Sport, Leisure, and the Body Newsletter Ð May 2022

Notes from the Chair,

Luis F. Nu–o, Ph.D.
California State University, Los Angeles

Hello Division Members!

Hope that you are all doing well as we wrap up spring season and begin our summer routines. I have a lot of exciting news to share with SLB Division Members about our members accomplishments this past academic year. Listed below in the Division Members News section you can find information about colleaguesÕ publication, awards, news appearances, invitations for submissions, and call for papers. See also the call for nominations in the section under SSSP Announcements. Towards the end of this newsletter, you will find information about SLB sponsored sessions at this yearÕs annual meeting in Los Angeles.

This yearÕs winner of the SLB Graduate Student Paper competition is Yu-Ri Kim for her paper titled, ÒPartner Dance Business, Demographic Aging, and the Urban Revival in South Korea.Ó Ms. KimÕs paper makes exciting contributions to the study of urban leisure and aging. The research is based on a rich ethnography that describes the subcultural membership in a network of social organizations that connect people to the pursuit of leisure and bodily pleasures in city life. Yu-Ri Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University.

Lastly, I want to thank our newsletter editor, Olivia Sanchez, for editing our newsletters this past academic year. Congratulations to Olivia for completing her Master Thesis in sociology at California State University, Los Angeles this spring. Join me in sending her warm wishes as she continues her education journey at the University of California, San Diego this fall!

See you all in Los Angeles!
Luis F. Nu–o
he/him/his
LNUNO3@calstatela.edu 

Division Members News

Virigina Berndt has a new publication: 
Manzer, Jamie L., Virginia Kuulei Berndt, and Ann V. Bell. 2022. ÒComparing methods of long-acting reversible contraception: A qualitative study of Delaware womenÕs perceptions of intrauterine devices and the implant.Ó International Reproductive Health Journal Online First (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2022.04.001). Dr. Berndt is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M International University.


Michael O. JohnstonÕs book titled Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest: Reconstructing the Mississippi River is contracted with Lexington Books and will be released later this year. Dr. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University.


Kaitlin Pericak has a co-authored book chapter forthcoming in The Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic: Critical Diffractions.
Kaitlin Pericack also published a couple peer-reviewed articles: 
Clarke, Caitlin, Kaitlin Pericak, Brynn Adamson, and Kassidy Mahoney. Forthcoming, 2022. ÒA Syndemics Approach to NCAA Collegiate Sport Participation During COVID-19.Ó The Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic: Critical Diffractions. 
in Sociological Focus entitled "How Systemic Racism Shapes Access to Interscholastic Sports and Why it Matters".
Pericak, Kaitlin and Brandon P. Martinez. Forthcoming, 2022. ÒHow Systemic Racism Shapes Access to Interscholastic Sports and Why it Matters.Ó Sociological Focus 55(3):1-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2022.2067927. Dr. Pericak is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina Wesleyan College


Luis F. Nu–o was accepted into the NSF-funded CSU Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate (AGEP) Alliance as an early career faculty member. The focus of the CSU AGEP Alliance is on diversity and strengths of the STEM Faculty.
Luis F. Nu–o was interviewed by the LA Times and quoted an article that appeared on front page on Monday, March 7, 2022, about Latinization of South LA https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-07/los-angeles-cost-ofliving-debt-rural-california. 
Luis F. Nu–o was awarded the NSF Big Data Mini-Grant for Spring 2022 Course Redesign. Students enrolled in Dr. Nu–oÕs Graduate Seminar in Urban Sociology worked with Los Angeles Open Data portal to construct Story Maps using Esri GIS Mapping software. Students analyzed gentrification across different neighborhoods using the tools of big data to construct stories about spaces north and south of Downtown Los Angeles. This big data course is one part of the NSF grant awarded to the College of NSS and our goal is to create digital equity program that provides students with big data tools and resources so that students can become changemaker to impact their own communities and beyond.
Luis F. Nu–o published a review of the book by Margarita Aragon titled, A Savage Song: Racist Violence and Armed Resistance in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Manchester, Manchester University Press, in the Ethnic and Racial Studies journal https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2073252. Dr. Nu–o is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles.


Christopher (Chris) T. Conner has several accomplishments to share:Ê

Edited Volumes and Other Anthologies
Conner, Christopher T. 2022. Symbolic Interaction Special Issue on Forgotten and Neglected Symbolic Interactionists of Color: Past and Present. (forthcoming)
Conner, Christopher T. 2022. Studies in Symbolic Interaction Special Issue on Subcultures. 54(1). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishers.
Conner, Christopher T. and Daniel Okamura (eds). 2021. The Gayborhood: From Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Conner, Christopher T. and David R. Dickens. 2022. ÒElectric Empires: From Countercultural Movement to Corporate Enterprise.Ó Deviant Behavior.
Conner, Christopher T. 2022. ÒHow Sexual Racism and Other Discriminatory Behaviors Become Rationalized in Online Dating Apps.Ó Deviant Behavior. (https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2021.2019566).
Conner, Christopher T. and Nicholas MacMurray. 2022. ÒThe Perfect Storm: A Subcultural Analysis of the QAnon Movement.Ó Critical Sociology. (https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205211055863). Top 20 Most Read Articles Published in Critical Sociology.  Cited in CNET article ÒThe misinformation pandemic is out of control, but thereÕs a fix.Ó (https://www.cnet.com/news/misinformation-is-a-pandemic-that-doesnt-have-avaccine/).
Conner, Christopher T. and Nicholas M. Baxter. 2021. ÒTeaching Symbolic Interaction: Are you a werewolf?Ó Teaching Sociology. (https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X211053375).
Conner, Christopher T. and Daniel Okamura. 2022. ÒQueer Expectations: An Empirical Critique of Rural LGBT+ Narratives.Ó Sexualities (https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607211013280).

Book Chapters in Edited Volumes Ê
Conner, Christopher T. and Sullivan, Sarah. 2022. ÒA Queer Kind of Stigma.ÓÊPeople, Technology, and Social Organization: Interactionist studies of everyday life, edited by Dirk Vom Lehn, Will Gibson, and Natalia Ruiz-Junco. New York, NY: Routledge.

News Articles
Conner, Christopher T. 2022. ÒHow the far right co-opted scienceÑand why scientists need to come out to counter them.Ó Salon (https://www.salon.com/2022/05/08/how-the-far-right-co-opted-science--and-why-scientists-need-to-come-out-to-counter-them/).

Book Series Co-Editor
Chris Conner has a book series that he is co-editor on and has attached the flyer. See The Frankfurt School in New Times: A Series Edited by Christopher T. Conner and David Dickens with Lexington Books.

Christopher T. Conner is Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Missouri, Columbia. He has published work on the Philosophy of Social Science, LGBTQ+ culture, Technology, and Misinformation/Disinformation. He is currently working on two publications related to the QAnon phenomenon. His work has been featured in a variety of outlets including YOUNG: Journal of Nordic Youth Culture, The Sociological Quarterly, Deviant Behavior, Symbolic Interaction, and Sexualities. He has also co-edited numerous anthologies, and is co-editor of The Frankfurt School in New Times Series with Rowman and Littlefield. Additionally, he also co-hosts a weekly livestream on Twitch.TV called The Ministry of Science where he discusses the intersection of science, politics, and the public.


INVITATION FOR SUBMISSIONS & CALL FOR SPEAKERS

We are pleased to announce invitations for submissions to a special issue on ÒPracticing Privilege, Subverting Stigma: Men and Masculinities in Women-Dominated SpacesÓ in Sociology Compass. The special issue is edited by Drs. Trenton M. Haltom (Baylor College of Medicine) and Zachary Palmer (Texas A&M, Commerce). Abstracts are due August 15, 2022.

Co-editors invite submissions that explore the presence of men in certain physical, social, or ideological landscapes that may threaten the privilege and dominance associated with masculinity. In women-dominated spaces, for example, men use certain strategies to both challenge and uphold traditional gender norms. In other words, men and boys in women-dominated spaces straddle conflicting rolesÑone that facilitates masculine power and privilege, and another that enables gender and sexual stigmas.

In this special issue, we bring together the different tactics men use to sidestep stigmas, justify their presence, and negotiate masculine and sexual privilege across myriad women-dominated spaces. The co-editors encourage papers that consider a variety of entry points including: appearance and aesthetics; family roles; health and fitness; hobbies, interests, or leisure; ideologies; media and gaming; sex and sexualities; sports; or work, jobs, or the workplace.

Sociology CompassÊnow accepts original research articles. Papers submitted to this special issue must be original research and should not be in the format of a review paper or submitted to another journal for consideration. We welcome a wide range of substantive topics and greatly encourage intersectional perspectives across race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, age, nationalities, or other characteristics. Submissions may use an array of methods.

Attached you will find a PDF of the call for papers for distribution. Please reach out to co-editors Trenton M. Haltom (trenton.haltom@bcm.edu) or Zachary Palmer (zachary.palmer@tamuc.edu) with any questions, inquiries, or to submit your work!


Call for Speakers Ð The Ministry of Science is a weekly live stream on twitch.tv. Over the pandemic scientists from a variety of fields have used twitch to engage with audiences and the public. This includes molecular biologists disseminating COVID related information, members of the CDC, and a few sociologists. The Ministry of Science is a group of scholars who meet to talk about the intersection of science and politics, and vice versa. Now in our 20th episode we have had a wide range of scholars and public officials. If you have a topic that you think would appeal to a mass audience, please get in touch with Chris at ctckdg@missouri.edu. No topic is off limits!



SSSP Announcements 
Message from SSSP
SSSP URGENT: 2023 Call for Nominations
Dear SLB Division Members:
In order to hold an election for 2023, we absolutely need your help! The nomination deadline for the 2023 General Election is drawing near. To date, we have only received 7 nominations:
President-Elect/President: 2
Vice-President-Elect/Vice-President: 0
Board of Directors: 1
Board of Directors-Student Representative: 1
Anti-Harassment Committee: 0
Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee: 1
Committee on Committees: 0
Editorial and Publications Committee: 0
Membership and Outreach Committee: 1
Membership and Outreach Committee-Student Representative: 2
We need you to encourage your colleagues to run for office, and then please nominate them. Again, here is the link: online nomination form.
Nominations are due no later than 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) onÊWednesday, June 15. If you prefer, you may also e-mail me with names and e-mail addresses for those you feel would be most qualified, and I will reach out to them directly.
If you have questions, please contact me at giovanna.follo@wright.edu. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this very important matter.
Most sincerely,
Dr. Giovanna Follo, Chair
Nominations Committee
giovanna.follo@wright.edu


2022 Annual Meeting Sport, Leisure and the Body Division Sessions

Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Session 033: Reproductive Justice: Race, Intersectionality, and Health
Room: Watercourt 
Sponsors: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services; Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Sexual Behavior; Politics, and Communities; Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizers: Yesenia R. Vargas, University of Illinois at Chicago; Virginia Kuulei Berndt, Texas A&M International University, Meghan Daniel, University of Illinois at Chicago
Presider & Discussant: Virginia Kuulei Berndt, Texas A&M International University
Description: Reproductive justice encompasses the ability to have children, not have children, and to care for families and communities in safety and with dignity. This theory, praxis, and social movement has inspired scholarly work across a broad range disciplinary and methodological approaches. As such, this interdisciplinary session includes intersectional research exploring legacies of state violence, including settler colonialism and incarceration; contemporary examinations of disability, COVID-19, and the medical industrial complex; and theorizations of how these structures impact peoplesÕ lived experiences of seeking reproductive justice for themselves and their communities.
Papers:
ÒA County Level Analysis of the Effects of Incarceration Rate on Maternal Vulnerability, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, and Low Birthweight in the US,Ó MelanieÊMcKenna and KathrynÊNowotny, University of Miami
ÒAffective Burdens: Race in Patient/Provider Interactions,Ó PatriceÊWright, University of Virginia
ÒDehumanization and Reporting: The Denial of Native WomenÕs Reproductive Rights,Ó HannahÊJaneÊUpson, Virginia Tech
ÒSexual and Reproductive Health Challenges during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Experiences of Female Undergraduates in a South-West Nigerian University,Ó MacellinaÊY.ÊIjadunola, NnamdiÊEmmanuelÊOkoro, OmolewaÊE.ÊAdedipe, KasopeÊA.ÊAbolarin and OlasunkanmiÊE.ÊAdefemi, Obafemi Awolowo University

Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 036: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: The Gendered Ties that Bind: Family, Sport, Crime and Deviance Connections
Room: GovernorÕs
Sponsors: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency; Family; Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizers:ÊEmmie Cochran-Jackson, Middle Georgia State University & Luis F. Nu–o, California State University, Los Angeles
Description:ÊThis session examines the topics of crime, juvenile delinquency, family, sport, leisure, and the body.Ê
Roundtable #1 Title: The Gendered Ties that Bind: Family, Sport, Crime and Deviance
Presider & Discussant: Luis F. Nu–o, California State University, Los Angeles
Papers:
ÒDrug Use Trajectories: The Case of a US Deportee in Mexico City,Ó MarioÊJ.ÊDominguez, EduardoÊZafra and GuillerminaÊNatera, Ram—n de la Fuente Mu–iz National Institute of Psychiatry
ÒFactors Associated with ChildrenÕs Flourishing amidst Neighborhood Violence and Disorder,Ó AndiÊGrosvaldÊHamilton, The University of Oklahoma and RafiaÊJavaidÊMallick, Georgia State University
ÒScrapes, Scratches, and Scars: The Social Construction and Performance of Gender at Great River Tug Festival,Ó MichaelÊO.ÊJohnston, William Penn University
ÒStudies of Sports Sociology in India and Possibilities for the World,Ó SanjayÊTewari, Indian Sociological Society

Date: Sunday, August 7
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 090: Environmental Change, Stress, and Mental Health
Room: Rose
Sponsors: Society and Mental Health; Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizers & Presiders: Giovani Burgos, Adelphi University & Kaitlin Pericak, North Carolina Wesleyan University
Description: This session examines how environmental change impacts the mental health and physical health of individuals and groups. The session includes both empirical work on this topic, theoretical insights from fieldwork, and prospects for sociological studies.
Papers:
ÒDynamics of Food Anxiety While under Stay-at-Home Order,Ó AndrewÊF.ÊBaird and MorganÊE.ÊMiller, Christopher Newport University
ÒExercise and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic,Ó JuliaÊKayÊWolf and JeralynnÊS.ÊCossman, The University of Texas at San Antonio
ÒMore Than an Athlete: Identity, Injury, Depression, Stress, and the Pandemic,Ó KaitlinÊPericak, North Carolina Wesleyan University and CarolynÊL.ÊChaney, University of Miami
ÒThe Intersectionality of Climate Change and Justice,Ó M. E. BetsyÊGarrison, University of Arkansas, CharleenÊMcNeill, The University of Oklahoma and RobertÊV.ÊRohli, Louisiana State University
ÒThe Multilevel Effects of Residential Racial Segregation on Air Quality and Health,Ó GiovaniÊBurgos, Adelphi University

Date: Sunday, August 7
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 095: Community Cultural Work: Sites of Contention and Community Building
Room: Rose
Sponsors: Community Research and Development; Sport, Leisure, and the Body; Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
Organizer & Presider: Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University
Description: The sites at which community cultural work occurs may be perceived as places of contention or as places of community building, and may change across people and time. Place is a full experience that is embodied and practiced as part of everyday social life. It structures human interaction, is part of our built environment, and may even become part of the human identity. Place can help boost or diminish the morale of its people.
This session invites papers about research conducted on place that emerges from community culture work that is done in museums, celebrations, festivals, parades, sporting events, as well as in the honorary (mis)naming of place.
Papers:
Ò3 Pathways of Belonging among Co-ethnics at a Predominately White Institution,Ó EstŽfaniÊMar’n, University of California, Irvine and JaniceÊMcCabe, Dartmouth College
ÒFear in Policing: The Sociocultural Antecedents of Officer Initiated Fatalities,Ó AhmedÊWhitt and BrookeÊShannon, University of Texas and TerrenceÊT.ÊAllen, Prairie View A&M University
ÒGrounds for Play: Race, Gender, and Leisure in Lawrence, MA Public Parks,Ó TeresaÊIreneÊGonzales, University of Massachusetts Lowell
ÒPartner Dance Businesses, Demographic Aging, and the Urban Revival in South Korea,Ó Yu-RiÊKim, Vanderbilt University, Winner of the Sport, Leisure, and the Body DivisionÕs Student Paper Competition
ÒThe Social Construction of Algorithms and Algorithmic Literacies in Everyday Life: A Study of TikTok UsersÕ Expressions of the PlatformÕs Algorithm,Ó ShivÊIssar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee