Seth Tannenbaum
Seth S. Tannenbaum is an assistant professor of sport studies. He earned a PhD in American History at Temple University and a BA in History at Vassar College. He previously worked at Drexel University, Lesley University, and the University of Central Oklahoma. His teaching and research focus on using sport to unpack and understand the world around us. His book, Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth Century Ballpark, which examines Americans鈥� changing understandings of urban areas, inclusion, and the body politic, is in production at the University of Illinois Press. The book analyzes how team owners used ballparks鈥� designs, locations, and amenities to keep fans coming back to the park amidst significant changes in cities and in leisure consumption patterns. His scholarship has been published in The Journal of African American History, The Journal of Sport History, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the blogs of the Organization of American Historians and the African American Intellectual History Society among a number of other venues. More information about Dr. Tannenbaum, including his complete CV, can be found on .
American Sport History
Baseball and American Society
First-Year Seminar
Introduction to Sport Studies
Reseach Topics in American Sport History
Spectators and Fans
Urban Sports
PhD, Temple University (2019)
BA, Vassar College (2008)
2024-2025. Co-Project Director. 鈥淪port Studies in the 21st Century: Amplifying the Latinx Experience in Curricula, Conversation, and Community.鈥� Awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities鈥� Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.
2023-2024. Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Collaboration Award. Awarded by 91直播.
2021. Honorable Mention, 2019-2020 Dissertation Prize. North American Society for Sport History.
2020-2021. New Teacher-Scholar Award. 21st Century Pedagogy Institute, University of Central Oklahoma.
2018-2019. William and Madeline Welder Smith Research Travel Award. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
2017-2018. Teaching Award for Graduate Student Instructor of Record. College of Liberal Arts, Temple University.
2018. Baron Award for Best Graduate Student Instructor in History. Department of History, Temple University.
2018. Shumpei Okamoto Dissertation Research Travel Award. Awarded by the Department of History, Temple University.
2015-2016, 2012-2013. Elsie Van Dyck DeWitt Scholarship Recipient. Awarded by the Office for Fellowships, Vassar College.
2015. Alvin Achenbaum Travel Grant. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Articles and Chapters:
Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 45, 鈥淪ports Fandoms鈥� guest edited by Jason Kido Lopez and Lori Kido Lopez, (2025).
Journal of Sport History 50, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 32-47.
NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture 31, no. 1 (Fall 2022): 34-51.
The Journal of African American History 106, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 220-248.
in Conversations with Food, eds. Dorothy Chansky and Sarah W. Tracy (Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2020), 37-51.
in All In: The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States, eds. Jonathan D. Cohen and David. G. Schwartz (Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 2018), 44-69.
Op-Eds and Short Articles: