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Sport Psychology
Faculty
Albert V. Carron, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. His teaching and research focus on group dynamics in sport and exercise groups. Carron has published extensively on such topics as group cohesion, role ambiguity, the home advantage, and exercise adherence. He is a co-author (with Dr. Heather Hausenblas) of Group Dynamics in Sport (2nd ed., 1998; Fitness Information Technology). In 2002, he had two new books make their appearance. One, entitled The Psychology of Physical Activity (Mc-Graw-Hill), is co-authored by Drs. Heather Hausenblas and Paul Estabrooks. The second, The Group Environment Questionnaire: Test Manual (Fitness Information Technology), is co-authored by Drs. Larry Brawley and Neil Widmeyer.
Kate F. Hays, Ph.D., maintains an independent practice, The Performing Edge, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a specialized focus on performance enhancement for athletes, performing artists, and businesspeople. She earned her master’s and doctorate from Boston University in 1971. In New Hampshire following her graduate training, she directed a community mental health center, subsequently developing an individual and group private practice. Her research, writing, teaching, and practice, both in New Hampshire and, since 1997, in Toronto, has been directed toward the application of sport psychology research and techniques to various performance populations, as well as the mental benefits of physical activity. Dr. Hays is the editor of Performance Psychology in Action (APA, 2009); You’re On! Consulting for Peak Performance (with co-author, Charles Brown; APA, 2004); the author of Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood (New Harbinger, 2002) and Working it Out: Using Exercise in Psychotherapy (APA, 1999); and edited Integrating Exercise, Sports, Movement and Mind: Therapeutic Unity (Haworth, 1997). A former president of American Psychological Association’s Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology, she is the recipient of its Bruce Ogilvie Award for Professional Practice.
Sean McCann, Ph.D., has worked full-time at the United States Olympic committee since 1991, and is the Head of the USOC Sport Psychology Department. He has written articles and book chapters in sport psychology, and writes a regular sport psychology column for Olympic Coach, a national journal for coaches. He works directly with individual coaches and athletes, leads workshops on mental skills training, and travels to work with teams at competitions. McCann traveled with the US Olympic Team for the last six Olympic Games.
Daniel L. Wann, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Murray State University and a member of the board of directors for the National Alliance for Youth Sports. He has been studying the psychology of sports fan and spectators since the mid 1980s, with a particular interest in fan identification (e.g., a fan’s psychological connection to a team), spectator violence, and the actions of parents as spectators at youth sporting events. He has published over 80 referred articles and given over 40 conference presentations on the topic of sport fans and parental involvement in sport and currently serves as director of the Sport Fandom Special Interest Group for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology. He has published two books (Sport Psychology, Prentice Hall, 1997; Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Spectators, Routledge, 2001). He has been interviewed by over 100 media outlets including newspaper and magazines, radio, and television. He has been hired as a consultant to several national business and sport organizations including the Professional Golfer’ Association, Taylor Made Golf, the National Basketball Association, ARAMARK/Major League Baseball, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association to assist them in their understanding of sport fans.
W. Neil Widmeyer, Ph.D., was a professor for 30 years in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo. Unable to accept the concept of “retirement,” he continues to teach sport psychology at McMaster University and in a special program at the high school level for high performance athletes. During his academic career, Widmeyer conducted considerable research in both group cohesion and aggression in sport. In the former area, he, along with Albert Carron and Larry Brawley developed the “Group Environment Questionnaire.” This frequently utilized measure of group cohesion has been translated into several languages and been adapted to business, residence, and exercise settings. Widmeyer and his colleagues have written more than 30 refereed research and exercise. On the practical side, he and Bert Carron have conducted team building sessions with athletic teams, dental personnel, corporate organizations, and physiotherapy staffs. Widmeyer is also well equipped to speak on aggression in sport he recently completed three book chapters for the 2003 text Psychological Foundations of Sport Exercise. Widmeyer has held numerous positions within international professional organizations including three years as chair of the social psychology section of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology. During the past ten years, Neil has been increasingly involved in Applied Sport Psychology. During the past ten years, Neil has been nine seasons with one of the most successful major junior hockey franchises for Canada well as with numerous figure skaters, skiers, snowboarders, and golfers. This will be his sixth appearance at the Sport Psychology Institute.
Dave Yukelson, Ph.D., is the coordinator of sport psychology services for the Penn State University Athletic Department. In his 18th year at Penn State, Yukelson provides counseling and support to coaches and athletes in the areas of motivation and goal setting, mental training techniques for managing peak performance under pressure, coping skill strategies for dealing with stress and multiple demands effectively, and leadership strategies for building team cohesion and team chemistry. Yukelson is a past-president, fellow, and certified consultant in the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP). He has published numerous articles in professional refereed journals, and is a frequent invited speaker at various national and international conferences. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the USOC Sport Psychology Registry, and the USA Track and Field Sport Psychology Registry. He has traveled internationally as team sport psychologist for USA Track and Field on various trips with national and junior national teams. He also serves as instructor for the USAT&F coaching education program. More recently, Yukelson has become involved in business consulting as an associate with Lane4 management group in England, a leading global performance development company with a unique heritage based on elite sporting performance applied to commercial achievement.
He obtained a B.A. in 1976 form the University of California San Diego (social psychology); M.S. in 1979 from Florida State University (movement science with specialization in motor learning and sport psychology), and a Ph.D. in 1982 from the University of North Texas (higher education with specializing in sport psychology).
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