Social Justice through Sport and Exercise Psychology

Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology: Intergenerational Voices and An Embodied Approach provides a narration of the history of social justice work in sport and exercise psychology as advanced through the voices of those leaders who have dared to imagine a more just and equitable sporting world. By situating their history through critical genealogy, within an analysis of the larger social relationships of power in both the competitive sporting context and the field of sport and exercise psychology (including patriarchy, sexism, racism, classism, ableism, and homonegativity), an effort is made to illuminate their political lineages and how these individuals utilized social justice theories and critical reflexivity in their work. The fourfold purpose of this brand new and cutting-edge volume is to (1) frame the critical genealogy and political lineages of leaders in the field of sport and exercise psychology, who have promoted social justice in their work; (2) provide an autobiographical sketch for each of the authors that chronicles the ways their life experiences and trajectories have influenced their respective philosophies of social justice; (3) flesh out how those philosophies are evidenced, both implicitly and explicitly, in their work; and (4) illustrate how a social justice framework has informed their respective consulting philosophies. Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology: Intergenerational Voices and An Embodied Approach is key reading not only for scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of sport and exercise psychology but also for those in the subdisciplines of sport sociology, athletic training, and strength and conditioning, as well as licensed professional counsellors, licensed clinical social workers, and certified athletic trainers.

Leslee A. Fisher, PhD, is a Fellow, Certified Mental Performance Consultant(TM), and the 2024 Dr. Kate F. Hays Distinguished Mentor Awardee, the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). She is also Professor Emerita and former Director of the Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior Graduate Program at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Fisher also served as AASP's Secretary/Treasurer, was a member of AASP's Leadership Team, the Interim Certification Council, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and the Foundations Committee, and was Chair and a member of AASP's Continuing Education Committee.

1. In Memory of those who Challenged Sport and Exercise Psychology Boundaries: Dorothy Harris, Steven Heyman, and Ruth Hall 2. Social justice and SEP: Looking back to the future 3. Carole A. Oglesby: Sport is for everybody! Leslee A. Fisher 4. Embodied Hearts 5. Socially Conscious SEP Work as the Son of Holocaust Survivors 6. Integrating African Movement Aesthetics and Spirituality into Practice 7. Vikki Krane, Heather Barber, Diane Whaley, Jennifer Waldron, and Nicole M. LaVoi: Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium Founders Leslee A. Fisher 8. My Journey against Sexual Misconduct in Sport 9. 10. Fighting the Power...Carefully? Engaging with Whiteness, Power, and Privilege in University Administrative Roles 11. Building and Implementing Liberation-based Counseling and Sport Psychology Services in Resistant Systems 12. "Burned through": Performing Social Justice in the Academy 13. Culturally sensitive interventions and systemic change 14. Corporeal Generosity 15. Tanya Prewitt-White and Ryan Sappington: Embodying Survivorship, Accountability, Vulnerability, and Collective Liberation - Disentangling from Gendered Harm and White Supremacy Leslee A. Fisher 16. Optimizing the Motivational Climate to Promote Social Justice 17. A Wandering Nomad: "Who are you and where is your home, Shams?" 18. Social Justice and Graduate School 19. Becoming Allied: A Capacious and Reflexive Account of LGBTQI+ Research, Quakerism, and Sport 20. My Journey as an African American Woman in Life and in the Field of Sport and Exercise Psychology 21. Beyond LGBTQIA+ Athlete Inclusion: Moving Towards Belonging 22. Sport as a Site of Exclusion and a Mechanism for Social Change 23. Coach-scholarship and Athletic Leadership 24. An Embodied Sport and Exercise Psychology Social Justice Framework 25. Sport psychology reimagined - A Cultural Praxis Approach towards Social Justice Epilogue: A Vision for an Embodied Social Justice Approach through Sport and Exercise Psychology