“BURNED THROUGH”: Performing Social Justice in the Academy
Publication Date
1-1-2025
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology: Intergenerational Voices and An Embodied Approach
DOI
10.4324/9781003469247-12
First Page
145
Last Page
162
Abstract
In this chapter, we discuss and interrogate our experiences of infusing social justice into our research, teaching, and service amidst sexism, racism, and other intersectional forms of oppression that are prevalent within the academy and how this tension has tended to elicit performative social justice. First, we situate this chapter by summarizing our individual journeys with social justice in sport and exercise psychology (SEP). Second, we describe our collective journey as former graduate students and early career professionals. Third, we discuss the challenges that we encountered with respect to our social justice work. Fourth, we share the ways that we used tomanage and circumvent these challenges by performing social justice in the academy. Fifth, we conclude by offering what we see as critical future directions in this area.
Department
Kinesiology
Recommended Citation
Matthew P. Bejar, Saemi Lee, Terilyn C. Shigeno, and Leslie K. Larsen. "“BURNED THROUGH”: Performing Social Justice in the Academy" Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology: Intergenerational Voices and An Embodied Approach (2025): 145-162. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003469247-12
