CFP: Sport, Sexuality, and Culture Conference

I am pleased to write with a reminder that Ithaca College is hosting the Sport, Sexuality, and Culture Conference March 18-20, 2009. Our confirmed keynote speaker is author, activist, entrepreneur and former NBA star John Amaechi, who wrote about his life as a gay athlete in his autobiography, Man in the Middle. Our invited speakers as of this writing include:

* Dr. Eric Anderson, Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Bath
* Dr. Ketra Armstrong, Sport Management Graduate Program Director, California State University at Long Beach; President, National Association for Girls and Women in Sport
* Christine Brennan, Columnist, USA Today
* Helen Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lebian Rights
* Pat Griffin, Professor Emerita, Social Justice Education Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Director, It Takes A Team
* Dr. Katherine M. Jamieson, Director of Women's and Gender Studies, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
* Dr. Vikki Krane, Director-Women's Studies and Professor, School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies, Bowling Green State University
* Dr. Richard Lapchick, Chair of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program and Director for the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport as well as the National Consortium for Academics and Sport, University of Central Florida
* Jeff Lane, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Princeton University, author of Under the Boards: The Cultural Revolution in Basketball
* Karin Lofstrom, Executive Director, Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport
* Dr. Susan Rankin, Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College Student Affairs, Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennylvania State University
* Ted Rybka, Director of Sports Media, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
* Dr. Richard Southall, Director, College Sport Research Institute, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
* Michael Stensgaard, Director of Conference and Culture, World Outgames 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attached please find the call for papers. The deadline for submissions from scholars, graduate students, public policy makers, and activists is September 15, 2008 with notification of acceptances after peer review scheduled on or around November 15, 2008.

I do want to draw your attention to the emphasis we are also placing on encouraging an undergraduate student voice in the conference. Thus, we also have a call for undergraduate proposals included here as well.

More details about the conference (registration, housing, and travel) can be found at
http://www.ithaca.edu/gradstudies/programsites/sportmgmt/sportsexualitycultureintr/

Many thanks for your kind attention. Please do feel free to share with colleagues who may not be on the list.

Kindest regards - Ellen
Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D.
Professor & Graduate Chair
Department of Sport Management & Media
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850
(607)274-1730 (office)
staurows@ithaca.edu