Where's the Urgency?: Examining Athletic Practitioners' Beliefs About Working With Diverse Student-Athletes

Siduri J. Haslerig, Laura Bernhard

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Abstract

As the college student population has diversified (Pryor et al., 2008), many graduate programs that train student affairs professionals have incorporated sociological concepts like how to work with diverse populations into the curriculum (Talbot, 2003). However, athletic departments often provide their own support staff for student-athletes who are commonly trained in sport-related graduate programs. Many of these programs fail to address issues like diversity, culture, or intergroup contact (Geisler, 2003). The purpose of the larger study was to explore how athletics practitioners who directly serve student-athletes approach working with diverse individuals. This paper uses interview data with student-facing athletics practitioners to explore how their beliefs about diversity might align with or justify the observed lack of urgency from institutions.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 18 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventAERA 2020 Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA
Duration: 21 Apr 2020 → …

Conference

ConferenceAERA 2020 Annual Meeting
Period21/04/20 → …

EGS Disciplines

  • Education

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