(e.g., Vaccaro & Butryn, 2020 ). Expanding Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion While WPSAJ is structured to provide space for scholars to share research focused on understanding the experiences of women, often with a feminist lens (e.g., developing inclusive strategies, advocating
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Recognizing and Expanding Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Lori Gano-Overway
Reading Between the Lines: Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Sport-Based Books
Jennifer T. Coletti, Veronica Allan, and Luc J. Martin
inclusion and diversity of perspectives ( Canadian Women and Sport, 2012 ). One reason for these inequities could be the way girls are socialized into sport. For example, girls continue to experience “old-fashioned” attitudes that position sport as an activity that is predominantly for boys ( Canadian Women
Transition and Change
Lori A. Gano-Overway
of color; narrowing the leadership gender gap in sport; questioning the sex-segregated nature of sport; working toward transgender inclusion; addressing the potential for inequity related to Name, Image, and Likeness; examining the athletics arms race; and transforming sexual harassment and assault
Engaging Conversation in Women’s Sport and Physical Activity: Traversing Generations
Akilah R. Carter-Francique, Yeomi Choi, DeAnne Davis Brooks, Katherine M. Jamieson, and Judy Liao
universalist framing of “girls” or “women” will interrupt such strong efforts toward an expansive framing ( Gano-Overway, 2021 ; Ratna & Samie, 2017 ). Indeed, in this era of often unactualized calls for “equity, diversity, and inclusion,” we cannot merely count the representative “Others” in the room, nor
We are Courageous: Speaking Out Boldly and Acting for Change: Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network Conference, 20–22 June, 2023
Milly Blundell, Tori Sprung, and Zoe Knowles
’s football, the inclusion of transwomen in sport, exercise and the menopause, and fuelling the female athlete. Additionally, our poster presentations were proactively framed as a central feature of the conference as we wanted to shine a light on what the conference committee felt is often an ‘overlooked
“I Don’t Really Know What the Magic Wand Is to Get Yourself in There”: Women’s Sense of Organizational Fit as Coach Developers
Leanne Norman
pathway, in this case as coach developers, for women to generally ‘fit’ into an organization and feel a sense of inclusion. This is rather than having one or two women that may lead to tokenistic roles in professions which are skewed in favor of men ( Simpson, 2000 ). Being ‘tokens’ raises women
Redressing the Balance: Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network Conference, University of Worcester, United Kingdom, April 19–22, 2021
Gillian Renfree
inspirational ideas being generated, we have the chance to take a big step forward in redressing the balance for women in sport.” The conference completed a significant week for the University of Worcester in the field of women’s sport and inclusion, as the university was officially unveiled as one of the
BLinG-Health: A Peer-Led Physical Activity Program for Black Adolescent Girls—A Pilot Study
Tara B. Blackshear and Taylor Baucum
the participants. We achieve this through the representation of Black women leading the study, the branded name BLinG-Health, the affirming messages at the end of each workout session, and the inclusion of racism as a root cause. The principal investigator (PI), for example, resides in the same
Gender Differences in Coaching Behaviors Supportive of Positive Youth Sports Experience
Julie McCleery, Irina Tereschenko, Longxi Li, and Nicholas Copeland
inclusion of other/prefer not to say. Sig. = observed p values reported. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001. Measurement Validation and Internal Reliability Univariate skewness and kurtosis were extreme based on the nature of our survey questions. Mardia’s multivariate skew and kurtosis were both
Exploring a Women-Only Training Program for Coach Developers
Erin Kraft, Diane M. Culver, and Cari Din
.2018.026823 Kalaitzi , S. , Czabanowska , K. , Fowler-Davis , S. , & Brand , H. ( 2017 ). Women leadership barriers in healthcare, academia and business . Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 36 ( 5 ), 457 – 474 . doi:10.1108/EDI-03-2017-0058 10.1108/EDI-03