NASSS Minority Scholarship

Criteria

In recognition of the recommendation made by the Racial Diversity Committee in the fall of 2003, the NASSS Conference Programme Committee is piloting the proposed scholarship program for a graduate student of color. The purpose of the scholarship is to create a mechanism to identify racial and/or ethnic “minority” graduate students who are doing research in the area of sport sociology and to provide a means of supporting their work and association with NASSS. The award is for $500 to be applied toward expenses associated with attendance at the NASSS 2008 Conference in Denver, Colorado USA.

Applicants must be members of NASSS. The application process for the scholarship is as follows:

graduate students who wish to be considered should prepare a one-page essay, which addresses how they plan to contribute to the field of sociology of sport/physical activity.
essays should be submitted along with a faculty recommendation from someone who is familiar with the student’s work and aspirations.
applications will be reviewed by the NASSS Diversity and Climate Committee.
announcement regarding the selected applicant will be made in September, 2008.
the selected student must attend the conference to receive the award

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Application Deadline

Applications must be received by 15 July 2008 and may be submitted via email to

Othello Harris
Miami University
Chair, NASSS NASSS Diversity and Conference Climate Committee
harriso[at]muohio.edu

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Recipients

2007 Rachel Sarabia, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006 Nicola Potopsighn, Queen’s University: Women’s Pole Fitness and Raunch Culture.
2005 Bryan Bracey, University of Maryland: Separate as the Fingers: Resegregation, Sport, and the Hip-Hop Generation.

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