CFP: College Sports and Ethics (Studies in the Philosophy of Sport)

This is an open call for College Sports and Ethics, an edited collection to be published as part of Lexington Books’ Studies in the Philosophy of Sport series.

This new anthology, edited by Chad Carlson and Shawn E. Klein, focuses on foundational ethical issues in college sports, including the fit of intercollegiate sports with the university and the question of professionalism. It will also tackle several important ethical topics that pertain particularly to college sports, such as athletes’ rights and recruitment. This edited collection brings together top scholars of sport to examine college sports and analyze the important ethical issues in college sport. We invite you to submit a proposal to contribute as well.

There are many possible topics to focus on and we are open to almost any topic so long as it directly addresses a normative issue within intercollegiate athletics. We are looking for papers that focus on the particular ways an issue affects or arises in college sports specifically.

Topics of particular interest or need:

·       Athlete mental health

·       Academic concerns in connection to athletics

·       Recruitment of athletes

·       Religious issues impacting college athletics

·       Team names/mascots

·       Spectatorship/fandom

These suggestions are not exhaustive and we welcome proposals on many other topics as well. Feel free to reach out to us before abstract submission to discuss a possible topic.

To contribute, please email the following:

·       An abstract (300-500 words)

·       A CV

·       Submit as a PDF

·       Email by Nov 1, 2021

·       Email: [email protected] and/or [email protected]

We will notify contributors of acceptance no later than January 2022, and look for manuscripts to submitted by May 1, 2022. All contributions will go through peer-review. We are expecting publication in early 2023.