Tag: Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

Given the vast range of issues within and surrounding college sport, it is timely and important to have a special issue that explores historical and contemporary instances of activism in and through college sport, their impacts, and the future trajectory of these efforts. Empirical, conceptual, methodological, and theoretical submissions are encouraged. In this special issue, we invite scholars to offer critical examinations of different types of activism exhibited by individuals, groups, and institutions connected to college sport.

JIIA encourages and supports interdisciplinary and interuniversity collaborative college-sport research, serves as a research consortium for college-sport researchers from across the United States, and disseminates college-sport research results. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ENGAGING COLLEGE ATHLETES IN AND THROUGH GRADUATE STUDY: ACADEMIC TRAJECTORIES AND IMPLICATIONS by Siduri Heserlig.

This special issue of the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics is designed to move our understandings of the experience college athletes have in their educational pursuits through a grounding in educational theory associated with academic engagement and success. It is unique from the extant research because it is intended to encourage scholarship that focuses on ways to increase participation in these activities.

Many of the articles included in this special issue present strong evidence for athlete vulnerability. Included articles discuss mental health risks, patterns of disordered eating, substance and alcohol use, sexual assault and interpersonal violence, learning disabilities, criminal activity, stigmatization of behavioral health concerns, and sociocultural risks.