SLB Newsletter, December 2021

NOTES FROM THE CHAIR
Luis F. Nu–o, Ph.D.
California State University, Los Angeles

Dear Division Members, 

I want to extend my warm wishes to all as we approach the end of the fall 2021 semester. In this newsletter you will find information about awards and our upcoming sessions for the SSSP 2022 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Please consider submitting papers to the SLB division sessions. The submission deadline is January 15. 

Peace and solidarity,
-Luis


SUBMIT TO OUR AWARDS

Sport, Leisure and the Body Graduate Student Paper Competition
Extended Deadline: 1/15/22 
The Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division announces its 2022 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be empirical and/or theoretical, and may be on any aspect of sport, leisure, and/or the body, broadly construed. The winner will receive a cash award of $150, a plaque of recognition, student membership in SSSP for 2022, and complimentary registration for the 2022 annual meeting. One honorable mention will be awarded $50. To be eligible, a paper must meet the following criteria: 1. the applicant must be a graduate student at the time of the SSSP annual meeting on August 5-7, 2022; 2. the applicant must be the first (lead) author on the paper; 3. the paper must not be co-authored with a faculty member or a colleague who is not a student; 4. the paper must not have been submitted to or accepted for publication (papers that have been submitted for presentation at a professional meeting are eligible); 5. the paper must not exceed 30 pages including notes, references, and tables; 6. the paper must be typed using 12-point font in either Times New Roman or Courier; 7. student papers may only be submitted to one of the SSSP division award competitions. All submitting authors are required to submit their papers through the annual meeting Call for Papers process as a condition for consideration for the award. In addition, please submit your paper electronically as a Microsoft Word or PDF file to Luis F. Nu–o at LNUNO3@calstatela.edu. Paper submission must be dated (via electronic time/date stamp) on or before 1/15/22


Community Research and Development Division Community Partner Paper
The Community Research and Development Division announces its 2022 Community Partner Paper Competition. Consistent with our divisionÕs mission, this paper award is intended to recognize rigorous academic work that has practical implications for members of marginalized communities and specifically, to celebrate community-engaged work. Paper topics can focus on various social issues and problems related to community, such as the causes and consequences of communitiesÕ exclusion or marginalization from processes and resources, the capacities and strengths of communities and community movements, and the development and changes within communities.Ê
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Qualitative and quantitative empirical analyses, applied research, and theoretical papers are welcome. To be eligible for submission, a paper must not be published or accepted for publication. Papers must be co-authored with a community partner; they may be co-authored by more than one faculty member and/or student, but must include at least one community partner. Community partners are characterized by any community-based entity that is outside of the academy. Papers must not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (including all notes, references, and tables), and should include a brief abstract.Ê
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To be eligible for the award, the author(s) must make a commitment to present the paper at a session during the 2022 SSSP Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. To be considered, submit (a) a copy of the manuscript, (b) a cover letter specifying that the paper is to be considered in the Community Research and Development Division Community Partner Paper Competition, and (c) a brief letter from the community partner commenting on his or her role in the paper. All materials must be submitted electronically to the Annual Meeting Call for Papers on the SSSP conference website by January 15, 2022 and also sent to the Committee Chair, Matthew H. McLeskey, at mhmclesk@buffalo.edu.Ê The winner will receive a $100 cash award and a plaque of recognition at the Community Research and Development Division business meeting.


SUBMIT TO OUR SESSIONS

SESSION 1: ÒSport and COVIDÓ
Session Organizer: Kaitlin Pericak

SESSION 2: ÒActivism in SportÓ
Session Organizer: Luis F. Nu–o

SESSION 3: ÒThe College Athlete Post NIL RulingÓ
Session Co-Organizers: Kaitlin Pericak & Luis F. Nu–o

SESSION 4: ÒReproductive Justice: Race, Intersectionality, and HealthÓ with Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Sexual Behavior Politics and Communities
Session Co-organizers: Virginia Berndt, Meghan Daniel, and Yesenia Vargas

SESSION 5: ÒSports as a lens for teaching students about social problemsÓ with Teaching Social Problems
Session Organizer: Kaitlin Pericak

SESSION 6: ÒAthletes and Transgender Identity in Higher EducationÓ with Educational Problems
Session Organizer: Virginia Berndt

SESSION 7: ÒThe Gendered Ties that Bind: Family, Sport, Crime, and Deviance ConnectionsÓ with Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
Session Co-organizers: Luis F. Nu–o & Emmie Cochran-Jackson

SESSION 8: ÒMental Health, Leisure, and Stress ReliefÓ with Society and Mental Health
Session Organizer: Alicia Smith-Tran

SESSION 9: ÒCommunity Cultural Work: Sites of Contention and Community BuildingÓ with Community Research and Development and Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
Session Organizer: Michael O. Johnston


MEMBER NEWS
Virginia Berndt was recently quoted in a Vox article, ÒItÕs time to stop describing lifesaving health as ÒelectiveÓÓ: https://www.vox.com/22678393/elective-surgery-nonessential-trans-gender-affirming-hysterectomy 

Virginia Berndt began a new position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University in fall 2021.