Thursday, March 27, 2014

JOB: Sport Management, Tenure-Track Position [2] - University of Michigan

Job Summary 
The Sport Management Program at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track position at the Associate Professor or Full Professor level. Candidates will be expected to maintain an active research agenda, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, possess a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education and mentoring of undergraduate research and have research methods and statistical expertise appropriate for the effective mentoring of student research at the master's and doctoral levels. Successful candidates will be expected to pursue extramural funding to support their research at Michigan and to serve in a leadership capacity within the Sport Management Program and the School of Kinesiology.

Desired Qualifications 
We will consider candidates whose teaching and research interests are focused in the areas of finance, the financing of sport organizations and facilities, financial issues associated with the hosting of sports-related mega-events, econometrics and statistical analysis of sports. Successful candidates should have expertise that permits the sports management program to expand its research and teaching relationships with the University’s highly respected programs in urban planning and design and business. Successful candidates should be able to contribute to the University’s work in urban economic development and revitalization that involves real estate development, the sports industry, and urban centers.

Candidates appointed at the most senior levels will be expected to have a publication record and accomplishments that are expected of associate and full professors at the University of Michigan.

How to Apply 
Interested candidates must supply curriculum vitae, a letter of interest, up to three examples of scholarship, and three reference names in PDF format. The reference letters need not be sent at this time. Please send to Sue Marsh (smarsh@umich.edu).

Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, with a desired start in Fall 2014. For best consideration, candidates should apply immediately and before Friday, April 25, 2014. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. For questions about the position, please contact Stefan Szymanski (stefansz@umich.edu).

The Sport Management Program 
The Sport Management Program prides itself on research productivity and teaching excellence. The Program maintains collaborative relationships with other academic units across the University of Michigan as well as with organizations in the sport industry.

For more information on the Sport Management Program, please see http://www.kines.umich.edu/programs/sport-management.

Sport Management is one of four programs within the School of Kinesiology. The School of Kinesiology (www.kines.umich.edu) is one of 19 degree granting academic units on the University of Michigan campus with 26 tenure-line faculty and over 800 students. Undergraduate majors include Sport Management, Athletic Training, Movement Science, and Health & Fitness.

U-M EEO/AA Statement 
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are strongly urged to apply.

JOB: Sport Management, Tenure-Track Position - University of Michigan

Job Summary 
The Sport Management Program at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level. Candidates will be expected to maintain an active research agenda, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, possess a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education and mentoring of undergraduate research and have research methods and statistical expertise appropriate for the effective mentoring of student research at the master's and doctoral levels. Successful candidates will be expected to pursue extramural funding to support their research at Michigan.

Desired Qualifications 
We will consider candidates whose teaching and research interests are focused in the areas of Management (organizational theory and behavior, strategy, human resource management, entrepreneurship, and management science /decision management) or Marketing (consumer behavior, sponsorship, advertising, sponsorship-linked marketing, and media). Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching interests are interdisciplinary.

Beginning assistant professor candidates should have a good record of publication, and more advanced candidates should have an outstanding record of publication in leading journals in Sport Management and related disciplines. Candidates at the associate professor level will be expected to have a publication record and accomplishments that are expected of associate professors at the University of Michigan. All candidates must possess an earned doctorate in Sport Management or a related field before employment.

How to Apply 
Interested candidates must supply an application packet in PDF format consisting of a curriculum vitae, a letter of interest, up to three examples of scholarship, and the name and contact information for three professional references. The reference letters need not be sent at the time of the application; however, they should be furnished upon request. Please send this information to Sue Marsh (smarsh@umich.edu).

Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, with a desired start in Fall 2014. For best consideration, candidates should apply immediately and before Friday, April 25, 2014. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. For questions about the position, please contact Ketra Armstrong (ketra@umich.edu).

The Sport Management Program 
The Sport Management Program prides itself on research productivity and teaching excellence. The Program maintains collaborative relationships with other academic units across the University of Michigan as well as with organizations in the sport industry.

For more information on the Sport Management Program, please see http://www.kines.umich.edu/programs/sport-management.

Sport Management is one of four programs within the School of Kinesiology. The School of Kinesiology (www.kines.umich.edu) is one of 19 degree granting academic units on the University of Michigan campus with 26 tenure-line faculty and over 800 students. Undergraduate majors include Sport Management, Athletic Training, Movement Science, and Health & Fitness.

U-M EEO/AA Statement 
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are strongly urged to apply.

CFP: Special edition of Sport in Society: ‘Sex Integration in Sport and Physical Culture’

CFP for special edition of Sport in Society: ‘Sex Integration in Sport and Physical Culture’
Guest editors: Dr Alex Channon, Dr Thomas Fletcher, Dr Katherine Dashper and Dr Robert J. Lake

Over the past decade, scholars of sport and gender have begun to pay attention to the phenomenon of sex integration in sports and related physical cultural activities, exploring mixed-sex/co-ed classes, teams and competitions across a variety of contexts. This research has identified a number of moments in which normative conceptions of sex difference might be challenged and/or reaffirmed in such environments. While these works have been diverse in their empirical foci and theoretical frameworks, a key question nevertheless emerges from within them: how might mixed-sex/co-ed sports activities uniquely contribute toward either the amelioration, or perpetuation, of sexual hierarchies and the inequality these involve?

While a handful of papers have directly explored this key issue via in-depth contemporary or historical case studies of specific, mixed-sex sport and physical cultural settings, as well as some which have examined the legal and political implications of sex integration, this phenomenon remains significantly under-researched in comparison to the vast body of published literature dealing with sex, gender and sport more generally. This special edition of Sport in Society therefore aims to highlight contemporary research into sex integration in sport and physical culture, with a view to better establishing this phenomenon as a focal point of future efforts in the study of sport and gender.

While we are looking for papers which make an explicit contribution towards the central theoretical issue outlined above (i.e., mixed-sex activities’ relation to sexual hierarchy/inequity), we are open to papers featuring empirical research on a range of topics, such as:
 The lived experience of participants in a variety of mixed-sex/co-ed sports, including among traditionally segregated (e.g., team games) or integrated (e.g., dance) activities;
 Problems facing coaches, teachers, and other professionals (e.g., sport psychologists, medics, etc.) in mixed-sex settings;
 Legal issues, ethical debates and policy implications surrounding mixed-sex/co-ed sport;
 Media representation and discussion, and audience reception, of mixed-sex activities;
 The influence of religion in mixed-sex/co-ed settings;
 Gender issues with respect to mixed-sex/co-ed sports in schools, colleges, universities and other educational settings;
 Issues related to talent development in mixed-sex/co-ed sport settings;
 Economic issues related to the funding of mixed-sex/co-ed sports practices;
 The politics of exclusion in mixed-sex/co-ed sport settings.

We are keen to receive contributions based on original empirical research from colleagues working within fields including sociology, pedagogy, policy studies, history, sports development, media studies, and related disciplines. For further details, please contact any of the editorial team: Alex Channon (a.g.channon@gre.ac.uk); Thomas Fletcher (t.e.fletcher@leedsmet.ac.uk); Katherine Dashper (k.dashper@leedsmet.ac.uk); or Robert J. Lake (rlake@wlu.ca).

Deadline for 250-word abstracts: 1st June 2014 (decision on acceptance by 1st July 2014)
Proposed deadline for full submissions: 2nd March 2015

CFP: Sporting Females: past, present and future

LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
A one day conference, 4 September 2014
Sporting Females: past, present and future

Call for Papers
Keynote Speaker: Professor Jennifer Hargreaves

Leeds Metropolitan University’s Research Centre for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Jennifer Hargreaves’ book, Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women’s Sport.
In recognition of this seminal work, scholars engaged in historical, sociological, philosophical and practitioner research about sporting females and/or gender relations and sport are invited to attend this day of celebration and stimulating discussion. We seek proposals for presentations from those committed to the analysis of female and/or gendered experiences of sport past and / or present, as well as those offering critical insights into gendered sporting cultures in the future. There will be opportunity for selected papers to be published by Routledge in an edited collection, or a special journal edition.

Guidelines for presentations and deadline for submissions
Proposals should be submitted in one of the following formats:
Individual abstract (c.250 words for 20 minutes presentation) OR Collective themed panel (x 3 abstracts c.250 words each for 20 minutes presentation + brief rationale identifying how the panel coheres. Documentation must be collated and submitted by a ‘lead’ panellist)

Please submit your completed abstract / panel proposal as a Word document (including your name, presentation title and affiliation) by email to:
Sam Armitage (Conference Administrator) at S.Armitage@leedsmet.ac.uk, no later than 12 noon, Monday
31 March 2014.

Notifications of acceptance will be emailed by Monday 28 April, 2014.

If you have any queries regarding the above please contact Dr Carol Osborne at C.Osborne@leedsmet.ac.uk

GRANT: NCAA Graduate Student Research Program

NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant Program
The NCAA Research Committee invites research proposals within the general topic areas of student-athlete well-being and college athletics participation. Research grants are available for graduate students only and are intended to support the student while conducting research to be used for a doctoral dissertation, master’s thesis or external publication. Awards for these one-time research grants are set at a maximum of $7,500. Recipients will be expected to culminate their project in an article suitable for publication in a scholarly journal, or in a completed master’s thesis or dissertation. Grant recipients will also be expected to submit a brief summary of the research that is suitable for publication in the NCAA News.
Students studying topics of specific interest to the NCAA and its membership and demonstrating the competencies necessary to successfully complete the proposed study will receive highest consideration. Research topics may include but are not limited to: the impact of participation in athletics on the academic or social experiences of student-athletes; best practices for academic advisement of student-athletes; student-athlete well-being; the relationship between athletic time demands and academic success; student-athlete integration into the campus community; finances of intercollegiate athletics; diversity and inclusion issues in intercollegiate athletics; student-athlete satisfaction with the college experience; the health and safety of student-athletes; and analytic philosophical/historical accounts of intercollegiate athletics.
  • 2014 Call For Proposals
  • Example Proposals
  • Seven Graduate Student Research Grants Funded In 2013
  • Previous Graduate Student Research Grant Winner Abstracts 2013

  • For more information, please contact Tiese Roxbury at troxbury@ncaa.org.

    Thursday, March 06, 2014

    CFP: Visioning and Re-visioning Hockey’s ‘Arena.’

    Visioning and Re-visioning Hockey’s ‘Arena.’
    An International Scholarly Conference at Western University in London, Canada 18-20 June 2014
        Ice hockey has many ‘arenas,’ literal and figurative ones. The intent of this conference is to assemble hockey aficionados to explore meanings, experiences, insights, issues, stories, studies, cultural nuances, and contextualizations about the ‘arenas’ that contain, surround, and pervade ice hockey at all of its levels from participation to spectatorship to commodification to its darker underbelly. The conference organizing committee is open to receiving abstracts that relate to this broad theme.
       You may submit an abstract of no more than 250 words; please include all authors, contact author and her/his full contact information. The abstract should include a precise statement of the argument and conclusions, the evidence and/or resources to be used, and what significance the paper has to our understanding of hockey’s arena. All accepted presentations carry the inherent expectation that the author(s) will be in attendance at the conference to present the paper and all presenters must register in full in order to present the paper. All sessions will be held on the campus of Western University. Abstracts will be accepted until March 25, 2014 with acceptance decisions by April 15, 2014. Please email us your abstract in PDF, Word, RTF, or text format to conference@thehockeyconference.ca  For full conference information re accommodation, registration etc, please visit The Hockey Conference website at: http://www.thehockeyconference.ca/
       In keeping with the traditions established at the past iterations of The Hockey Conference, a game of shinny (on ice) will be staged on Thursday, June 19.  Please bring your own skates. Sticks will be supplied if needed.

    CFP: For a public sociology of sport in the Americas: accomplishments, challenges, and emerging agendas

    CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

    Editorial Team / Equipe Editorial / Equipo Editorial:
    Dr. Alex Branco Fraga
    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
    Editor-in-Chief (Portuguese)

    Dr. Angela Aisenstein
    Universidad Nacional de Luján and Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina)
    Guest Editor (Spanish)

    Dr. Peter Donnelly
    University of Toronto (Canada)
    Guest Editor (English)

    FOR A PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT IN THE AMERICAS: ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CHALLENGES, AND EMERGING AGENDAS

    Call for Papers

    If Michael Burawoy is accurate when he suggests that civil society is currently under threat from the pervasive interests of the market and the state, there is perhaps no other domain of social life in which this can be so clearly evidenced than that of sport. In spite of numerous efforts to consolidate access to sport and physical activity as a human right, sport policies and programs tend to be among the very first to undergo cuts at times of fiscal austerity. All over the Americas – and most notably in North America – the rise of neoliberal agendas has triggered an unparalleled commodification of the pathways and spaces to engage in sport and physical activity, while at the same time significantly eroding the capacity of states to deliver opportunities for sport participation. It thus comes as no surprise that, despite some fundamental disagreements, most of the different branches of critical scholarship within North American sociology of sport have found common ground in the charge against neoliberalism. These concerns have been articulated in both theoretical and practical terms – and it is the latter that is of special interest.

    Yet, if there is to be a robust public sociology of sport, it needs to be anchored in the assumption that the struggles of civil society may take different shapes in response to the distinct oppressing conditions encountered in each social landscape. Whereas the threat of privatization remains widespread throughout most capitalist societies, in some countries of the global south – such as Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, and Bolivia – sport participation policies have experienced an unprecedented allocation of resources in recent years. It is still unclear, however, whether these policies represent an effective challenge to the hegemonic values pervading mainstream sports monoculture – or, on the contrary, help to reproduce them.

    As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for the Movimento Journal and inspired by the first ten years of Burawoy’s landmark call for a public sociology, this special issue seeks to explore how scholars of sport situated all over the world – and especially in the Americas – have navigated some of the challenges presented above, engaged with their respective “publics,” and taken a stand on behalf of civil society. Submissions are encouraged on, but not limited to, the following themes:
    • The role of sociologists of sport as public intellectuals, their engagement with traditional “publics,” and the possibilities of intervention in the mainstream media;
    • The emergence of new media and the opportunities they provide for the establishment of new “publics;”
    • The organic engagement of sociologists of sport with representatives of civil society, such as labour unions, non-governmental organizations, sport for development programmes, etc.;
    • The challenges and opportunities surrounding open-access knowledge, the proliferation of open-access journals, and the difficulties embedded in the process of knowledge translation;
    • The impacts of expenditure cuts on opportunities for sport participation and sport policies within neoliberal settings;
    • The increasing privatization, corporatization and commercialization of physical culture, and the emergence of counter-hegemonic alternatives;
    • The evaluation and critique of sport policies and programmes in developing countries.

    Submissions are accepted in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. Papers must have 4,000 – 6,000 words (inclusive of endnotes and reference list) and should follow the formatting guidelines available at http://www.seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/about/submissions. The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2014. Original manuscripts should be submitted online at http://www.seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/index. Please direct any inquiries to Guilherme
    Nothen at g.reisnothen@mail.utoronto.ca.