Tag: Laura Misener

The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: (Re)defining youth sport participation by James Kay, S Elliott & J Côté.

C&S is a cutting-edge peer-reviewed quarterly that publishes research to foster international scholarly understanding of the nexus of communication and sport that engages a broad intellectual community. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Collegiate Student-Athletes as Health Advocates: The Role of Issue and Source Involvement in Students’ Information Processing about Binge Drinking by Sai Datta Mikkilineni, Gregory A. Cranmer, Erin Ash, and Bryan E. Denham.

Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, edited by Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Borja García & Benoit Séguin (Routledge) presents new research and broad surveys exploring pressing debates, challenges and possible solutions surrounding the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games, across diverse socioeconomic and political contexts. Our reviewer Björn Sandahl contends that the handbook serves as a rich introduction to its field of study and thus should be of great interest to students and the interested general public.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A Queer Cooptation of Sport: RuPaul’s Drag Race Contestants as Athletes in a Culture of Risk and Injury by Niya St. Amant.

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: United as one: the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup hosting vision and the symbolic politics of legacy bt Adam Scott Beissel & Geoffery Z. Kohe.

In her book Degrees of Difficulty: How women’s gymnastics rose to prominence and fell from grace (University of Illinois Press), Georgia Cervin offers a unique history of women's gymnastics, examining how the high-stakes diplomatic rivalry of the Cold War created a breeding ground for exploitation. Our highly knowledgeable reviewer, with athletic as well as scholarly experiences of the subject is Laura Misener, and she is impressed and moved by Cervin’s insightful revelations.

Event Management, an International Journal, has been meeting the research, educational, and analytic needs of the rapidly growing profession focused on global events for more than 20 years. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Examining Long-term Organizational Forms Surrounding Leverage and Legacy Delivery Of Canadian Major Sport Events by Kyle Wasser, Landy Di Lu, Laura Misener.

The Journal of Emerging Sport Studies is committed to publishing scholarship from across academic disciplines that reflects the changing face of sport studies around the world from established and emerging sport scholars. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sparring with Stereotypes: An Ethnography of the Main Street Gym by Diane Ketelle, Lucas Ketelle (open access).

APAQ is an internationa journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Para Sport Development Experiences: Perspectives of Para Swimmers and Parents by Darda Sales, Laura Misener.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ICE DANCING TO ARIRANG IN THE 2018 PYEONGCHANG WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES: THE INTERSECTION OF MUSIC, IDENTITY, AND SPORT by Doo Jae Park, Na Ri Shin, Synthia Sydnor, Caitlin Clarke.