CFP: Doing Sport History in the Digital Present Workshop

Call for Papers

Doing Sport History in the Digital Present Workshop

Sports, Society, and Technology Program

School of History and Sociology

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA USA

May 25 and 26, 2016

 

What might new approaches in the digital humanities offer for the study of sport history? What might sport history offer the digital humanities and digital history in regards to questions of diverse embodiment, most prominently seen in sport? This workshop seeks a diverse group of scholars interested in addressing these and related questions. The goal of this workshop is to generate and extend conversations about digital scholarship, especially in relationship to the historical study of sport and related realms including recreation, games, physical activity, and the moving body.

 

In particular we seek contributions that span relevant empirical and epistemological questions. These papers might include, but are not limited to, those which explore: theories of digital sport history; archival, methodological, and/or epistemological questions raised by doing digital sport history; antecedents and genealogies of digital sport history; technical and cultural issues and problems raised via the doing of digital sport history; what digital technologies (e.g. mining, mapping, collecting, curating, visualization, etc.) offer for sport history and historians; what sport history and sport historians can contribute to digital modes of research and inquiry; de/colonial, feminist and anti-racist approaches as well as questions of access and power (e.g. gender, race, class and sexuality), design, and infrastructure in doing digital sport history; tensions among “traditional” and digital sport histories and historians; and, critiques regarding the premises, assumptions, and practices of digital sport history.  We are also very interested in papers that employ digital technologies in documenting particular histories of sport, recreation, games, physical activity, and/or the moving body. 

 

If interested please submit a 500 word abstract and a 200 word biography to Dr. Mary McDonald (mary.mcdonald@hsoc.gatech.edu) by October 8, 2015.  Those selected will be notified by October 22, 2015 and required to provide a 5,000-7,000-word paper by April 15, 2016. Selected participants will present a 15-20 minute version of their longer paper at the workshop, which will also be read and commented upon by other participants. Financial support will be provided for accommodation and meals during the duration of the workshop. Successful papers will be eligible to appear in the Journal of Sport History Special Issue, “Doing Sport History in the Digital Present.” This workshop will be held just prior (May 25-26, 2016) to the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) at the Georgia Tech hotel and Conference Center (May 27-30). Participants are strongly encouraged to attend both events and to also present their scholarship at NASSH. Please also contact Mary McDonald with any questions.

CFP: Mental health challenges in elite sport: balancing risk with reward

Mental health challenges in elite sport: balancing risk with reward

A growing research base suggests that the high performance environment has the potential to be a risky domain for many elite performers. This evidence has accumulated across disparate topics relating to elite sport including eating disorders among males, post-event depression, stigma towards accessing service provision in psychology and the emergence of organizational stress as a catalyst for mental health challenges in sport systems. At present, while it is challenging to quantify the precise extent and nature of the problem it is critical that stakeholders in high performance sport become aware of the current trend. This research topic addresses this problem of mental health challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective. We welcome a broad range of empirical and conceptual and review submissions including case studies, single cohort investigations, meta-analytic and narrative reviews, and commentaries. Ideally, submissions should be theoretically or conceptually driven. In addition to revisiting issues such as overtraining, burnout and dropout based on the Mental Health Model of Sport Performance, we are especially interested in highlighting the new issues that have arisen in elite sport which are not linked to training load. For example, Eating disorders and disordered eating have been linked to sub-cultures within for example aesthetic sports, and these have been shown not simply to be specific to female athletes Moreover, the Female Athlete Triad has been re-conceptualised as a challenge of relative energy deficiency syndrome. Similarly the prevalence of sport injuries including concussion and other sport related injuries are only recently coming to the fore in elite and professional sport settings. The aforementioned issues would fit aptly with our research topic. Similarly, interventions that are designed to address mental health issues in sport also fits within our remit. For instance, attempts at screening elite athletes pre-season, educating them on mental health first aid, de-briefing athletes post-championship or providing resilience training are among the array of interventions now employed. This research topic will provide a forum for investigations on the etiology, prevalence and prevention of mental health challenges in elite sport from an interdisciplinary perspective which is necessary to understand more precisely the balance between the risks and rewards of elite sport.

Submission Deadlines

30 October 2015	Abstract
01 February 2016	Manuscript

http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/4208/mental-health-challenges-in-elite-sport-balancing-risk-with-reward

JOB: Assistant/Associate/Full Professors of Sociology at Georgia Institute of Technology

Position Announcement:

Assistant/Associate/Full Professors of Sociology

Georgia Institute of Technology.  The School of History and Sociology (HSOC) invites applications for at least two sociology faculty positions with rank open. We are especially interested in applicants with at least one of the following areas of specialization: sociology of science and/or technology, environmental sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of development, urban sociology, or sociological theory. We also seek applicants with an ability to teach graduate-level quantitative methods or social theory.  The positions will begin August 2016.  Ph.D. must be completed by the time of appointment.  Rank will be commensurated with experience and accomplishment.

HSOC is an interdisciplinary unit composed of sociologists and historians.  The successful candidates must demonstrate excellence in both research and teaching, and will be expected to contribute to the unit’s undergraduate program and Ph.D. program in History and Sociology of Technology and Science.  More can be learned about our programs at http://www.hsoc.gatech.edu.

Review of applications will begin September 15 and continue until the positions are filled.  Application materials should be sent electronically.  Please send a letter of application, Curriculum Vitae, a writing sample, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to: sociologysearch@hsoc.gatech.edu. 

Located in midtown Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a Research I institution enrolling over 21,000 students. 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. Members of historically excluded groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

JOB: Tenure-Track on Critical Socio-cultural Study of Sport and Development - York University

York University School of Kinesiology and Health Science Tenure-Track Appointment Critical Socio-cultural Study of Sport and Development Applications are invited for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of the Critical Socio-cultural Study of Sport and Development. Applicants should have expertise in the critical socio-cultural study of development, sport and health from a local and/or global perspective including expertise in policy analysis, development and implementation. The start date is July 1, 2016. Candidates should show excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and in scholarly research and publication. Duties include undergraduate, graduate teaching and supervision of graduate students and related research programs. The MA, MSc and PhD programs cover health-related aspects of exercise physiology, health psychology, biomechanics, fitness/epidemiology and the socio-cultural study of sport. A PhD in kinesiology with specialization in socio-cultural study of sport, sociology, history, political science, development studies or related areas, is required. A promising publication record in refereed journals is required, as well as the ability to develop a productive research program supported by external funding. Postdoctoral experience would be a definite asset. Candidates must be suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. All positions at York University are subject to budgetary approval. Further information about the School can be obtained at www.kinesiology.yorku.ca and www.yorku.ca/kahs York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or by calling the AA office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, a covering letter specifying the position for which they are applying and stating future research goals, three relevant reprints, and provide contact information for three referees, by November 15, 2015, to: Dr. Angelo Belcastro, Chair School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 (e-mail: kinchair@yorku.ca)

Posting End Date: November 15, 2015

CFP: “Adhoc Group on Sociology of Sports” at the 41st All India Sociological Conference

This is a Call for Abstracts for the “Adhoc Group on Sociology of Sports” at the 41^st All India Sociological Conference scheduled to be held at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, India on 27 – 29 December 2015. The details for this very important conference can be seen at http://www.insoso.org/pdf/ConferanceBrochure.pdf

 

 

The Adhoc Group on Sociology of Sports is a new vibrant group, which aims at establishing this very important fraternity in India. While thoroughly prominent in the Western world, we seek your valuable academic support to cement this here in India. This Conference shall be the First and most efficient platform to submit your abstracts and full length papers. The theme of this Conference is “Development, Marginalization and People’s Movements” with many sub-themes as follows:

 

o Development, Marginalization and People’s Movements-Theoretical Perspectives.

o Development policies in the era of liberalization, privatization and globalization and their impact in rural and urban areas.

o Major trends in responses of the marginalized towards present model of development.

o Politics of Development: Agendas of political parties, election manifestos, governments and civil society.

o People’s Movements against development, displacement and marginalization. o Alternative approaches for addressing marginalization.

o Gender, development and marginalization of women.

o Development and class dynamics in rural and urban societies.

o Issues related to livelihood and development vis-à-vis marginalized groups in a globalized world.

o Conflicts between civil society and state for development of marginalized groups.

o Development, Marginalization, People’s Movements and Media

 

We, Sociologists of sport intend to validate our professional project through appeals to the Sociological ‘Mainstream’ and the correlative distancing from Physical Education. The unique feature about the sociological approach to sport, as distinct from psychology has been a focus about sport in its function as a component of social organization. The sociological perception of sports is based on three fundamental themes; sport is a social institution worthy of sociological examination like the more traditional institutions of politics, religion, economy, marriage/family, law, health/medicine education, and science; sport is a microcosm of the larger society and as such reflects and reinforces the foremost philosophy; and several institutional links between sport and other societal institutions make it impossible for changes in one sphere not to have deep effects in all spheres. While “Sociology of Sports” plays a pivotal role in the development process of Western part of the world, with context to India, there is almost no research work done, particularly related to the sociological measurements pertaining to growth and development of the children and youth through sports practices.

 

We welcome your abstracts (along with your ISS Membership Number please – those who have not paid their Membership fee, i.e. INR 400.00 for two years or INR 800.00 for Five years may also submit the same), in 200 words, the last date for submission of which is 10 October 2015. Acceptance of the abstract will be communicated by 25 October 2015.You may please register for this Conference before 15 September 2015 to avail an early bird discount. The registration fee covers the lodging, boarding and hospitality during the days of the Conference. The abstracts may be submitted at sanjay.tewari@yahoo.co.in or iss_sports@yahoo.in

 

Please avail this enriching academic opportunity, to associate yourself with the “Sociology of Sports”, and also to visit the beautiful land of the Jagannath.

CFN: 2015 NASSS Distinguished Service Award

Call for Nominations for the 2015 NASSS Distinguished Service Award

Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2015

Dear NASSS Members,

It is our distinct pleasure to open up the Call for Nominations for the 2015 NASSS Distinguished Service Award

As an academic society, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport recognizes individuals who have made a distinguished or extraordinary contribution to the Sociology of Sport and/or service to NASSS. Criteria for what is deemed "distinguished" are necessarily somewhat open-ended but the award is made for contributions in one or more of the following categories:

1. Distinguished, long-term contribution to NASSS and/or Sociology of Sport

2. Impact upon the field of Sociology of Sport

3. Practical impact upon practitioners and scholars in the field

Specifically, service as an elected officer of NASSS, by itself, is neither a sufficient nor required criterion. The nomination should encompass a one- to two-page letter details the reasons why NASSS should recognize the recipient, and the precise nature of the nominee’s contributions. Nominations may be submitted by an individual or jointly by a group of individuals. The recipient need not be a member of NASSS.

Please submit nomination letters to Fritz Polite, the Chair of the 2015 NASSS Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee.  You can also email Fritz for further information:

fpolite@su.edu

The Committee, which includes two former award winners, look forward to reviewing the nominations.

The deadline for submission of nominations is September 30, 2015.

PAST RECIPIENTS

2014        R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter (Professors Emerita,

                 Brooklyn College)

2013      Nancy Spencer (Bowling Green State University)

2012         Merrill Melnick (SUNY) and Peter Donnelly (University of Toronto)

2011         Gary Sailes (Indiana University)

                  Don Sabo (D'Youville College)

2010         Joe Maguire (Loughborough University)

2009         Susan Birrell (University of Iowa)

                  Harry Edwards (University of California, Berkeley)

2008         Jennifer Hargreaves (Universities of Surrey and Brighton, UK)

                  Richard Lapchick (University of Central Florida)

2007         Mike Malec (Boston College)

                  Mike Messner (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)

2006         Vicky Paraschak (University of Windsor)

2005         Nancy Theberge (University of Waterloo)

2004         Jim Frey (Universities of Nevada - Las Vegas)

2003         John Loy (Universities of Illinois at UC and Otago)

2002         Andrew Yiannakis (University of Connecticut)

                  Susan Greendorfer (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

2001         George Sage (University of Northern Colorado)

                  D. Stanley Eitzen (Colorado State University)

1996         Jay Coakley (University of Colorado - Colorado Springs)

                  Gunther Lueschen (University of Alabama)

                  Lee Vander Velden (University of Maryland)

1993         Gerald Kenyon (Universities of Wisconsin and Waterloo).

CFP: HBCU – Athletics Research Consortium Conference 2015

– HBCU - ATHLETICS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (HBCU-ARC) CONFERENCE – AN INTERDISCPLINARY APPROACH TO ATHLETICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2015 HBCU-ARC Conference
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Athletics in Higher Education
December 2-5, 2015
Crown Plaza-Houston NRG
THG, Agency, LLC - Texas Southern University
Houston, TX

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The HBCU – Athletics Research Consortium (HBCU-ARC) welcomes the submission of abstracts for its inaugural 2015 HBCU – Athletics Research Consortium (HBCU-ARC) Conference - An Interdisciplinary Approach to Athletics in Higher Education to be held at the Crown PlazaHouston NRG:
http://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/houston/houcp/hoteldetail

2015 Theme: The Sporting HBCU Diaspora: Past, Present, and Persistence 

Appropriate topics include:
• Vision for the Future of HBCU Athletics
• Financing HBCU Athletics (i.e. Student Fees, General Fund, Fundraising, and Capital Campaigns)
• Marketing, Sponsorships, and (Re) Branding Strategies for HBCU Athletic Programs
• Experiences of HBCU Student-Athletes
• Leadership and Governance (Strategic Planning and Tactical Analytics)
• Sports Information, Media-Content Acquisition and Social-Media Platforms
• NAIA and NCAA initiatives (i.e. APR, Cost of Attendance Scholarships, and etc.)

In partnership with Texas Southern University and THG Agency, LLC, The HBCU – ARC proudly announced it will host the inaugural “2015 HBCU – ATHLETICS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (HBCU-ARC) CONFERENCE” in Houston, TX on December 2-5, 2015 at Crown Plaza-NRG held the week of the SWAC Football Championship Game. This is the first in a series of programs dedicated to the history, strengths and opportunities facing HBCU Athletic Programs. The four-day sports research, Ben L. Cavil, Sr. HBCU Football Award Banquet, Sport Business Case Study Competition, Poster Presentations, and sports cultural symposium is a dynamic opportunity to review athletics for the nation’s 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This is a global convening of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) scholars, researchers, presidents, commissioners, directors of athletics, senior women administrators of athletics, administrators, faculty, staff, students, alumni; and international, national, and regional leaders in the sports business sector and has a four-part focus:
● Theoretical Framework, offering academicians and advanced doctoral students opportunities to share their current work on HBCUs sport studies.
● Cultural Empowerment, offering an opportunity increasing the economic, political, social, educational, administration, or leadership of HBCUs athletic programs regarding sports entities.
● Practical Application, offering practitioners opportunities to shed light on the most successful athletic programs and best-practices currently underway at HBCUs around the nation.
● Undergraduate Student Engagement, offering undergraduate students an opportunity to invest in their own learning and involving them in personal growth through the creation of a wide range of programs such as sport business case study competition and sport business job fairs.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUs)
HBCU is an abbreviation for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The United States Congress defined an HBCU, institutions of higher education, as an institution whose goal was the education of African Americans, (original after the constitutional abolishment of slavery) and was accredited and established prior to 1964 based on the historical framework of the United States of American holding Africans as slaves and additionally through the legislative governing throughout the South of the Jim Crow Laws. Although there are 24 HBCUs classified with the NCAA Division I affiliation, 32 HBCU at the NCAA Division II level, two NCAA Division III programs, 22 HBCU NAIA programs, 13 HBCU NJCAA, and two operating as members of the USCAA, there are 105 HBCUs in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Unites States Virgin Islands according to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and White House HBCU initiative that include public and private, two-year and four-year institutions, medical schools, university law schools, business colleges, technical institutes and community colleges.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
HBCU-ARC encourages the submission of research to be presented at its inaugural conference December 2-5, 2015 in Houston, Texas at Crown Plaza-Houston NRG. Submission is open for papers from all disciplines that address issues and concerns for HBCU Athletic programs.

For authors to be considered for acceptance, abstracts must reflect the Sporting HBCU Diaspora research on the history of HBCU athletics, HBCU athletics social-cultural issues, legal theory or the application of law to HBCU athletic issues, governance related to HBCU athletic programs (i.e. the NCAA, NAIA, and etc.), business-related issues in HBCU athletics, or special topics related to current HBCU athletic issues as it relates to HBCU institutions. 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 sport studies teaching-related or curriculum development sessions on HBCU athletic program issues will also be considered, as long as the abstract provides sufficient detail to judge the quality of the proposed session.

ABSTRACT REVIEW PROCESS
Abstracts will undergo a multi-person, blind-review process to examine the following:
1. Relevance and contribution to the HBCU athletics and HBCU sport studies
2. Clarity of purpose and originality of the presentation
3. Quality of theoretical/conceptual framework

ABSTRACT FORMAT AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:
To submit a paper or proposal for consideration, 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, using Times New Roman, and a 12-point font; 
• 350-word maximum for 20-minute presentations and posters, and 750-word maximum for 40-minute presentations; 
• Abstracts should include text only/ Authors are limited to appearing twice in abstract proposals. Exceptions will be provided to advisors listed on student presentations. 

THE ABSTRACT SHOULD INCLUDE:

•  Title of presentation 
•  Statement of the problem 
•  Theoretical framework 
•  Results and conclusions and the educational importance of the study 

ABSTRACT FORMAT:
Line 1: Type of session desired (choose from the options below):

•  20-minute oral presentation (including questions) 
•  40-minute panel, roundtable, or workshop 
•  Poster presentation 

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 the email message accompanying the attached abstract, include the principal author’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and fax and telephone numbers.

AUTHORS SHOULD SUBMIT A COVER PAGE THAN INCLUDES:

•  Full names and titles of all authors and / or participants 
•  Contact information (local & email addresses, phone numbers) 
•  Type of presentation 
•  Audio/Visual needs (limited to LCD projector and/or laptop) 
•  Primary contact person and e-mail address 
•  Three to four subject descriptors related to the abstract along with the abstract submitted. 

SUBMISSION / RECEIPT OF ABSTRACT / ACCEPTANCE DATES:
Submit abstracts to the Executive Director, Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil at caviljk@tsu.edu by October 1, 2015. Receipt of submission will be acknowledgement. If you do not receive acknowledgement within five (5) days of submission, please contact the Conference Planning Committee Chair, Dr. Courtney Flowers at flowerscl@tsu.edu.

HBCU-ARC encourages the submission of research to be presented at its inaugural conference December 2-5, 2015 in Houston, Texas at the Crown Plaza-Houston NRG. Submission is open for papers from all disciplines that address issues and concerns for HBCU Athletic programs.

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: HBCU-ARC Executive Director caviljk@tsu.edu

NOTE: All abstracts MUST be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word attachment. For more information regarding the conference: http://thg-agency.com/HBCU-ARC or call Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil at: 713.313.1965

JOB: Assistant Professor in Sport Management - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Assistant Professor in Sport Management
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
College of Science and Health
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure track position at the Assistant Professor rank in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, College of Science and Health. The position will start on August 29, 2016.

The Department of Exercise and Sport Science values diversity in our faculty and student body and is engaged in sincere efforts to be a leader in Wisconsin’s movement toward increased diversity and inclusiveness.

Job Summary/Basic Function 
The position requires teaching and engaging in scholarly activities in the Sport Management program. The candidate will need expertise to teach courses in Sport Event Management and Sport Management and Society, and in one or more of the following areas: Introduction to Sport Management, Sport Finances, Sport Promotion, Sport Administration, or Sport Facilities. As a tenure track faculty, the individual will be expected to engage in sport management related scholarship. In addition, the candidate will be required to conduct academic advising for assigned students and to provide department, university, and professional service.

Minimum Qualifications 
The candidate must have an earned doctorate in Sport Management/Administration or a closely related field at the start of appointment (ABDs near completion of dissertation will be considered).

Preferred Qualifications 
Preference will be given to candidates with higher education teaching experience and/or practical experience in the sport industry. Internships and graduate assistantships may be counted toward this total depending on the quality of the experience.

Review of Applications 
Begins September 14, 2015, and will continue until the position is filled.

Special Instructions to Applicants 
All applications must be filed electronically. Applicants must provide the following:
1. A letter of application indicating why you believe you qualify for the position
2. A complete curriculum vita
3. The names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of a minimum of three professional references
4. Unofficial copies of graduate transcripts

If you have questions pertaining to this position, please contact the Chair of the Search Committee, Chia-Chen Yu at 608-785-6549 or cyu@uwlax.edu.
Note: Electronic submission of application materials is required. For additional information about this Faculty position and to apply, please visit https://employment.uwlax.edu

UW-La Crosse is an AA/EEO employer. Employment will require a criminal background check. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-La Crosse) provides a challenging, dynamic, and diverse learning environment in which the entire university community is fully engaged in supporting student success. Grounded in the liberal arts, UW-La Crosse fosters curiosity and life-long learning through collaboration, innovation, and the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge. Acknowledging and respecting the contributions of all, UW-La Crosse is a regional academic and cultural center that prepares students to take their place in a constantly changing world community. UW-La Crosse's diversity and inclusion efforts are guided by our adherence to Inclusive Excellence. We define Inclusive Excellence as “... our active, intentional and ongoing commitment to bridge differences with understanding and respect so all can thrive." The goals of Inclusive Excellence are to increase the retention of diverse faculty, staff and students while encouraging a campus climate that is inviting and welcoming to all. UW-La Crosse strives to promote acceptance of all facets of diversity from racial/ethnic diversity to diversity of thought and experience. UW-La Crosse is a 2013 recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. UW-L is proud to be one of only 55 recipients of this national honor recognizing our commitment to diversity and inclusion. UW-La Crosse has appeared prominently on the U.S. News & World Report list of “America’s Best Colleges” for more than a decade and is ranked consistently as one of the top institutions in the Midwest. With a student population of roughly 10,000, the university offers 85 undergraduate programs in 29 disciplines and a variety of graduate programs in three colleges: Liberal Studies, Science and Health, and Business Administration, including the School of Arts & Communication and the School of Education. There are nearly 419 full-time faculty and instructional academic staff, 76 percent of whom hold terminal degrees. UW-La Crosse boasts a retention rate (freshmen returning as sophomores) of 87 percent, graduation rate (degree within six years) of 69 percent, and is among only 12 institutions cited nationally by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities for its success in linking campus culture and university leadership to outstanding graduation rates. The UW-La Crosse campus is nestled in a residential area of the City of La Crosse (pop. 51,818) located in western Wisconsin. The area, known as the 7 Rivers Region, is famous for its exceptional natural beauty which includes the Mississippi River on one side, majestic bluffs on the other, and views of rolling farmland and forested valleys in between. Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top ten “Best Places to Live” in 2009, La Crosse is one of the most scenic places in midAmerica. Abundant water, woodlands and varying terrain provide ample opportunities for year-round outdoor recreation. Only a couple of hours from Minneapolis or Madison, La Crosse enjoys the affordability and charm of small town living with larger city benefits. Three colleges, two world-class medical institutions, the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, a restored nineteenth century downtown business district, and a number of galleries and art centers have made La Crosse a regional center for culture, entertainment, medical care, shopping, sports and recreation. UW-La Crosse is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strive to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool, and we encourage applications from persons with varied backgrounds and perspectives. Please contact the Search and Screen Committee if you have a special need/accommodation to aid your participation in our hiring process.Employment will require a criminal background check. A pending criminal charge or conviction will not necessarily disqualify an applicant. In compliance with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, UWLa Crosse does not discriminate on the basis of arrest or conviction record.

CFP: Distance Learning in Sport Management Education - Special Issue on Sport Management Education Journal

Call for Papers

Sport Management Education Journal

Special Issue:  Distance Learning in Sport Management Education

Guest Editors: Dr. John Miller and Dr. David Pierce

Submission Deadline: January 8, 2016

The development of computer applications has heralded a number of changes for distance learning and teaching delivery. Specifically, the merging of the World Wide Web (the Web) with fast-moving technological developments in computing power, has opened the way for Web-based distance learning (Pago & Wallace, 2007). As such, universities in the United States as well as globally have progressively accepted distance learning education during the past 20 years (Altbach, Reisberg, & Rumbley, 2009).

While there may be numerous concerns about distance education, Andrew and Miller (2012) narrowed the focus to accreditation issues, teaching/learning styles, student misconduct, and pressures to increase financial profits at the expense of educational excellence. Although several of these concerns still held, others have been addressed to ensure a positive, yet rigorous, teaching and learning environment (Andrew & Miller, 2012). Importantly, innovative pedagogical methods have emerged as significant in the preparation of students as technology has permeated the sport industry (Pedersen, Parks, Quarterman, & Thibault, 2011). As a result, many of these universities have developed strategic plans to implement online education. The abundance of online pedagogical technologies and opportunities for flexible scheduling have created a “perfect e-storm” of pedagogy, technology, and learner needs (Bonk, 2004).

The Web 2.0 generation of students, sometimes referred to as the “net generation,” have been brought up on and embraced technology advancements (Prensky, 2001, Thorne & Payne, 2013). These students have been described as "digital natives" who are "native speakers" in this environment (Jones, Ramanau, Cross, & Healing, 2010; Prensky, 2001, Thorne & Payne, 2013). As a result, university sport management instructors should consider the complete use of various functions of the web course tool.

This special issue of SMEJ will provide advanced investigations concerning online learning in sport management. Research published in this issue will offer a glimpse into the pedagogical and technological possibilities as ways to better prepare sport management students for the seemingly ever-changing sport industry. This special issue is open to all methodologies for research manuscripts, and “how-to” papers submitted under the new Pedagogical Innovations section will also be considered (see submission guidelines for details).

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

·         Evaluation of the pedagogical online methods

·         Challenges faculty face teaching in the online environment

·         Integration of distance and blended learning styles into sport management education

·         Adapting emerging technologies to various learning styles

·         Myths and barriers of distance learning in sport management education

·         Impact of distance learning on undergraduate and graduate sport management student learning

Submission Guidelines:

Submission guidelines for this special issue must adhere to the submission guidelines for SMEJ, which can be found at http://journals.humankinetics.com/submission-guidelines-for-smej

Authors should submit their manuscript through Manuscript Central, the online submission system for SMEJ at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hk_smej

The cover page for the manuscript should clearly state that the submission is for the special issue on Distance Learning in Sport Management Education.

Submission Deadline: January 8, 2016

Specific questions should be addressed to the Guest Editors:

John Miller, Ph.D.

Troy University

400 Pell Avenue, Room 157

Troy, AL 36082

334-808-6468

johnm@troy.edu

David A. Pierce, Ph.D.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

901 West New York Street, PE 251

Indianapolis, IN 46202

317-278-1645

dpierce3@iupui.edu

CFP: Social Work In Sports - Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

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