Cultural anthropology professor and children and youth studies director Katie Rose Hejtmanek recently competed in the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Masters World Championships. She is the 59kg 40-44 World Champion. “I’m so proud to be a professor at Brooklyn College and an athlete at Brooklyn Training Hall. I am a product of the opportunities found in Brooklyn—elite higher education and athletics.” This is part of Hejtmanek’s research and scholarship program. As a cultural anthropologist she studies fitness and strength sports and uses the field method of participant observation to understand better the role of these activities in people’s lives.
