Associate Professor in Health and Exercise Science interested in the psychosocial aspects of physical activity.  Teaches sport  psychology, health and exercise psychology, motor behavior, research methods, and administration of sport and physical education programs. 

Areas of research include examining: 1) how the climate created by coaches and physical educators can positively influence youth development and achievement motivation; 2) how the situational and dispositional achievement goals may influence people’s resiliency to failure by influencing self-regulatory processes and practice strategies; 3) how athletes regulate their sport conduct in order to act in moral and ethical ways.

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