Social Work In Sports
October 15th 2015
Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
Call For Papers
Social Work in Sports 2015: An Idea Whose Time Has Come will be a one-day
symposium to discuss the role of social work in youth, high school, collegiate,
amateur and professional sports. Potential oral and poster presentation topics
include youth development, student-athlete development, substance abuse,
domestic violence, sexual assault in collegiate and professional sports, high school
or college athletes and community outreach, women in sports, sports focused
community programs and program evaluation, athlete mental health, sports and
social justice, and more. In sum, Social Work in Sports 2015 is accepting proposals
that explore the intersection of social work content areas or social education and
sports. We welcome conceptual papers, works in progress, and completed research.
The oral presentation format is a 12-minute Ted Talk “like” presentation with
questions to follow all presentations in the focus area. Preliminary focus areas will
be the various levels of sport - youth, high school, collegiate/amateur and
professional sports. The focus areas may change based on abstract submissions.
Abstracts
• Abstracts are due Friday, August 21st 2015
• Submission email: emmett.gill@utsa.edu
• Format: 12-point font and 1 inch margins
• Word Count: 400 (excluding title, 2 learning objectives & up to 3 keywords)
• Abstracts will undergo a blind-review process
• All abstracts MUST be submitted electronically as a Word attachment
• The email message accompanying the abstract should include: the author’s
name, email address, telephone number, proposed focus area(s), and
whether the proposal is for an oral or poster presentation
• Submission of abstract(s) indicates the intent to register for the symposium
• Abstract Acceptance Notification will be sent Friday, September 4th 2015
Evaluation Criteria
• Relevance to focus areas, social work practice and/or social work education
• Technical Quality: Clear ideas, arguments and theory
• Innovation: Promotion of new ideas, practices in social education
• Impacts Broader Movement of Social Work in Sports
• Feasibility: Can the content be presented in a 12-minute Ted Talk format?
For additional information visit http://www.1in4project.org (after 7/30/15)
Questions email emmett.gill@utsa.edu or Natalie@1in4project.org
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