History | Instructions | Eligibility | Prizes | Submissions/Deadline | Recipients
History
Students are encouraged to submit a paper for consideration for the Barbara A. Brown Outstanding Student Paper Award presented annually at the NASSS conference.
Barbara A. Brown was a professor of sport sociology at the University of Western Ontario from 1983 until 1990, when she died of cancer aged forty. Dr. Brown, who was President-Elect of NASSS at the time of her death, was widely recognized for her expertise on women in sport and leisure, her political commitment to extending girls' and women's opportunities for participation in sport, and her contributions to the development of a professional community of sport sociologists. She was also a dedicated mentor and teacher whose invaluable work with students is appropriately memorialized in the naming of this award for her.
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Eligibility
- All paper topics relevant to the sociological study of sport, physical activity, physical education, health and the active body are eligible for submission.
- Authors MUST be members of NASSS at time of submission.
- Papers do not need to be submitted for presentation at the NASSS conference (though most are)
- Authors must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time their paper is submitted.
- Papers that have undergone formal, peer review for publication are not eligible for the contest.
- Papers must represent student-produced inquiry only. Limited input from supervisors (e.g., general feedback on structure and content, or recommendations for editing) is acceptable, but papers on which supervisors have had substantial input (e.g., analysis of data, writing or rewriting of sections of the paper) are not eligible.
- The committee will accept one (1) submission per author.
- In the event that a co-authored paper is selected as winner, the authors will share the prize.
- When warranted, the committee will offer up to two (2) awards, one (1) for a Master’s Student and one (1) for a PhD student.
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Instructions
- Papers may not exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including notes, tables, and references (also need to be double-spaced).
- Authors should follow a consistent style (e.g., APA) throughout the paper, and should include line numbers to facilitate reviewer comments.
- Papers should be free of any reference to the author(s) in order to ensure a blind review.
- Authors should include a cover page with the title of the paper, their full contact information, institutional affiliation, degree program, advisor name and contact information, and award category for submission (master’s or doctoral). This page will be removed when papers are distributed to reviewers (ensuring the
blind‐review process).
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Prizes
The award recipient will receive up to $1000 towards their NASSS conference expenses, plus a waiver of the conference registration fee. The Student Paper Award Committee may also give up to two honorable mentions in each category. Students receiving an honorable mention will have their conference registration fees waived.
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Submissions
The DEADLINE for submissions is August 1, 2008.
Papers and any questions should be sent via email to:
Michelle T. Helstein, Student Paper Award Committee Chair: helsmt[at]uleth.ca
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Recipients
- 2007 DOCTORAL AWARD: Simon C. Darnell (University of Toronto)
- "Post-hegemony? Investigating the utility of sport within international development."
- 2007 MASTERS AWARD: Jennifer J. Hardes (The Ohio State University)
- "More than Merely “Me”?: “Identity Politics” and the Paradigmatic Assumptions of Sport Sociologists."
- 2006 Barbara Ravel (Universite de Montreal)
- " ‘I Play Hockey and I'm Gay But Don't Call me Butch!’: Discursive Constructions of Gender and Sexuality in Quebec Women's Sport."
- Master’s level award not made
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- 2005 Holly Thorpe (Waikato)
- "Beyond ‘Decorative Sociology’: Contextualizing Female Surf, Skate and Snow Boarding".
- 2004 Jamie Schultz, University of Iowa
- "Stuff of Which Legends are Made": Jack Trice Stadium and the Politics
of Memory.
- 2003 Benita Heiskanen, University of Texas
- Boxing Womanhood: Spatio-Bodily Dialogue in Texas
- 2002 Parissa Safai, University of Toronto
- Healing the Body in the ‘Culture of Risk’: Examining the Negotiation of Treatment between Medicine Clinicians and Injured Athletes in Canadian Intercollegiate Sport
- 2001 Joanne Kay, University of Montreal
- The Corporate Habitus in Adventure Racing
La ‘nouvelle culture corporative’ dans les competitions d’ aventure
El ‘nuevo’ habitus corporativo en carreras de aventuras (CA)
Der ‘neue’ korporative Habitus im Abenteuersport
- International Review for the Sociology of Sport 37(1), Mar 2002, 17-36
- 2000 Christine Provvidenza, University of Toronto
- A Feminist Discourse Analysis of ‘Heart Smart Women: Your Guide to Your Health’
- 1999 Jay Scherer, University of Windsor
- Globalization and the Construction of Local Particularities: A Case Study of the Winnipeg Jets
- SSJ 18(2), 2001, 205-230
- 1998 Theresa Walton, University of Iowa
- Steve Prefontaine: From Rebel with a Cause to Bourgeois Hero
- SSJ 21(1), March 2004
- 1997 Michael Atkinson, University of Calgary
- Controlling the (FAN)Fare: The Role of Ticket Scalpers in Determining Access to Sporting Events
- 1996 Brian Wilson, McMaster University
- The Black Athlete in Canada: Race, Representation and the Tororto Raptors
- 1995 Shari Dworkin, University of Southern California
- A Woman's Place is in the … Cardiovascular Room?: Gender Relations, the Body and the Gym
- 1994 Faye Linda Wachs, University of Southern California
- A Structural Analysis of College Basketball: The Negotiation of Capital
- 1993 Jennifer Joslin, University of Iowa
- Out of the Vacuum, Onto the Playing Field: Hoover-Ball and the Resurrection of an American President
- 1992 Samatha King, Queens University
- The Politics of the Body and the Body Politic: Magic Johnson and the Ideology of AIDS
- SSJ 10(3) 1993, 270-285
- 1991 David Andrews, University of Illinois
- All Consumed Bodies: Baudrillard, Hyperreality and the Cybernetic Construction of Michael Jordan
- 1990 Lisa McDermott Queens University
- Towards an Integrative Critique of Modern Sport
- 1989 Laurel Davis, University of Iowa
- Racism and the Articulation of Differences: White Athletes
- 1982 Cathy Bray, University of Alberta
- Gender and Political Economy of Canadian Sport
- 1981 Jacqueline Gillis, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
- American Civil Religion and Sport
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