CFP: Girls & Women Rock: Celebrating 35 Years of Sport & Title IX

CALL FOR PAPERS
"Girls & Women Rock: Celebrating 35 Years of Sport & Title IX"
March 28-31, 2007
NCAA Women's Final Four Local Organizing Committee
The Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

Invitation to Submit:

The year 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. During the three and a half decades since Title IX was signed into law, there has been a massive shift in societal attitudes toward girls and women in sport. The 2007 NCAA Women's Final Four, which will be hosted by the city of Cleveland, provides a fitting occasion for a symposium commemorating this important legislation.

As we celebrate the enormous gains made for girls and women in sport, we can also look to the future by addressing numerous contemporary concerns related to equity in sport, fitness, physical activity, and health for girls and women. Scholars, public policy makers, lawyers, and educators from a variety of disciplines are invited to submit paper (15-20 minutes) or poster abstracts addressing one or several of these themes:

- Socio-historical perspectives on girls and women in sport in the United States and around the world.
- Health, wellness, fitness, and sport participation from a gendered perspective
- Girls Sport & Girl Culture
- Feminist approaches to sport and physical activity and the female body
- The female athletic body in a media age
- The economics of women's sport and related industries
- Current Title IX issues in sport and physical education
- Future directions to achieve gender equitable programs
- Mentoring girls and women in sport and in life.
- Legislative and public policy concerns related to Title IX.

Keynote Speakers

- Birch Bayh, Partner, Venable, Baejter, Howard, and Civiletti; U.S. Senator (D-IN, 1963-1981); leading civil rights advocate*
- Martha Burke, Recent Past Chair, National Council of Women's Organizations
- Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center
- Billie Jean King, Founder and Honorary Chair, Women's Sports Foundation
- Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar at the Women's Research and Education Institute in
Washington, D.C.

*invitation extended, pending confirmation


Invited Speakers
- Vivian Acosta, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College
- Alpha Alexander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lane College
- Linda Carpenter, Ph.D., J.D., Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College
- Doris Corbett, Ph.D., Professor, Howard University
- Karen Doering, J. D., National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Linda Green, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor & Professor of Law, University of
Wisconsin
- Tina Sloan Green, Executive Director of the Black Women in Sport Foundation
- Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., Executive Director, Women's Sports Foundation
- Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., Associate Professor, Florida Coastal College of Law
- Pamela Noakes, Executive Director, National Association for Girls & Women in Sport
- Lynda Randsdell, Ph.D., President, National Association for Girls & Women in Sport

Special Events & Performances Included in Registration
- Luncheon address to the City Club of Cleveland.
- Jane Curry's One Woman Show Entitled Nice Girls Don't Sweat.
- The Jewish + Female = Athlete Exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish History
- Title IX Birthday Hoopla on the evening of March 30th
- Discount tickets to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Abstract Format and Submission:
Abstracts should be limited to 200 words and conform to the following requirements:

. 12 point Times New Roman font
. prepared in MSWord or html
. presentation title (limited to 10 words)
. author (s) and institutional affiliation (s)

Abstracts will be reprinted and published in the Conference Abstracts as submitted. Thus, it is imperative that these guidelines be considered prior to submitting. Due to the difficulty in reading files, please do not use bold or italics. The simpler your submission is, the easier it will be to convert into a publishable form.

Submission Procedure:
Please submit your abstract to Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ithaca College at staurows@ithaca.edu with full contact information where you can be reached (name, mailing address, office or cell phone, fax number, and email address).

Review Process:
Paper will be submitted to blind, peer review. Review criteria include:
- relevance or significance of topic.
- reference to conceptual framework or methodology.
- quality of analyses.
- consideration of implications where appropriate.

Abstract Submission Deadline: August 1, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: October 30, 2006

Registration forms, schedules, additional information about the conference and other Women's Final Four events in Cleveland will be listed at womenrockcleveland.com by June 1, 2006.