Welcome to the Men and Masculinities SIG sponsored by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology

• August 2023 Announcement: Upcoming SIG meeting on...

• July 2023 Announcement: New SIG Co-Chairs: Ryan Sappington, Emily Tyler, London Hill, Elmer Guardado. 

• November 2022 Announcement: After 3 years, Dr. Rob Owens has decided to transition out of his role as Co-Chair of AASP's Men and Masculinities SIG, but will remain a SIG member. As founder of this SIG, one of its original co-chairs, and a leader in the field of sport psychology and the area of masculinities in sport, we express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Owens for all that he has done to support this SIG over the years. Thank you Rob!! 

• June 2022 Announcement: Upcoming SIG meeting on June  13th, 2022 at 6 pm EST. In recognition of June as Men's Mental Health Month, the next virtual meeting of AASP's Men and Masculinities Special Interest Group (SIG) will take place on Monday, June 13th at 6pm EST, featuring guest speaker Dr. Tyler Bradstreet. Dr. Tyler Bradstreet, is a counseling and sport psychologist and the Associate Athletics Director of Psychological Health and Performance at Texas Tech University. Dr. Bradstreet oversees mental and behavioral health services within Sports Medicine and mental performance training for all student-athletes across Texas Tech Athletics. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Bradstreet is a published researcher on issues related to men and masculinities and has been heavily involved in APA Division 51 (the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities). Dr. Bradstreet will be joining the meeting to share a bit about his background/career, his clinical/research/professional work related to men and masculinities, and joining us in a discussion about that work. (zoom link emailed)

• January 2022 Announcement: Upcoming virtual SIG meeting on February 21st at 6pm EST focused on Masculinities and Coaching (abstract below; zoom link emailed). 

  • • The coaching career of Urban Meyer is symbolic of the nature of masculinity in sport and how it can be enacted within teams and organizations. The hiring of former Iowa strength coach Chris Doyle, the alleged kicking of former Jaguar Josh Lambo, and the defending of Zach Smith when he was coaching at Ohio State are a few examples of controversies surrounding Meyer. One could argue that many of Coach Meyer’s behaviors are common in professional and competitive sport and are indicative of overconformity to a masculine ethic that values individual achievement and responsibility above the needs and well-being of the community. Additionally, it was recently revealed that during Meyer’s time at Ohio State, photos of Trayvon Martin were used in team meetings to discourage football players from wearing hoodies - highlighting the oppressive ways in which masculinities in sport often interact with Whiteness and White supremacy. In this conversation sponsored by AASP’s Men and Masculinities SIG, we will consider how men (in particular) and women are bound to certain masculine codes and displays of emotion in order to obtain cultural legitimacy in sport (Giazitzoglu, 2018). In attending to these considerations, the facilitators will define hegemonic masculinity, and illustrate how place or physical spaces, and the need to belong, structure how men perform masculinity. Then, as a group, attendees will consider how expressions of different forms of masculine behaviors or performances may provide us with cultural legitimacy but may also limit the work we do as consultants. Lastly, attendees will examine ways to create transformative communities that welcome possibilities, ownership/accountability, dissent, commitment, and allow for us to bring our gifts and talents as consultants to the table.

• September 2021 Announcement: Upcoming virtual SIG meeting on October 11th at 6pm EST during 2021 AASP Conference (zoom link emailed). Discussion around the Man Enough podcast episode titled "The Urgent Need for Compassion" featuring Alok Vaid-Menon.

  • • Podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3C9R8HNUQ

    • Podcast Audio - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alok-vaid-menon-the-urgent-need-for-compassion/id1571480224?i=1000530016080

    • Podcast Audio - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SovB8DUniC7EwCg3hRgCM

• April 2021 Announcement: Upcoming virtual SIG meeting on May 18th at 12pm EST. Dr. Jesse Steinfeldt will be joining us to talk about his work on masculinities in sport. Here he is speaking on Being a man: A look at masculinity and how we raise boys. (zoom link emailed)

• January 2021 Announcement: Upcoming virtual SIG meeting on February 10th at 6pm EST featuring guest speaker Dr. Mitch Abrams, discussing his work around masculinities and violence (zoom link emailed)

• October 2020 Announcement: Upcoming virtual SIG meeting on October 24th at 3pm during 2020 AASP Conference (zoom link emailed)

• October 2019 Announcement: Inaugural SIG meeting (in-person) during 2019 AASP Conference. 

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