Owen Juan, Jennifer R. Tomasone

An intersectional lens could be useful for identifying how disability physical activity experiences are shaped by other overlapping social identities and societal power structures. Implementing an intersectional lens in disability physical activity research and/or knowledge mobilizationcan help to recognize these diverse disability physical activity experiences and lead to more inclusive and nuanced research findings. As such, for my undergraduate thesis, I began a scoping review that sought to identify strategies that can be used to implement an intersectional lens in disability physical activity research and/or knowledge mobilization. After 18 months, I am still working on the same project given various challenges experienced throughout the project. The purpose of this presentation will be to offer some lessons learned and reflections about the project management challenges that I encountered during my scoping review. Firstly, I encountered issues with the conceptualization and operationalization of disability, physical activity, and intersectionality. Second, as a novice researcher managing their first research project, I had to navigate how to collaborate with my project team members, each with varying skillsets and work capacity. Key takeaways include the need to be reflexive and iterative with study design, as well as setting realistic expectations for yourself and your project team members. As I settle into my Master’s degree, it is my hope that sharing my reflections about this project can provide insight for other novice researchers who may be faced with similar project management challenges during scoping reviews and other studies alike.