Diversity & Cultural Competence

The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) actively promotes the respect for and the value of human diversity within members and through professional actions. 

AASP's Position Statement on Human Diversity

The Diversity Committee's charge is to ensure that AASP honors its commitment to diversity. We define diversity broadly and include (but are not limited to) race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, nationality, physical capacities, and sexual orientation. Our Committee makes recommendations to AASP's Executive Board of strategies and directives that will create an inclusive community for all our members. The objectives of the Diversity Committee are continually modified as AASP grows in its responsiveness to diversity.

Diversity Committee

• Rob Owens (Chair)

Diversity-Based Special Interest Groups

• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex 
• Race & Ethnicity in Sport
• Women in Sport

Past Diversity Lectures

October 2018 Robert Schinke, Janelle Joseph, & Caroline Fusco	Diversity and Inclusion Within Canadian Sporting Contexts
October 2016 Nzinga Shaw, Atlanta Hawks	Home Court Advantage: Promoting Pro-Level Diversity
October 2014 Angela Hucles, Wade Davis, & Hudson Taylor	More Than an Ahlete: Deconstructing Sexuality, Gender, and Race in Sport
October 2012 Keith Harrison	The Tanning of the Global Sportsworld: Assessing, Measuring, and Analyzing the Cultural Performance of Diverse Human Beings

Student Diversity Award

The Student Diversity Award recognizes and honors the achievements of students involved in research, service or applied experiences that focus on issues of diversity (i.e., race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, disability) that impact sport, exercise and health. The recipient receives a check for $500 and free AASP 2019 conference registration as well as a plaque presented at the conference.

Past Student Diversity Award Winners
2018	Ryan Sappington	University of Maryland at College Park
2017	Alexander (Brian) Yu	University of California, Davis	Trent Petrie
2016	Sae-Mi Lee	West Virginia University	Ed Etzel
2015	Alicia Johnson	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Judy Van Raalte
2014	Johanna Foss	University of Denver
2013	Ya-Ting Shang	North Carolina Greensboro
2012	Edson Filho & Itay Basevitch	Florida State University
2011	Moe Machida	Michigan State University
2011	Alyssa Norris	Washington State University
2010	Meredith Whitley	Michigan State University
2009	Johnathan H. Duff	University of Denver	Mark Aoyagi
2008	Sheryll Casuga	John F. Kennedy University

Diversity References & Resources

• Diversity Resource List
• If It Were Easy
• Work More Effectively With Clients by Being Aware of Mircoaggressions
• Becoming an Agent of Change to Combat Institutional and Cultural Racism
• Sport, Race and Social Justice: Honoring Black Athlete-Activism

Student Diversity Travel Grant

The Student Diversity Travel Grant is to provide racially and ethnically diverse students with a developing interest in sport and exercise psychology (SEP), who have not previously attended an annual AASP conference, the opportunity to:

1. Attend the annual conference,
2. Learn more about the field of SEP, and
3. Develop professional connections within AASP as well as the field of SEP.

Click here for more information on the Student Diversity Travel Grant.