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Sport Literature Association : ウィキペディア英語版 | Sport Literature Association The Sport Literature Association (SLA), headquartered at East Tennessee State University, is an international organization devoted to the study of sport in literature and culture. With a membership numbering several hundred scholars, students, and readers from around the world, SLA sponsors an annual conference in a different North American location each summer. Its (28th such conference ) was held at the University of Maine, Orono, June 22–25, 2011. SLA is an affiliate of the American Literature Association, and the publications of SLA members are indexed by the Modern Language Association, American Humanities Index, Gale (publisher), and EBSCO Publishing. The president of the organization for 2011-12 is Dennis Gildea of Springfield College (Massachusetts). ==History==
SLA was organized in 1983 at San Diego State University, by Lyle Olsen, a physical education professor and former minor league baseball player and college baseball coach; Alfred F. Boe, an English and comparative literature professor; and a number of their colleagues. The stated purpose of the organization was “to encourage, stimulate, and foster the alliance of sport with the humanities” 〔Qtd. in Jarold Ramsey, "Sports-Related Literature Is the Focus of a Worthwhile New Journal," ''Sports Illustrated'' 6 August 1984.〕 The organization’s first president was Ralph M. Grawunder, another physical education professor at SDSU. Other individuals crucially involved in the early development of the organization were Richard W. Wells, Virginia L. Evans, and Susan Bandy of San Diego State University; Thomas F. Scanlon of University of California, Riverside; Eric Solomon of San Francisco State University; Michael Oriard of Oregon State University; Elizabeth S. Bressan of the University of Oregon; Richard Keller of Emporia State University; Mary McElroy of Kansas State University; Richard Doxtator of the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Robert J. Higgs and Donald Johnson of East Tennessee State University; David Vanderwerken of Texas Christian University; Richard C. Crepeau of the University of Central Florida; and Christian L. Messenger of University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.
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