AWARD: 2012 Barbara Brown Student Paper Award

CALL FOR PAPERS – NASSS Student Members
2012 Barbara Brown Student Paper Award

HISTORY
Barbara A. Brown was a professor of sport sociology at the University of Western Ontario from 1983 until 1990, when she died of cancer at the age of forty. Dr. Brown, who was President-Elect of NASSS at the time of her death, was widely recognized for her expertise on women in sport and leisure, her political commitment to extending girls' and women's opportunities for participation in sport, and her contributions to the development of a professional community of sport sociologists. She was also a dedicated mentor and teacher whose invaluable work with students is appropriately memorialized in the naming of this award for her.

INSTRUCTIONS
·       Papers may not exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including notes, tables, and references (which also need to be double-spaced).
·       Papers should be free of any reference to the author(s) in order to ensure blind review.
·       Authors should follow a consistent style (e.g., APA) throughout the paper, and should include line numbers to facilitate reviewer comments.
·       Authors should include a cover page with the title of the paper, their full contact information, institutional affiliation, degree program, advisor’s name and contact information, and award category for submission (master’s or doctoral).

ELIGIBILITY
·   Authors MUST be members of NASSS at time of submission. Please be sure that your membership status is updated and current.
·   Papers do not need to be submitted for presentation at the NASSS conference (though most are).
·   Authors must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time their paper is submitted.
·   Papers that have undergone formal, peer review for publication are not eligible for the contest.
·   Papers must represent student-produced inquiry only. Limited input from supervisors (e.g., general feedback on structure and content, recommendations for editing) is acceptable, but papers on which supervisors have had substantial input (e.g., analysis of data, writing or rewriting of sections of the paper) are not eligible.
·  The committee will accept one (1) submission per author.
·  Papers that were previously submitted for consideration and not awarded may be resubmitted for consideration, provided the author and paper meet all other criteria.
·  In the event that a co-authored paper is selected as winner, the authors will share the prize.
·  When warranted, the committee will offer up to two (2) awards, one (1) for a Master’s Student and one (1) for a PhD student. 
·  Only papers deemed by the committee to be truly outstanding will be considered for the award, and thus there is a possibility that no awards will be given for either or both award categories (i.e. Master’s and PhD).

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION
Papers will be evaluated on the following criteria:
·       Explanation of Conceptual Framework
·       Analytic Clarity and Currency
·       Organization and Clarity of Expression
·       Discussion or Interpretation
·       Contribution to Knowledge-Impact
·       Relevance to NASSS/field
·       Adherence to Consistent Referencing Style (e.g., APA)

PRIZES
The award recipient(s) will receive up to $1000 towards their NASSS conference expenses, plus a waiver of the conference registration fee. The Student Paper Award Committee may also give up to two honorable
mentions in each category. Students receiving an honorable mention will have their conference registration fees waived. In addition, all authors will receive feedback on their papers, which will hopefully benefit the authors.

SUBMISSIONS
The DEADLINE for submissions is August 15, 2012.
Papers and any questions should be sent via email to:
Dr. Jason Laurendeau, Student Paper Award Committee Chair


E-mail: jason.laurendeau@uleth.ca

CFP: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS)

Call for PapersInternational Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS)ISSN 2220-8488 (Print), 2221- 0989 (Online) International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS) is an open access, peer-reviewed and refereed international journal published by Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA. The main objective of IJHSS is to provide an intellectual platform for the international scholars. IJHSS aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in humanities and social science and become the leading journal in humanities and social science in the world.
The journal publishes research papers in the fields of humanities and social science such as anthropology, business studies, communication studies, corporate governance ,criminology, cross-cultural studies ,demography, development studies, economics,education, ethics, geography, history, industrial relations, information science, international relations, law, linguistics, library science, media studies, methodology,philosophy, political science, population Studies, psychology, public administration,sociology, social welfare, linguistics ,literature, paralegal, performing arts (music, theatre & dance), religious studies ,visual arts, women studies and so on.
The journal is published in both print and online versions.
The journal is now indexed with and included in Cabell’s, Ulrich’s, DOAJ, Index Copernicus International, EBSCO and Gale. Moreover the journal is under the indexing process with ISI, ERIC, Econlit, Scopus and Journalseek.
IJHSS publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes, and book reviews.
IJHSS is inviting papers for Vol. 2 No. 13 which is scheduled to be published on July 31, 2012.
Send your manuscript to the editor at editor@ijhssnet.com, or editor.ijhss@hotmail.comFor more information, visit the official website of the journal www.ijhssnet.com
With thanks,
The Chief Editor
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS)
Contact: editor@ijhssnet.com, editor.ijhss@hotmail.com

CONFERENCE: IOC World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture

Dear Olympic Studies colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that you will find here new information concerning the 8th edition of the IOC World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture to be held in Amsterdam from 25 to 27 November 2012.

http://www.olympic.org/news/save-the-date-8th-ioc-world-conference-on-sport-education-and-culture/167116

CFP: Communication and Sport (Inaugural)

Communication and Sport
Call for Papers

Communication and Sport, a new international research quarterly to be published starting in 2013 by SAGE Publications in alliance with the International Association for Communication and Sport would like to announce its inaugural Call for Papers.  Information about the title, including its aims and scope, manuscript submission guidelines, and Editorial Board may be found at: http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202136 . Please submit manuscripts via SAGE Track, powered by ScholarOne, at the Communication and Sport Manuscript Central website at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commsport . 

Communication and Sport is edited by Lawrence Wenner of Loyola Marymount University. Associate Editors are Andrew Billings of the University of Alabama, Marie Hardin of Pennsylvania State University, and David Rowe of the University of Western Sydney. The new journal features a distinguished international Editorial Board and will publish 400 pages annually in hard copy and via SAGE OnlineFirst.  Questions concerning submissions may be directed to commsporteditor@gmail.com .

Communication and Sport engages a broad intellectual community through its Aims and Scope statement: Communication and Sport is a peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport.  C&S publishes research and critical analysis from diverse disciplinary and theoretical perspectives to advance understanding of communication phenomena in the varied contexts through which sport touches individuals, society, and culture.  C&Sexamines both communication in sport and the communication of sport by considering sport in light of communication processes, strategies, industries, texts, and reception.  C&S welcomes studies of sport and media in mass and new media settings, research on sport in interpersonal, group, organizational, and other communication contexts, and analyses of sport rhetoric, discourse, and narratives. C&S encourages studies of sport communication and media from broad disciplinary vistas including sport studies/sociology, management, marketing, politics, economics, philosophy, history, education, kinesiology, health, as well as cultural, policy, urban, gender, sexuality, race, and ability studies.  C&Sis theoretically diverse, and articles featuring qualitative, quantitative, critical, historical, and other methods are equally welcome.

SCHOLARSHIP: Graduate Diversity Award

SCHOLARSHIP: GRADUATE DIVERSITY AWARD

In recognition of the recommendation made by the Racial Diversity Committee in the fall
of 2003, the NASSS Conference Program Committee has implemented a scholarship for
a graduate student who is a member of a racial or ethnic “minority” group. The purpose
of the scholarship is to create a mechanism to identify racial and/or ethnic “minority”
graduate students who are doing research in the area of sport sociology, and to provide a
means of supporting their work and association with NASSS. The award is for $500 to
be applied toward expenses associated with attendance at the NASSS 2012 Conference in
New Orleans, LA (USA).

The application process and criteria for the scholarship are as follows:

*NASSS member and graduate student status

*Applicants must prepare a one-page essay, which addresses how they plan to contribute
to the field of sociology of sport/physical activity.

*Essays should be submitted along with a recommendation from a faculty
member who is familiar with the student’s work and aspirations.

*Applications will be reviewed by the NASSS Diversity and Conference Climate
Committee.

*All documents must be sent via e-mail.

*Announcements regarding the selected applicant will be made at the end of
September 2012.

*The winner of the award will be recognized at the 2012 Annual NASSS Conference
Business Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

Application Deadline: August 31, 2012

Submit materials to:

Dr. Demetrius Pearson
University of Houston
Chair, NASSS Diversity and Conference Climate Committee
Dpearson@uh.edu

POSTDOC: School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech

Postdoc in Sports Studies

The School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech (HTS) seeks a postdoctoral fellow
in sports studies beginning in fall 2012.

HTS is a collective of sociologists and historians offering a full range of undergraduate and
graduate degrees. In 2013 HTS will inaugurate an interdisciplinary program bringing together
sports studies, science and technology, and urban studies and incorporating faculty from areas
such as architecture, biomedicine, engineering, history, information design, international affairs,
literature, physiology, psychology, sociology, and urban planning.

The postdoctoral fellow will help to shape this new program by using fall 2012 to develop
an “Introduction to Sports Studies” course which s/he will teach in spring 2013 along with one
additional course to be negotiated. We will consider candidates from a variety of disciplinary
backgrounds. This is a one-year postdoctoral position, renewable for an additional year at the
discretion of the HTS chair.

Applicants for this position should email all materials, including a cover letter, current CV, and
contact information for three references to Professor John Tone at john.tone@hts.gatech.edu.
The deadline for applications is July 15, 2012. Please include the words “Sports Studies Postdoc”
in the subject line. Salary will be competitive and will include fringe benefits.

Georgia Tech was recently voted one of the best places to work, and Atlanta is consistently
ranked among the top ten places to live for young professionals. Georgia Tech is a unit of
the University System of Georgia and an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and
requires compliance with the Immigration Control Reform Act of 1986.

JOB: Georgia Institute of Technology

Homer Rice Chair in Sports and Society
School of History, Technology, & Society
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech seeks a senior scholar for a tenure/tenure track position to head its new initiative in
sports studies. Candidates should possess an established record of scholarship in the sociology of sport,
including funded research, and a desire to shape a distinctive program of national reputation in sports
studies. The Homer Rice Chair will reside on Georgia Tech’s Atlanta campus in the School of History,
Technology, and Society, a collective of sociologists and historians offering a full range of undergraduate
and graduate degrees. The interdisciplinary focus of the initiative brings together sports studies, science
and technology, and urban studies, incorporating faculty from across campus, in areas ranging from
architecture, urban planning, and biomedicine to information design, literature, and international
affairs. We look for a creative academic leader and program builder who can leverage the unique
opportunities available at a tier one technological university situated in the heart of a vibrant, diverse
metropolis. The position includes substantial research funding and administrative support.

Qualified applicants for this position should forward a cover letter, current CV, research/teaching
statement, and contact info for five references to Professor Steven Usselman, Chair, School of History,
Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Old CE Building, 221 Bobby Dodd Way,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0225 or by electronic attachment to sportsstudies@hts.gatech.edu. The search
committee will begin reviewing applications on September 15, 2012 and continue until the position is
filled.

Located in midtown Atlanta, Georgia Tech enrolls over 21,000 students and is consistently ranked as
one of the top seven public universities in the country. Georgia Tech is a unit of the University System of
Georgia and an AA/EO employer; women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.

JOB: Un. of Southern Mississippi

Please consider applying or forwarding to interested parties. Thank you.

I would like to announce an opening for a one-year visiting instructor position in Sport Coaching Education at the University of Southern Mississippi. This position will be a 9-month contract from August 2012-May 2013. The instructor would be responsible for teaching 4 courses per semester in any of the following: Intro to Sport Coaching, Sport Pedagogy, Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries, and/or coaching methods courses like Coaching Track and Field, Coaching Basketball, etc.

If you are interested or know someone who would be, please contact me as soon as possible. We are looking to have a list of candidate for this position by the end of next week (June 15th).

Brian

Brian T. Gearity, Ph.D., C.S.C.S

Assistant Professor

College of Health/School of Human Performance and Recreation

The University of Southern Mississippi

118 College Drive #5142

Hattiesburg, MS 39406

Brian.Gearity@usm.edu

(601)266-6321 office

(601)266-4445 fax

CFP: Sport Management Review on Managing Disability Sport

CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of Sport Management Review on Managing Disability Sport
Guest Editors - Dr. Laura Misener & Dr. Simon Darcy

Disability sport draws on a well-developed body of literature with its origins in medicine and rehabilitation that developed quickly post-World War II with the establishment of Stoke Mandeville Games. The Stoke Mandeville Games grew into the Paralympic Games and the International Paralympic Committee. From this foundation, as human performance and sports science developed so did interest in the performance of athletes with disabilities. Within the education sector, disability advocacy and inclusive education practices challenged school physical education and sports programs to be more inclusive of the group. At the same time the rise of disability advocacy brought issues of access and inclusion into the mainstream from local level grassroots sport right through to elite international competition. Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics and Paralympics, disability sport has had international exposure. Beyond the Paralympics, and other disability specific sport events, disability sport has been integrated into the local, regional, national and international world sporting bodies. Yet, managing disability sport is characterised by a series of challenges that are unique to the area. This special edition focuses on Managing Disability Sport rather than the medical, human performance or sociocultural issues facing people with disability in sport.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
• Management and marketing of disability specific sport events (i.e. Paralympic Games;
Special Olympics; Deaf Olympics);
• Managing disability sport across the inclusion spectrum (segregated to mainstream);
• Sport organisation approaches to disability sport delivery;
• Managing classification systems;
• Disability sport participation patterns;
• Legislation and policy related to fostering disability sport initiatives;
• Specialist infrastructure, transport and equipment considerations;
• Managing Assistive Technology within Sporting Context;
• Accessible Sport Tourism opportunities;
• Developing organisational disability sport capacity;
• Managing Volunteers and Disability Sport;
• Innovation and entrepreneurship for disability sport organisations;
• Media and Social Media Approaches to Disability Sport Promotion;
The list is indicative and the editors welcome approaches from authors who would like to discuss ideas for papers. The focus of the special issue will be conceptual and empirical research with a strong contextual, theoretical or methodological basis that advances knowledge. Studies using quantitative and/or qualitative or mixed methods approaches are welcomed.

Deadline for submissions
Submissions are due on or before 15 December 2012 via the SMR online submission system at http://ees.elsevier.com/smr/. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for review in relation to the special issue it is important that authors select “Special Issue: Managing Disability Sport” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process.
All manuscript submissions must adhere to the Sport Management Review ‘Guide for Authors’ available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_

Special Issue Editor contact details

Laura Misener, PhD
School of Kinesiology
Faculty of Health Sciences
Western University
London, ON
N6A 5B9
Tel: 1-519-661-2111 ext. 86000
Fax: 519-661-2008
Email: laura.misener@uwo.ca


Simon Darcy, PhD
Management -Events, Leisure, Sport,
Tourism and the Arts group
UTS Business School
University of Technology, Sydney
Broadway NSW 2007
Tel: +61 2 9514 5114
Fax: +61 2 9514 5195
Email: simon.darcy@uts.edu.au

CFP: Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
Sponsored by the CSRI - College Sport Research Institute

Call for Papers
Special Issue
College Sport, University Governance, and Power Politics: Through the Lens of Penn State

Events emanating from allegations of child sexual abuse by a former Penn State coach in
November of 2011 have left a university divided, a state in turmoil, and the higher education community
more generally under heightened scrutiny. While the situation at Penn State has its own unique cultural
signature, the questions raised about the influence of sport on a university and beyond resonate across the
higher education landscape.
Through the lens of Penn State (i.e., outcomes, events, and responses associated with the alleged
sexual abuse scandal), we invite research-based, theoretically grounded scholarly submissions that offer
perspectives on college sport, university governance, and politics. Topics should conform broadly to the
overarching theme for the issue and may address one or more of the sub-themes below:
Perspectives on the “Grand Experiment”.
Presidential leadership and college sport.
The politics of college sport and university governance.
The administrative challenge of supervising big-time coaches with access to both financial and
cultural capital.
Ethical considerations.
The economic impact of college sport scandal on the health and status of universities.
Co-editors for this special issue are Ellen J. Staurowsky, Professor, Sport Management, Drexel
University and Chad Seifried, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State
University. Manuscript files (Microsoft word format only) can be submitted electronically starting
September 1, 2012 and no later than November 1, 2012 to Ellen J. Staurowsky at ejs95@drexel.edu.
The submission should be accompanied with an email message stating the manuscript has not been
simultaneously submitted for publication and/or published elsewhere. Manuscripts must conform
to the current “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.” Manuscripts must
include an abstract of approximately 150-200 words and complete references. Each manuscript must
be typewritten, double-spaced throughout, use “Times New Roman” font (size 12), and utilize one inch
margins on the top, bottom, and sides. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce
copyrights information and materials. Submitting a manuscript indicates the author(s) agree(s) to transfer
of copyright to The College Sport Research Institute. A publication agreement can be found at http://csri-
jiia.org/guideline_reg.html

Manuscripts submitted that correctly follow the submission guidelines are initially
reviewed at the editorial level. Submissions found to be outside the scope of JIIA, incomplete
or incorrectly formatted per JIIA submission guidelines or APA standards, or not meeting
standards of sufficient quality may be subject to desk rejection. Submissions meeting these
criteria are subjected to blind reviews by a minimum of two peer reviewers. JIIA strives to return
submissions to authors within 60 days of submission.