• Modern America, U.S. West, Gender

Rebecca Jager is drawn to research topics that provide opportunities to analyze race, gender, and national identity in America, with a particular focus on negotiation, accommodation, and conflict in the American experience.  Her current research endeavor is a social history through the lens of sports (Olympic, collegiate, and professional).

• "Indian Women as Culture Brokers"  Spokane Corral of Westerners International Society, 2010.
• "Malinche in the Middle"  University of Idaho,  Interdisciplinary Brown Bag Lecture Series, 2009.
• "Balancing Two Worlds:  Family and Career"  University of Idaho, Network of Enlightened Women, 2009.
• "Suffrage Centennial Workshop"  Washington State High School Teachers, 2009.
• National Motivational Speaking (for athletes, students, coaches, and parents) 1989-present.

                "Enduring a Long Athletic Career"
                "Dealing with Success and Failure" 
                "Juggling Academics and Sports" 
                "Team Building" 
                "The Olympic Experience"