CFP: NCAA Scholarly Colloquim on Intercollegiate Athletics

NCAA Scholarly Colloquium on

Intercollegiate Athletics

Call for Papers

“NCAA Academic Reform: Progress, Problems, and Prospects”

The Fifth Annual Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics

In Conjunction with the NCAA Annual Convention

January 10-11, 2012

Indianapolis, IN

The fifth annual Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics will be held on

January 10-11, 2012, in conjunction with the NCAA Annual Convention in Indianapolis,

IN. The theme for this year’s colloquium is “NCAA Academic Reform: Progress,

Problems, and Prospects.” The conference will feature keynote speakers, two formal

reactions to each keynote, and concurrent sessions of oral presentations and a poster

session.

Keynote speakers include (as of this writing): Walt Harrison [President, University

of Hartford], Michael Oriard [Professor of English and Associate Dean, Oregon

State University], Todd Petr [Director of Research, NCAA]. Other invited speakers

include Tom Paskus [Principal Research Scientist, NCAA] and Jack McArdle [NCAA

Consultant, University of Southern California].

This is an invitation to other scholars to submit papers for consideration for the

contributed papers portion of the Colloquium. Paper proposals should deal closely

with issues related to the conference theme of “NCAA Academic Reform: Progress,

Problems, and Prospects.” Papers may highlight scholarship from the sciences, social

sciences, economics, humanities, or any number of professional fields that are either

directly or indirectly related to intercollegiate athletics.

Abstract Format & Submission Guidelines

To be considered for the refereed paper and poster sessions, authors must submit a 500-

600 word abstract which conforms to the following format:

• Line 1: type of session (20-minute oral or poster presentation)

• Line 2: three to four keywords

• 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

(next page)

Review Process: Papers will be subject to a blind multi-person peer review process.

Submissions will be reviewed using the following criteria: relevance or significance

of topic to Colloquium theme, appropriate methodology, reliance on relevant literature,

clarity of analysis, summary of results, conclusions, and/or implications.

Abstract Submission Deadline: October 1, 2011

Notification: Individuals will be notified of the results of the review process in early

November 2011.

Submissions should be sent to: Ellen J. Staurowsky at staurows@ithaca.edu and copied

to Scott Kretchmar at rsk1@psu.edu and Janet Fink at janet.fink@uconn.edu.