Society for the Study of Social Problems

Notes From the Chair  
Giovanna Follo
Wright State University Ð Lake Campus

It is an exciting time as the SSSP annual meeting 
approaches. Below, you will find session times 
and dates for the division meeting and sessions
associated with Sport, Leisure, and the Body. 
Ensure that if you are attending, you have 
renewed your membership, registered for the 
conference, and made transportation and 
hotel arrangements. 

If you are attending the meeting, please try to 
make an effort to attend and support the sessions 
and the division meeting. 

The incoming chair for Sport, Leisure and the Body is Alicia Smith-Tran, PhD. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas Christian University. Her contact email is a.smithtran@tcu.edu.

I always welcome you to contribute to the newsletter, make suggestions and be a part of the newsletter.

I hope to see you all at the conference and at the division meeting!




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Division Sessions for 2019 Annual Meeting in New York (August 8-11)

Listed below are the 2019 Annual Meeting Sessions. 

The section meeting will be held on: 

Date:ÊSaturday, August 10
Time:Ê10:30 AM Ð 12:10 AM
Vanderbilt Suite





Date:ÊFriday, August 9
Time:Ê8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 009:ÊSport and Social ChangeÊ
Room: Lexington Suite
Sponsors:ÊConflict, Social Action, and Change
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant:ÊGiovanna Follo, Wright State University
Papers:
ÒÔNow My Voice Can Be Heard:Õ #MeToo and Artistic Gymnastics,Ó DevonÊR.ÊGoss, Oxford College of Emory University
ÒNo Fair Livelihoods: A Study of Minority National Football League Head Coaches,Ó MatthewÊS.ÊLoflin, University of Oklahoma
ÒSport in German Prisons: An Ethnographic Exploration of the Various Meanings for Inmates,Ó JohannesÊMŸller, Justus Liebig UniversitŠt Giessen
ÒThe ÔCome to Jesus MomentÕ: Middle-class Black Women Narrate Health Turning Points and the Onset of a Recreational Running Career,Ó AliciaÊSmith-Tran, Texas Christian University

Date:ÊFriday, August 9
Time:Ê10:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Session 022:ÊSexual and Interpersonal Violence: Within and Beyond #MeTooÊ
Room: Riverside Suite
Sponsors:ÊCrime and Juvenile Delinquency
Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant:ÊJacqueline Daugherty, Miami University
Papers:
ÒTrauma through the Lens of Gender: An Analysis of Sex Differences in Adolescent Sexual, Physical and Emotional Abuse,Ó JosephineÊBarnett, The Graduate Center, CUNY
ÒSexual Harassment and Assault in the #MeToo Era: How Do We Count Victimization?Ó KathleenÊA.ÊBogle, La Salle University
Ò#MeToo? IÕll Sue! Sexual Violence and Abusive Litigation,Ó MandiÊMelissaÊGray, York University
ÒReactionary Hashtags: An Investigation into Male Responses to the #MeToo Movement,Ó AlexanderÊJ.ÊMarshall, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Date:ÊFriday, August 9
Time:Ê12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 029:ÊCRITICAL DIALOGUE: Intersectionism: Society, Sport and the BodyÊ
Room: Broadway Suite
Sponsor:ÊSport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer &
Presider:ÊGiovanna Follo, Wright State University
Papers:
ÒA Phenomenological Critique of Collegiate Athletic Training Centers,Ó KaitlinÊPericak, University of Miami
ÒRunning While Female: Media Accounts of Aggression and Violence,Ó JenÊGirgen, Salem State University
ÒSo Much More Than Me-search: How Participatory Action Research Can Reframe Student-Athlete Academic Support,Ó RachelÊD.ÊRoberson, University of California, Berkeley
ÒWomenÕs Voice in Black Belt Magazine,Ó GiovannaÊFollo, Wright State University

Date:ÊSaturday, August 10
Time:Ê8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 062:ÊReflexivity and the Self in Institutional EthnographyÊ
Room: Hudson Suite
Sponsors:ÊInstitutional Ethnography
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer &
Presider:ÊJessica Braimoh, McMaster University
Papers:
ÒMore Than the Bare Minimum: How White Women Ethnographers Can Avoid Whitewashing Research,Ó StephanieÊM.ÊBaran, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
ÒSchool-Based Ethnography: Building, Balancing, and (Not) Betraying Trust with Youth,Ó PavithraÊNagarajan, Columbia University, NoraÊGross, University of Pennsylvania and VeenaÊVasudevan, American Museum of Natural History
ÒDeath and Institutions: Embodied Experiences of Grief in Participatory Work on Homelessness,Ó JayneÊMalenfant, McGill University
ÒReconciling with the Religion of My Father,Ó AmirÊMarvasti, Penn State Altoona
ÒThe Self in Autoethnography,Ó GiovannaÊFollo, Wright State University

Date:ÊSaturday, August 10
Time:Ê12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 085:ÊTeachers on the Rise: How Educators Mobilized their CommunitiesÊ
Room: Grand Ballroom
Sponsors:ÊEducational Problems
Global
Labor Studies
Sociology and Social Welfare
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Teaching Social Problems
Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
Organizers:ÊJohn O'Connor, Central Connecticut State University
Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University
Moderator:ÊEric Blanc, New York University
Description:Ê Teachers across the nation have been standing up to governors, school boards, and union leaders, demanding higher wages and better working conditions. In the past year, these teacher/local struggles have focused on better learning conditions for students, including capping the expansion of charter schools within communities. We have invited teacher activists who participated in these strikes to join in a panel discussion regarding the lessons of these state-level attacks and the prospects for future mobilizations. The panel discussion will be moderated by Eric Blanc, a former public school teacher, journalist, and NYU graduate student in sociology, as well as the author of recently published Red State Revolt (Verso).
Panelists:
Jenny Craig, Ohio County West Virginia Education Association
Ismael Armendariz, Oakland Educational Association
Rebecca Garelli, Arizona Educators United
Daniel Barnhart, United Teachers of Los Angeles

Date:ÊSunday, August 11
Time:Ê8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 115:ÊSubversive and Embodied SexualitiesÊ
Room: Hudson Suite
Sponsors:ÊSexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant:ÊChris Wakefield, University of Nevada
Papers:
ÒÔOnce upon a Time, I Had Someone That I Cared AboutÕ: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Heteronormativity in ÔThe Last of UsÕ,Ó ToriaÊKwan, University of South Florida
ÒQueering Labor: Multidirectional Flows of Bodily and Affective Labor in the Intimate Relationships of Trans/Nonbinary People,Ó alithiaÊzamantakis, Georgia State University
ÒThe Bodies of Tibetan Women: Subjugation through Socialization, Religion, Politics and Violence,Ó TiffanieÊVo, University of Oklahoma
ÒTheorizing Gendered Social Problems: Negotiating Psychology and Misogyny in Understandings of Pornography Addiction,Ó LilyÊIvanova, University of British Columbia

Date:ÊSunday, August 11
Time:Ê12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 150:ÊAging Bodies for People who are Older and/or have Disability in SocietyÊ
Room: Vanderbilt Suite
Sponsors:ÊSport, Leisure, and the Body
Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
Organizers:ÊCarley Geiss, University of South Florida
Chris Wellin, Illinois State University
Presider &
Discussant:ÊCarley Geiss, University of South Florida
Papers:
ÒÔWe Just Fall ApartÕ: Physician-assisted Suicide, Disability, and the Language of Compulsory Able-bodiedness,Ó RebeccaÊM.ÊBlackwell, University of South Florida
ÒNegotiating Transnational Caregiving Responsibility: The Experiences of Caregivers for Stay-behind Parents in Mainland China,Ó KenÊChih-YanÊSun, Hong Kong Baptist University
ÒQualitative Development and Internal Validation of a Vignette on Socio-cultural Constructions of Sexuality and Help-seeking Behaviour among Older People in Southwestern Nigeria,Ó OjoÊMelvinÊAgunbiade, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
ÒThe Aging Body as a Terrain for Governing and Exercising Senior Citizenship,Ó DebbieÊLaliberte Rudman, CarriÊHand and RachaelÊPack, Western University

Date:ÊSunday, August 11
Time:Ê2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 162:ÊConversations in Corporeality: Bodies and Body ModificationÊ
Room: Vanderbilt Suite
Sponsors:ÊSocial Problems Theory
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer &
Presider:ÊDavid C. Lane, Illinois State University
Papers:
ÒÔIÕm Supposed to be ThickÕ: Expectations of Black WomenÕs Bodies and the Racialization of Weight,Ó ElizabethÊHughes, Penn State Abington
ÒThe Potential That Yoga Holds as a Means to Reclaiming Bodily Empowerment for Women with Anorexia,Ó HeatherÊCatherineÊPizzanello, Salve Regina University
ÒMarks of Transition: Identity Management and Past Trauma,Ó DavidÊC.ÊLane, Illinois State University and JoshÊD.ÊFox, University of South Dakota
ÒÔIÕm Not Me AnymoreÕ: Disruptions to Identity with the Loss of the Smile,Ó FayeÊWachs, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
ÒAgentic Properties of the Abject Body: Disembodied Parts and Depersonified Bodies,Ó ElroiÊJ.ÊWindsor, University of West Georgia

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