy has published more than 29 books, 140 scientific journal articles and 120 scholarly book chapters on violence against women and other social problems. He is the Director of the Research Center on Violence at WVU and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. He is also Adjunct Professor in Monash University’s Gender and Family Violence Prevention Center.