Research Awards
2020 Research award WINNERS
This award is presented to raise awareness for the need for updated research on educating and serving student-athletes every year. The Research Committee invites practitioners, scholars, and graduate students alike to submit a paper for award consideration. Two (2) recipients will be selected – one for Student-Athlete Development/Life Skills, and the other for all other research related to the profession. The 2020 Research Award recipients are listed below and will be announced during the Virtual Convention opening session on Monday, June 22.
"Collaboration between athletic and campus advisors: Ensuring college athletes’ success"
Dr. lisa rubin
Kansas State University
Will Lewis
University of Georgia
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine how athletic and campus advisors collaborate to ensure college athletes achieve academic success. We interviewed 28 athletic and campus (both faculty and primary role) advisors at various NCAA member institutions in the U.S. to discuss their roles in advising athletes, communication modes and barriers between athletic and campus advising professionals, education and knowledge of sport governing body academic regulations, campus locations and their impact, trustworthiness across units, and collaborative techniques employed. Ethnomethodology was used as a lens to analyze the results. Implications for campus advisors, athletic advisors, and advising administrators were provided, including examples of successful techniques and programs at participants' institutions.
Program Presentation: Summer webinar series on Monday, July 6th at 3:00 PM ET
"Student-athletes' barriers to bystander intentions: Assessing gender role conflict and opportunities to respond to post-sexual assault"
Dr. Lorin tredinnick
University of Connecticut
Description: While research suggests that student-athletes have a lower willingness to intervene as a bystander to sexual assault than non-athletes, specific barriers to student-athlete bystander intentions have not been explored. This research examines how gender role conflict (GRC) may relate to student-athlete's role as prosocial bystanders to post-sexual assault. Results from an anonymous web-based survey with 300 NCAA student-athletes highlight GRC as a potential barrier to respond to post-sexual assault as a bystander, particularly for Hispanic student-athletes and females who experience conflicts between work and leisure-family relations. Findings underscore the importance of engaging student-athletes in bystander intervention training to prevent campus sexual assault.
Program Presentation: Will be scheduled for later this summer via Zoom.