Katherine Walden
American Studies
Assistant Teaching Professor
- Digital Humanities, Public Humanities
- Sport and American Culture (Labor Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Community Identity, Sport Fan Communities, Sport Data and Analytics)
- Baseball in America
- Critical Approaches to Data, Critical Computing Education
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Mental Health Thursdays: Managing mental health during football season
Video
August 28, 2025
We know football season can be stressful. It can be bittersweet. Depending on who you root for, you can experience the highest of highs or the lowest of lows. That emotional roller coaster can be taxing on you physically, mentally and emotionally. And that is why we brought in Katherine Walden, co-director of Notre Dame's Sports, Media and Culture minor to talk about all this.