North American Society for the Sociology of Sport :: Société nord-americaine de sociologie du sport :: La Sociedad Norteamericana para la Sociología del Deporte
This page is dedicated to all things ‘student’ in the NASSS organization. The following items have been prepared by your graduate student representatives, with the generous assistance of former graduate student representatives. Your current graduate student representatives are:
| William Bridel | grads [at] nasss.org | Queen's University | |
| Janelle Joseph | grads [at] nasss.org | University of Toronto |
At present we are working in conjunction with the NASSS webmaster on sections for the webpage related to information about graduate programs in sport studies, scholarship opportunities, and other topics of particular interest to NASSS grad students. We welcome your suggestions and contributions (via e-mail) related to any of these topics, or on other topics/ideas that you feel are important. You can also email us to be put on the grad email list.
Please visit the 2008 Conference website, including the 2008 Conference Grad Student page to get the latest update on this year’s conference in Denver, Colorado.
[Top]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.
The DEADLINE for submissions is August 1, 2008.
More Info: Barbara Brown Student Paper Award
In recognition of the recommendation made by the Racial Diversity Committee in the fall of 2003, the NASSS Conference Programme Committee has implemented a scholarship for a graduate student who is a member of a racial or ethnic “minority” group. 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:
Application Deadline: Application Deadline: July 15, 2008.
Submit materials via email to:
Othello Harris
Miami University
Chair, NASSS NASSS Diversity and Conference Climate Committee
harriso[at]muohio.edu
More Info: Graduate Student Minority Scholarship Award
[Top]Graduate students are encouraged to make the most of their experiences with NASSS. Different opportunities are available for involvement which will foster professional development, help make connections within the field, and to learn more about the organization that is NASSS. Each year at the conference there is the possibility for running for one of the graduate student representative positions, putting one’s name forward for committee participation, and to meet various professors through the different social functions. Visit the 2008 Conference Grad Corner for more information.
