Victoria T. Fields is a former McNair Scholar, doctoral student, and Instructor of Record in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Victoria's research centers on Black women's rhetoric, rhetorical history, archival rhetorics, social movements, and sports. She also has a graduate minor in Gender and Women’s Studies, with a focus on Black feminism and activism. At Illinois, Victoria was recently awarded the 2024 Dianne Pinderhughes Fellowship Award from the Department of African American Studies to support her dissertation research on Black feminist social movements. In addition, Victoria was selected as the 2023 Ebony Excellence Award for Instructor of the Year by the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois.Victoria has also been selected to participate in the National Women's Studies Association’s (NWSA) 2024 Women of Color Leadership Project (WOCLP). Her work has been published in Volume 11 of the Eastern Michigan University McNair Scholars Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and the Sociology of Sport Journal.Before attending Illinois, she graduated Summa Cum Laude and earned a dual-bachelor’s degree in Communication and Sport Management at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). During her undergraduate career, she was a member of the McNair Scholars Program and the Honors College, where she researched intersex and transgender athletes in amateur and professional sport competitions. Victoria was also a Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Fellow at The Ohio State University, where she researched Mother–child engagement in sports and outdoor activities. In addition to her studies, she has professional job experiences in Title IX and Division 1 athletics.