The Research Focus on Education and Sport Special Interest Group (SIG) exists to promote scholarship and practice related to the intersections of education and sport.

Welcome to the AERA Research Focus on Education and Sport (RFES) Special Interest Group (SIG 164)!  We are a community of scholars and practitioners interested in expanding and enhancing the fields of sport and education along with interdisciplinary fields. We welcome you to join our SIG and we look forward to supporting your professional development! 

Attached below is information about our working subgroups and we invite you to join. Please contact me (the chair) if you are interested in joining any of the working groups below: 

• SIG Conference Paper Programming (Lead:  Dr. Newton Jackson)
• Awards Committee (Lead: Dr. Joseph N. Cooper)
• Communications  (Lead: Dr. Wayne Black)
• Special Projects  (Lead: Dr. Joseph N. Cooper)
• Ex-officio Leadership Advisory Committee (Lead: Dr. Joseph N. Cooper)

We look forward to getting to know you and finding ways to best support you!

Truly,

Joseph N. Cooper, PhD

SIG Chair

Email: josephn.cooper@umb.edu

Chair: Dr. Joseph N. Cooper (josephn.cooper@umb.edu) 

Program Chair: Dr. Newton Jackson (newton.jackson@unf.edu)

Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Kirsten Hextrum (kirsten.hextrum@oregonstate.edu)