The Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics has issued a call for papers for a special issue entitled “College Sport, University Governance, and Power Politics: Through the Lens of Penn State.”
Meanwhile, the Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics — run in conjunction with the January 14-16, 2013 NCAA Convention in Grapevine, Tex. — has made a similar request for a topic its organizers want to address – “Economic Inequality within the NCAA.”
With regard to the Journal’s request, co-editors Ellen J. Staurowsky, Professor, Sport Management, Drexel University and Chad Seifried, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University wrote that they were looking for “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.
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.
As for the request from the Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics, Janet S. Fink, (janet.fink@uconn.edu), said the conference “will feature keynote speakers, formal reactions to each keynote, and concurrent sessions of oral presentations and poster presentations. Paper proposals should deal closely with issues related to the conference theme of ‘Economic Inequality Within the NCAA.’ Papers may highlight scholarship from the sciences, social sciences, economics, humanities, or any number of professional fields that are either directly or indirectly related to this theme within intercollegiate athletics.”
To be considered for the refereed paper and poster sessions, authors must submit a 500-600 word abstract (in Microsoft Word) which conforms to the following format:
• Line 1: author(s) and institution(s) name(s) (centered on page)
• Line 2: type of session (20-minute oral or poster presentation)
• Line 3 three to four keywords
• Line 4: presentation title (centered on page)
• Line 5: blank
• Line 6 to end: text of abstract
Papers will be subject to a blind multi-person peer review process. Submissions will be reviewed using the following criteria: relevance or significance of topic to conference theme, appropriate methodology, reliance on relevant literature, clarity of analysis, summary of results, conclusions, and/or implications.
Abstracts are due by October 1, 2012. Individuals will be notified of the results of the review process in early November 2012.
Submissions should be emailed to Fink, (janet.fink@uconn.edu).
