The College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) is pleased to sponsor the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics (JIIA), a peer-reviewed, scholarly, open-access journal dedicated to encouraging, supporting, and disseminating interdisciplinary and interuniversity collaborative college-sport research.
As the College Sport Research Institute’s official journal, JIIA is dedicated to critically examining ethical, social, economic, and political issues surrounding college sport in the United States and providing readers with thought-provoking editorials, research articles, and reviews.
Current Issue: Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026)
Original Research
Sowing Imbalance from the Start: Power, Role Socialization, and Graduate Assistants in NCAA Division I Power Four Athletic Departments
Kaitlin Pericak, Daniel Springer, Brittany Washington, and Rachel Silva
Game Without a Voice: College Athletes’ Symbolic Participation in Institutional Decisions
Eric G. Kramer, Karina Jolly, Chris Corr, and Sarah Stokowski
NCAA’s Mental Health Best Practices Still Need Coaching: Perceptions of Division I Student-Athletes on Strategies and Support Offered by Their Universities
Christopher C. Boyer, Jason Bocarro, Corey Johnson, Austin Thompson-Spain, and Lulu Black
Reproducing Advantage: Inequality in NCAA Leadership Programming
Jessica K. Brougham and Elizabeth A. Taylor
Marketing Collegiate Women’s Sports in a Shifting Landscape: Opportunities and Obstacles
Liz Sattler Dr., Eric Kramer, and Micaela Bradley
An Exploration of College Athletes' Action to Change the Eyes of Texas. A Chronological Case Study
Charles Macaulay, Jessica K. Brougham, Christopher M. McLeod, and Ajhanai C. Keaton
College Football Free Agency: The Transactional Nature of Big-Time College Football Recruiting
Chris Corr, Branden Johnson, and Amanda L. Paule-Koba
From Field to Marketplace: NIL, Identity Dynamics, and Well-Being Among College Athletes
Kathryn Heinze, Landy D. Lu, Hairou Ren, and Sara Soderstom
Pull Factors of College Selection: The Role of Club Sports in Student Enrollment Decisions
Brett A. Anderson, Sean Seiler, and Thomas Baker