CFP: 2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport

*2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport*

*Wednesday-Friday: April 21-23, 2010 *

*William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center*

* The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *

*Chapel Hill, NC*

Call for Papers

The /College Sport Research Institute/ welcomes the submission of
abstracts for its 3rd annual Scholarly Conference on College Sport to be
held on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC. The conference’s mission is to: “Provide students,
scholars, and college-sport practitioners with a public forum to discuss
relevant and timely intercollegiate-athletics issues.”

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:*

To be considered for acceptance, abstracts must reflect college-sport
research on the history of intercollegiate athletics, social-cultural
college-sport issues, legal theory or the application of law to
college-sport issues, business-related issues in college sport, or
special topics related to current college-sport issues. *_The research
should have reached a fairly complete stage of development, and the
abstract should provide enough detail about the research, so the
reviewers have sufficient information to judge its quality._* Abstracts
proposing teaching-related sessions on college-sport issues will also be
considered, as long as the abstract provides sufficient detail to judge
the quality of the proposed session.

*_Abstracts will undergo a multi-person, blind-review process to
determine acceptance.
_*
Abstracts submitted to CSRI should not be concurrently submitted for
consideration to another conference.

*_SUBMISSION DEADLINE:_*

Abstracts should *NOT* be submitted prior to Monday, October 12, 2009
and *MUST* be received no later than *_Friday, January 15, 2010
(11:59p.m. EST)._* Submissions received after this date and time will
not be considered for acceptance.

*ABSTRACT FORMAT AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:*

All abstracts *MUST *be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word
attachment and must contain the following information and conform to the
following format requirements:

  * Single-spaced
  * One-inch margins,
  * Times New Roman 12-point font, and
  * 400-word maximum for 30-minute presentations and posters, and
    800-word maximum for 65-minute presentations.

*ABSTRACT FORMAT:*

Line 1: Type of session desired (choose from the options below):

· 30-minute oral presentation (including questions)

· 65-minute teaching symposium, roundtable, or workshop

· 65-minute forum (2-3 papers with a discussant, including questions)

· Poster presentation

Line 2: three to four keywords that will help the program coordinator
schedule similar topics in succession

Line 3: author(s) and institution(s) names (centered on page)

Line 4: presentation title (centered on page)

Line 5: blank

Line 6 to end: text of abstract (including demonstration of research
conducted)


In the email message accompanying the attached abstract, include the
principal author’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and fax
and telephone numbers.

*_Submission of abstract(s) indicates the intent of the presenter(s) to
register for the conference at the appropriate registration fee._*

**

*Email all abstracts to:*

(Graduate Research Coordinator – College Sport Research Institute) at
*csri@unc.edu* **

NOTE: All abstracts *MUST *be submitted electronically as a Microsoft
Word attachment**

For more information regarding the conference:

http://www.csriconference.org <http://www.csriconference.org/>

or

919.843-6774 / 919.962-3507