Darron Smith, assistant professor in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 College of Health Professions, will be a guest on the ESPN program 鈥淥utside the Lines鈥� at 8 a.m. Sunday, June 26.
Smith received considerable attention after co-authoring a blog about Brigham Young University and its racially selective honor code system. Smith was an adjunct faculty member in the sociology department at BYU for 10 years before coming to Wichita State.
The blog came about after BYU dismissed Brandon Davies from its basketball team for violating the honor code.
Smith did a small observational study that appeared to suggest that African American student-athletes were dismissed from BYU at higher rates than white student-athletes. The blog went viral and has brought much attention to the issue.
ESPN called Smith, inviting him to participate in a program specifically about this controversy.