2022 Award Winners
Gary Sailes Graduate Diversity Scholarship
Master's Award Shalom "SB" Brown (University of Toronto)
PhD: Marisa Gonzales (University of North Texas)
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Barbara Brown Outstanding Student Paper Award
Doctoral Winner: Tori Justin from the University of Maryland, College Park for the paper "Woosah: Black Womxn, Yoga, and Wellness."
Doctoral Honorable Mention: Niya St. Amant from Queen's University for the paper "Moving Beyond a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Concussion Legislation: A Call to Better Understand How Girls Negotiate Concussions."
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Best SSJ Article
Samantha King (Queen’s University) and Gavin Weedon (Nottingham Trent University) for their paper, “The Nature of the Body in Sport and Physical Culture: From Bodies and Environments to Ecological Embodiment”
Honorable Mention
Matthew Hodler (University of Rhode Island) and Callie Batts Maddox (Miami University) for their paper, “Converging Interests, Unequal Benefits? Tribal Critical Race Theory and Miami University’s Myaamia Heritage Logo”.
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Early Career Researcher Award, Presented by Human Kinetics
Dr. Dunja Antunovic, University of Minnesota.
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Outstanding Book Award
Winner: Fighting Visibility, Fighting Visibility: Sports Media and Female Athletes in the UFC by Jennifer McClearen (University of Texas-Austin)
Honorable Mention: On the Sidelines: Gendered Neoliberalism and the American Female Sportscaster, Guy Harrison (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Service Excellence Award
There were no nominees for this award in 2022.
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NASSS Fellows
2022 Recipients:
Dr Andrew Billings
Dr Mark Falcous
Dr Adam Love
Dr Kerry McGannon
Dr Mark Norman
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