Tuesday, November 10, 2015

JOB: Tenure/Tenure-Track Full-Time Chair - California State University

Department of Kinesiology and Health Science
Tenure/Tenure-Track Full-Time Chair #101485

California State University, Sacramento, seeks to hire a qualified person to serve as full time Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science. The new Chair will have an excellent opportunity to shape the future direction of a dynamic multidisciplinary department. The Department of Kinesiology and Health Science is looking for an individual with a documented record of academic innovation and progressive leadership. The Department of Kinesiology and Health Science is part of the College of Health and Human Services. The Department offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Kinesiology, Health Science, and Athletic Training. A Master of Science is also available and offers two concentrations of study (Exercise Science and Movement Studies). The successful candidate must qualify for retreat rights as a faculty member in Kinesiology (Athletic Training, Exercise Science, or Physical Education) or Health Science (Community Health Education, Health Care Administration, or Occupational Health & Safety).

Applications are only accepted through the Sacramento State jobs website. For full vacancy announcement, including application procedures, please see: http://www.csus.edu/about/employment/

The review of applications begins November 30, 2015, and will continue until the position is filled.

Address questions only to: Dr. Michael Wright, Search Committee Chair, Phone 916-278-5689; or email: wrightm@csus.edu

AA/EEO. Clery Act Statistics available. Mandated reporter requirements. Criminal background check required.

CFP: Engaging the Field: Sport in Under-Resourced, Underdeveloped, and Conflict Regions - Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Engaging the Field: Sport in Under-Resourced, Underdeveloped, and Conflict Regions

There have been concomitant calls for increased rigour in sport for development and peace (SDP) research and cautions against neocolonial approaches that may subjugate knowledge. To address these concerns, this special issue calls for research that considers the impacts of SDP programmes as well as the role of sport as it naturally occurs in under-resourced, underdeveloped, and conflict regions. Of particular interest is research that is methodologically diverse, innovative, and engages with athletes, coaches, and community stakeholders (e.g., teachers, police officers, pastors, government leaders) to better understand the meaning they ascribe to sport, their sport experiences, and their perceptions of the role of sport in promoting (or obstructing) development and peace. Additional topics might include, but are not limited to, the use of sport in social movements, sport experiences of those connected to gender-based violence (victims and perpetrators), and the meaning and role of sport after a disaster or terrorist activity in community response and rebuilding.

Submission instructions

Papers must be submitted to the Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health ScholarOne site. Submissions must be received by 31st March 2016, with final versions due on 31st July 2016.

Full ‘Instructions for authors’ can be found under the ‘Authors and submissions’ tab here.

Editorial information

CFP: 13th International Symposium for Olympic Research

"The Future of the Olympic Event in the Age of the Mega-Spectacle"
13th International Symposium for Olympic Research
July 30-31, 2016, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Call for Abstracts - 

The 13th International Symposium for Olympic Research, will be co-hosted by the International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) at Western University, London, Canada,  and ARETE - Centre of Olympic Studies, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil. The Symposium will be held July 30-31, 2016, on the Campus of UFES in Vitória.
Scholars, researchers, students, and professionals interested in the socio-cultural study of the modern Olympic or Paralympic Games are invited to submit abstracts for conference presentations. Papers in the areas of history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, cultural studies, and sport management, as well as other disciplines that contribute to our cultural understanding of the Games are particularly encouraged.
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15, 2016
For information on abstract submission procedure, registration, and other related matters, please visit the web site of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at Western University: http://uwo.ca/olympic/activities/2016-symposium.html
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, the Federal University of Espírito Santo, is located in Vitória, the capital of the State of Espírito Santo. Vitória is connected to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo through regular daily flights of about 50 to 75 minutes duration.
We hope to see you in Brazil!
Otávio Tavares & Michael Heine

CFP: The 9th Annual Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference

Call for Abstracts:
The 9th Annual Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference:
“Engaging Health and Physical Culture:
Power, Politics, and Possibilities”
Friday March 4th, 2016

Physical Cultural Studies (PCS) – housed within the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland – will host their 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference onFriday March 4th, 2016 at the School of Public Health Building on the College Park campus. This one-day conference will consist of a series of student presentations commenced with an alumni keynote address by Dr. Oliver Rick, PCS alumnus and current assistant professor of Sport Management and Recreation at Springfield College, and a PCS address by Dr. Dave Zang, professor of Kinesiology at Towson University. Dr. Rick’s work currently focuses on developing innovative theory to better engage with physical cultures in contemporary urban settings. In particular this includes a focus on the urban as assemblage, as well as affect theory and non-representational dimensions of interaction. Dr. Zang’s research has focused on sport history, sports literature, and history of popular culture.

This year, the conference will be organized around the theme, “Engaging Health and Physical Culture: Power, Politics, and Possibilities”.  Given the increasing focus on physical activity and culture as a means of health promotion-- as well as our particular location in a School of Public Health -- engagement with health practices, discourses, and possibilities, is vital. We seek to strengthen the critical scholarly connection between physical culture and health, utilizing this year’s conference to explore and examine the complex landscape of critical public health.

We invite papers that reflect upon these and other relevant questions and topics:
  • Possibilities for the study of health as an empirical site for Physical Cultural Studies
  • What are the political responsibilities of critical scholars as well as health practitioners within a School of Public Health?
  • What exclusions are produced by dominant health discourses and practices? How are these being accommodated and/or resisted within physical cultural practices?
  • How can the materiality of the body be engaged within PCS? What theories, methodologies, and epistemologies can be used in this study?
  • How can we incorporate feminist, critical race, queer theories as well as other critical frameworks into our understandings of physical culture and health?
The conference aims to promote an inter- and trans-disciplinary dialogue, and as such is a space for work that develops from within or across multiple academic disciplines.  We welcome all submissions from a multitude of disciplines on a multitude of related topics, but encourage submissions interrogating physical cultural practices.

The submission deadline is January 29th, 2016

Please e-mail abstracts (300 word limit) to umdpcs@gmail.com
Within your email, include as an attachment (in .doc or .pdf format) the following: Paper Title, Abstract, Keywords, Author(s) contact information, and institutional affiliation(s).

For more information about PCS please visit 
http://www.umdpcs.org; for questions please contact PCS Graduate Conference Committee at umdpcs@gmail.com

CFP: College Athletes' Rights & Empowerment: Visioning A New Paradigm of College Sport Conference

Drexel university

College Athletes’ Rights & Empowerment: 
Visioning A New Paradigm of College Sport 
Conference 
March 24-26, 2016 

Call for Papers

ABOUT

Drexel University's Center for Hospitality and Sport Management is proudly hosting the College Athletes' Rights & Empowerment: Visioning A New Paradigm of College Sport Conference, March 24-26 on Drexel's campus.
Civil rights have been defined as “the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.” During the past 20 years, there has been a growing awareness that the practices that are used by the college sport industry to regulate players in the sports of football and basketball (the economic drivers of the industry) often deny them basic civil rights and liberties, impede their ability to access a meaningful education, subject them to harsh treatment and unsafe workplaces, violate anti-trust law, and artificially suppress their value. This conference is designed to bring scholars, journalists, practitioners, and athletes together for the purpose of envisioning a new model of college sport for the 21st century that places the health, well-being, and welfare of college athletes at the center and provides a democratic avenue for athletes to share in the decision making that shapes the rules governing their lives. 

What will such a visioning require? How do efforts to regulate athletes in the sports of football and basketball impact the treatment of athletes throughout the entire college sport system? What would the impact be if some Division I sports evolved into a “club-sport” framework, something that Michigan State president Lou Anna Simon suggested in the fall of 2015 warranted thought and consideration? Is it time for the system of college sport to be restructured away from a one-size-fits all model of regulation to federated structures that account for different sports and their respective markets? How do various constituents respond to the Wall Street Journal’s question of whether college sport needs the NCAA?

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

(Confirmed as of October 26)
Ed O'Bannon, retired professional basketball player and former power forward for the UCLA Bruin’s men’s basketball team that won the 1995 NCAA national championship. He is the lead plaintiff in O’Bannon v. NCAA.
Ramogi Huma, founder and president of the National College Players Association (NCPA). A former football player at UCLA, he has been on the forefront of college athlete advocacy for the past 15 years.
Joe Nocera, reporter for the New York Times  and/or Ben Strauss, reporter for the New York Times, authors of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA.

PHD: Sport Management Doctoral Program - U. of Tennessee

University of Tennessee
Sport Management Doctoral Program
Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies

The Sport Management doctoral program at the University of Tennessee has an opening for the fall 2016 semester. The program is housed in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies. This position includes a tuition waiver and a monthly stipend. The candidate will teach classes in the Sport Management curriculum each semester and possibly teach classes in the Physical Education and Activity Program.

Candidates should have research interests in at least one of the following areas: 1) collegiate athletics, 2) law and governance, or 3) environmental sustainability.

The Sport Management doctoral program prepares graduates for positions as faculty members in higher education. The coursework for the program is developed between the student and the faculty advisor to meet the educational goals of the student. Students have the flexibility to develop a program that allows them to focus on the area of Sport Management in which they have an interest.

Doctoral students will receive training in research design and methodology and are expected to conduct research outside the requirements of the classroom. The program consists of 15 hours within the concentration, 18 hours of research courses, nine hours within the specialization and a minimum of six hours in an outside or cognate area.

Contact Dr. Rob Hardin (robh@utk.edu or 865-974-1281) for more information.

CFP: The Sport Documentary - Special Issue of Journal of Sport & Social Issues

CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Sport & Social Issues
The Sport Documentary

Editors:
Travis Vogan and CL Cole

The sport documentary—in film, television, and online—has achieved a heightened degree of prominence in recent years with the launch of ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 series (2009-present), PBS Frontline’s controversial League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (2013), and Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s Academy Award-winningUndefeated (2011). Sport documentaries—regardless of the genre’s frequent pretensions—do not merely showcase reality. Rather, they construct specific versions of sporting culture that serve distinct economic, industrial, institutional, historical, and sociopolitical ends ripe for criticism, contextualization, and exploration.

This special issue of JSSI aims to bring attention to this important but understudied area by probing the sport documentary’s cultural meanings, aesthetic practices, industrial and commercial dimensions, and political contours across historical, social, and geographic contexts.  It hopes to consider and critique the sport documentary’s increasingly visible and powerful position in contemporary culture and to forge novel connections between the study of nonfiction media and sport.

Interested contributors should send a proposal (200-250 words) to the editors by 15 December 2015. First drafts of selected projects will be due 1 June 2016.

Please address proposals and questions to Travis Vogan, travis-vogan@uiowa.edu or to CL Cole, clcole@uillinois.edu.

AWARD: EASS Young Researcher Award 2016

Young Researcher Award 2016 –CALL FOR PAPERS
The European Association for Sociology of Sport is proud to announce the 8th Eass Young Researcher Award. The aim of the award is to facilitate the integration of outstanding graduate students and young researchers into the European community of sociology of sport scholars. The award will be granted to a scholarly paper authored by a young researcher, which is deemed by a panel of judges to be of highest quality. The winning author will be invited to receive the award and present the paper at the Annual Conference of the Eass, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 4–8 June 2016. The winning paper may be considered for publication in the European Journal for Sport and Society.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS: 31st January 2016
Selection Committee 2016:
Prof. Ilse Hartmann-Tews (German Sport University Cologne), Prof. Toni Bruce (University of Auckland), Dr Anna Vilanova (National Institute of Physical Education, Barcelona), Dr Davide Sterchele (Leeds Beckett University).
All papers should be sent to: Dr. Davide Sterchele, davide.sterchele@gmail.com
Eligibility:
·         Any student who is registered for master or doctoral level graduate work at the time her or his paper is submitted.
  • Any researcher, younger than 35, who was awarded PhD not earlier than 5 years before the time her or his paper is submitted.
  • The committee will accept only one submission per author.
Awards:
  • The winning author will be invited to attend the Eass conference free of charge and to present the paper to the plenary session during the closing ceremony.
  • Eass sponsored prize of membership in Eass for the year after which the award is granted.
  • The panel of judges may also give up to two honourable mentions. Young researchers receiving an honourable mention will also have their papers accepted for presentation at the Eass conference free of charge.
  • Additional monetary prizes may be indicated in the forthcoming announcements of the Eass conference.
  • The name of all winning authors will be posted on the Eass website.
Requirements:
·         Candidates will submit a scholarly paper on a topic that is of interest to the European sociology of sport academic community. Please submit two separate files: the first one must contain the title of the paper and the full contact information of the author; the second one must contain the title, the abstract and the full text of the paper (here the author should remain anonymous).
  • Papers with a lenght of over 8,000 words (references included) will not be considered.
  • Papers must be original, i.e. not already submitted elsewhere.
  • Authors will submit a letter, signed by her or his academic advisor, verifying their student status or the date of their Ph.D dissertation (not earlier than 5 years before the time her or his paper is submitted).
  • Authors will comply with the publications guidelines of ejss (see: http://www.ejss.ch/ ejss/guidelines.html)
  • Papers should be sent to the Award Committee Chair in electronic copy (Microsoft Word).
·         When sending the full paper for the YRA, those authors who plan to attend the conference independently from the YRA results must also submit their abstract via the on-line submission system of the general conference.
For any enquiry, please contact Dr. Davide Sterchele: davide.sterchele@gmail.com  

Further information about the Award at: http://www.eass-sportsociology.eu/awards.html

CFP: 9th Annual CSRI Conference on College Sport

9th Annual CSRI Conference on College Sport
April 20-22, 2016
Downtown Columbia Marriott
The University of South Carolina Columbia, SC

Call for Papers

The College Sport Research Institute welcomes the submission of abstracts for its 9th annual CSRI Conference on College Sport to be held at the Downtown Columbia, SC Marriott: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/caemh-columbia-marriott/

The conference’s mission is to: “Provide students, scholars, and college-sport practitioners a public forum to discuss relevant and timely college sport issues.”

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
To be considered for acceptance, abstracts must reflect research on college-sport history, socialcultural college-sport issues, legal theory or the application of law to college-sport issues, businessrelated 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 26, 2015 and MUST be received no later than Friday, January 22, 2016 (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 poster presentations. 800-word maximum for 30-minute oral presentations & 65-minute symposia, panels, roundtables, or workshops. (NOTE: References should be included for in-text citations.)

ABSTRACT FORMAT:
Line 1: Type of session desired (choose from the options below):
● Poster presentation
● 30-minute oral presentation (including questions)
● 65-minute symposium, panel, roundtable, or workshop
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 your email please include the corresponding author’s contact information.

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: CSRI Conference Abstract Review Committee at csri@sc.edu

NOTE: All abstracts MUST be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word attachment. For more information regarding the conference: http://www.csriconference.org or call at: 803.777.0658 / 803.777.5550

JOB: Assistant or Associate Professor of Sport Management - U. of Minnesota

ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPORT MANAGEMENT

School of Kinesiology
University of Minnesota

Job Opening ID: 305010
Job Posting Title: Assistant or Associate Professor
Location: UMTC, East Bank
Schedule Type: Full-Time

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES (UMTC)
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The School of Kinesiology, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is seeking an outstanding candidate for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position in the area of Sport Management to begin with the 2016-17 academic year. We are seeking candidates with a research and teaching focus on management within the sport industry (e.g., marketing and sponsorship, consumer behavior, organizational theory, organizational behavior, management of non-profit sport, corporate social responsibility).

The School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota has a rich tradition of exceptional scholarship and academic excellence. Our research supports the interdisciplinary study of the physiological, biological, developmental, social, and behavioral bases of exercise, sport, and human movement. Faculty are committed to excellence in research, teaching, and service as they strive to understand the lifespan impact of physical activity and sport on health, disease and society as a whole. Our sport management academic programs include approximately 176 undergraduate majors in the B.S. program, 73 undergraduate minors, and 47 graduate students in M.Ed., M.A., and Ph.D. programs. Complete information on the School can be found on the website, http://www.cehd.umn.edu/kin.

Located in the vibrant and culturally diverse cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the University of Minnesota is one of the nation's premier research universities offering teaching, public engagement, and unique and exciting opportunities for multidisciplinary and collaborative research with diverse populations. The Twin Cities is home to the big four professional men's sports, a Women's National Basketball Association team, minor league baseball, a projected Major League Soccer team, numerous colleges and universities, as well as sport manufacturing, sport agencies and other segments of the sport industry. Further information about the University of Minnesota is found at http://twin-cities.umn.edu/about-us and on the Relocation Assistance Program site http://www.umn.edu/ohr/employment/rap.

ABOUT THE JOB
The individual hired will be appointed to a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate position, as contingent upon qualifications and University processes. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The start date is August 29, 2016, which is the beginning of the 2016-17 academic year.

POSITION EXPECTATIONS

Teaching (50%)
+ Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in sport marketing and sponsorship
+ Contribute to academic program development and create courses in area of own expertise

Research (30%)
+ Display an active research agenda and publication success in top-tier sport management or related journals
+ Submit grant applications to secure external funding for research and scholarly work in sport management

Mentoring (10%)
+ Advise sport management graduate students, supervise thesis and dissertation work, and serve on graduate student examining committees
+ Mentor graduate and undergraduate students in directed study and independent study experiences

Service and Engagement (10%)
+ Serve on School, College, and University committees
+ Contribute to community and professional service in sport management

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
+ Ph.D. in sport management, management, marketing, or an earned terminal degree in a related field. Applications from ABD candidates will be considered if candidates can demonstrate that they will complete the doctorate by the start date of this position
+ Research, teaching and mentoring, and service expertise in sport management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
+ Record of publications in top-tier peer-reviewed journals
+ Demonstrated success in applying for and securing internal and external funding to support research endeavors in sport management
+ Experience teaching undergraduate and graduate sport marketing and sponsorship courses
+ Demonstrated ability to successfully mentor graduate and undergraduate students
+ Experience collaborating with sport organizations in program design, delivery and evaluation
+ Proven record of leadership in academic program development within sport management curricula
+ Research in non-profit and community sport contexts

HOW TO APPLY
Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, follow the directions below. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume. Additional documents may be attached after application by accessing your "My Activities" page and uploading documents there.

To receive the fullest consideration, applications should be received no later than Monday, November 30, 2015. Completed applications will consist of: (a) a letter addressing qualifications that relate to the position; (b) a curriculum vitae; (c) 2-3 sample publications; (d) academic transcripts; and (e) contact information for at least three references. This position will remain open until filled.

APPLICATION DIRECTIONS
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DIVERSITY
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