589 Beyond our Borders to the Middle East: Sport, Gender, Ethnicity

Thursday, April 2, 2009: 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Tampa Convention Center: 5-6
NASPE/Research/Social Sciences
Presider: E. Newton Jackson, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
Speaker: Doris R. Corbett, Howard University, Fort Washington, MD
The Sport History, Philosophy, and Sociology Academy Forum will begin with a keynote presentation by Dr. Doris Corbett. The presentation will address the inclusion and exclusion of women in sport specifically in the Arab Middle-Eastern countries. Their cultures, the relationship of sport to gender and ethnicity; and the role of sport as an agent of social change will be discussed. All attendees are welcome and encouraged to stay for the business meeting that follows.