CCSPA FELLOWS
A CCSPA Fellow is a member who has achieved distinction through significant contributions to collegiate sport psychology. Fellow status is an honor bestowed upon those who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of collegiate sport psychology. Generally, that distinction is based on professional practice knowledge, publications, presentations, mentorship, and leadership in the field of collegiate sport and exercise psychology. Fellows shall be members of the association who are interested in the advancement of collegiate sport psychology as a science and as a profession, and who have met certain criteria.
Chris Carr, Ph.D.
Director of Performance Psychology and Team Behavioral Health Clinician
Green Bay Packers
Dr. Carr is the Director of Performance Psychology and Team Behavioral Health Clinician for the Green Bay Packers. Prior to this role, Dr. Carr was the Counseling Sport Psychologist and Coordinator of Sport & Performance Psychology Services at Ascension St Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, Indiana coordinating training, supervision, research, and applied practice in sport and performance psychology. He has also had roles as the Team Performance Psychologist for the Indiana Pacers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Butler University Athletics, Ball State University Athletics, Purdue Athletics, Indiana University Athletics, the Ohio State University, the Kansas City Royals, the Columbus Crew, the US Navy, Arizona State University and Washington State University. Dr. Carr was the USA Diving National Team Sport Psychologist for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Prior to working with USA Diving, he served for ten years as the Sport Psychologist for the United States Men’s Alpine Ski Team during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has consulted with the US Navy, From 2007-2019, he coordinated and directed the Big Sky Sport Psychology Conference which in 2020 became the CCSPA Sport Psychology Conference.
Dr. Carr has been awarded many of the highest accolades in the arena of sport psychology and has held the most prominent positions of leadership in the field including: the Bruce Ogilvie Award for Professional Practice through APA (American Psychological Association) Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology), he was invited to give the Coleman Griffith Keynote Lecturer at the 2015 Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) National Conference in Indianapolis, IN and he was an Ad Hoc Member and first psychologist on the NCAA Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport Committee (CSMAS) and served on the first NCAA Student-Athlete Mental Health Task Force Meeting held in November of 2013. Dr. Carr is a Past-President and served on the Executive Committee of APA Division 47. He was on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USPOC) Registry of Sport Psychology Providers. Dr. Carr has been on the National Advisory Board for the Citizenship Through Sport Alliance (CTSA) “Report Card on Youth Sport”. He has written numerous book chapters in sports medicine and physical medicine in the area of sport and performance psychology as well as having published numerous articles in sports medicine textbooks, journals, and in magazines for USA Gymnastics (Technique) and USA Swimming (Splash).
Dr. Carr played football at Wabash College and a graduate assistant football coach at Ball State University. He briefly played rugby while studying at Oxford University in Oxford, England. He now lives in Suamico, WI with his wife Kelli. His has a daughter, Rachel, son-in-law, Derek, and a grandaughter, Clara Rae.
Education:
B.A. Psychology, Wabash College
M.A. Counseling Psychology, Ball State University
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology (minor in Exercise Science/Sport Psychology), Ball State University
Jen Carter, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
The Ohio State University
Dr. Jen Carter’s wonderful experience in the sport of swimming led her to dive into a sport psychology career. At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Jen is the Lead Sport Psychologist at the Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute and Clinical Associate Professor at Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. In this role, she provides mental health and performance psychology counseling to athletes, sports medicine patients, clients with body image issues, and individuals in the community. Jen is a counseling psychologist with specialties in sport psychology and eating disorders. With over twenty years of experience, she strives to help adults and adolescents achieve peak performance in multiple life domains.
Dr. Jen Carter’s wonderful experience in the sport of swimming led her to dive into a sport psychology career. At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Jen is the Lead Sport Psychologist at the Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute and Clinical Associate Professor at Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. In this role, she provides mental health and performance psychology counseling to athletes, sports medicine patients, clients with body image issues, and individuals in the community. Jen is a counseling psychologist with specialties in sport psychology and eating disorders. With over twenty years of experience, she strives to help adults and adolescents achieve peak performance in multiple life domains.
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Kenyon College
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, University of Notre Dame
Doug Hankes, Ph.D., L.P.
Executive Director of Sport Psychology and Mental Health Counseling
Auburn University
Doug is a licensed psychologist (Alabama and Tennessee) and the Executive Director of Auburn Athletics Counseling and Sport Psychology and Student Counseling & Psychological Services. Doug has graduate faculty status at Auburn University in the Department of Kinesiology, the Department of Psychological Sciences, and the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling and serves on thesis and dissertation committees.
Doug has over 30 years of experience working with elite athletes on performance and mental health issues. He is a Past President of Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology). Previously, he served on the Division 47 Executive Committee as the Secretary-Treasurer (2010-13) and the Newsletter Editor (1998-2003). Doug also served on the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Executive Board as the Publications/Information Division Head from 2003-2007. He is an AASP Fellow and Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) Emeriti and is listed on the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Mental Health Registry.
Doug’s publications include book chapters in Counseling and Psychological Services for College Student-Athletes (Loughran, 2019), Ethical Issues in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (Watson & Etzel, 2014), The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology (Murphy, 2012), and Performance Psychology in Action: A Casebook for Working With Athletes and Performing Artists, Business Leaders, and Professionals in High-Risk Occupations (Hays, 2009). He has also co-written a book with Trent Petrie, A Student-Athlete’s Guide to College Success: Peak Performance in Class and Life, 3rd Edition (2010).
Education:
B.S. Psychology, Auburn University
M.S. Counseling Psychology, University of North Texas
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, University of North Texas
L. Kenneth Chew, Jr., Psy.D., HSPP
Director, Indiana State University Student Counseling Center
Indiana State University
Dr. Chew has been the Director of the ISU Student Counseling Center since 2007. In addition to his administrative functions as Director of the SCC, his other responsibilities include: administrator for student health insurance, primary university contact for UAP clinic, oversight of TB testing for International students, university HIPAA officer, coordination and facilitation of the Student Affairs Behavior Assessment Team (SABAT), campus and community liaisons, and coordinator of the Performance Excellence Program. Dr. Chew received his doctorate from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology in 2001 and completed his undergraduate work at Jamestown College, where he majored in Psychology with a minor in Fine Art. Dr. Chew’s training and professional experiences include: the Hampton Roads VA Hospital, where he worked with drug and alcohol patients; the College of William & Mary Student Counseling Center, where he did a concentration in the counseling of college students with a specific focus in the counseling of athletes; New Mexico State University Student Counseling Center for internship; and the Washington D.C . Public Schools, where he did clinical and psycho-educational assessments on children, adolescents, and young adults for over two years. His professional interests include the counseling of athletes, performance enhancement, drug and alcohol issues, multicultural counseling, facilitation of professional and personal development training, and outreach programming. He has been at ISU since January of 2002.
Education:
B.A. Psychology, Jamestown College
Psy.D. Clinical Psychology, The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology
Bradley Hack, Ph.D.
Carolina Strategies, PLLC
Dr. Bradley Hack received his B.A. with High Honors from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D., Summa Cum Laude from Michigan State University. He started his career as a staff psychologist at the Counseling Center at UNC, Chapel Hill and as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the UNC School of Medicine before going into private practice. He has been treating adolescents, adults and athletes in his practice for more than 20 years.
Dr. Hack is also one of the nation’s leading Sport Psychologists. Since 2001 he has been the Director of Sport Psychology for the Athletic Department at the University of North Carolina. In addition to his work with Division I athletes, he has also worked with professional teams and athletes from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, NASCAR, WNBA, USWNT, as well as members of the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 U.S. Olympic teams. He also serves as a treating clinician for the NFL’s Substance Abuse Program.
Dr. Hack has taken a leadership role in promoting the field of psychology at both state and national levels. He was recently elected as President of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Sport Psychology. In this role, Dr. Hack will serve as the voice of sport psychologists nationwide as they work towards educating the general public about the importance of psychology in sport. Dr. Hack has been instrumental in establishing sport psychology as a Proficiency within the APA. His role as President builds upon what he started more than a decade ago as one of four sport psychologists selected to co-author the national guidelines for the practice of sport psychology. Dr. Hack has also served on APA’s Division of Sport Psychology’s Executive Committee, and as the Chairperson of the Division’s Education Committee. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology and his work has been published in The Sport Psych Handbook (2005). Closer to home, Dr. Hack has been elected twice to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Psychological Association and was appointed as its Federal Advocacy Coordinator.
Prior to becoming a psychologist, for seven years Dr. Hack was the Head Teaching Pro for junior teams and high school players at a number of private tennis clubs in metro Detroit. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Ski Team. Despite his vast sports knowledge, he has yet to defeat his son in fantasy football or his daughter in fantasy basketball. Outside the office, he continues to coach his kids’ softball and basketball teams, loves staying in shape with Crossfit and boxing, and is still trying to competently surf the fast breaking waves on the East Coast.Ph.D.
Education:
B.A. Psychology and Economics, University of Michigan
M.A. Clinical Psychology, Michigan State University
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Michigan State University
Ron Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Director of Counseling and Sport Psychology
Intermountain Sports Medicine
Dr. Ron Chamberlain is the Director of Counseling and Sport Psychology for Intermountain Sports Medicine. He previously worked as the sport psychologist for the Athletic Departments at the University of Washington and Brigham Young University. He received both his Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology and his Master’s degree in School Psychology from Brigham Young University. He is a licensed Psychologist in the state of Utah.
Dr. Chamberlain is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Utah Psychological Association (UPA), and the Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychology Association (CCSPA). He is the author of “Ready to Play: Mental Training for Student-Athletes.”
A native of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Dr. Chamberlain competed as a student-athlete for Colorado Mesa University as a basketball player and psychology major. He and his wife Jeannie have 5 children and 4 grandchildren. He enjoys sports, reading, traveling, and spending time with his family. Sport psychology is his passion because he gets to combine his love for sports and desire to help people live happier and fuller lives.
Education:
B.A. Psychology, Mesa State College
M.Ed. School Psychology, Brigham Young University
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, Brigham Young University
Gary Bennett, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Athletics Director, Clinical and Sport Psychology
Virginia Tech University
Gary Bennett has been Virginia Tech Athletic Department’s clinical and sport psychologist since 2000 as well as an Associate Athletic Director. Gary coordinates the Sport Psychology program, which offers psychological and performance-enhancement services for all student-athletes and consultation for coaches and administrators..
Gary received a B.A. in English from Centre College in 1981 where he played baseball. He earned his PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 1995. Before coming to Tech, he completed his internship at the University of Cincinnati and worked in a psychiatric hospital while in graduate school. He began working at the Thomas E. Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech in 1995 and was licensed as a clinical psychologist that year. Since then he has also been accredited by the Association of Applied Sport Psychology as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. Beginning in 2000, his position was divided between the Counseling Center and the Athletics Department and in 2007 his status in Athletics was increased to full-time. Gary currently resides in Blacksburg, VA.
Education:
B.A. English, Centre College
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky
Dave Coppel, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Neuropsychological Services and Research
Seattle Sports Concussion Program
Dr. David Coppel is a professor in the department of neurological surgery and the director of neuropsychological services and research at the University of Washington Sports Concussion Program. He is a clinical professor in both the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the department of psychology at Washington, where he has provided clinical supervision to graduate students, psychology residents and postdoctoral fellows for more than two decades. Since 1996, Coppel has been the consulting neuropsychologist and clinical/sport psychologist for the Seattle Seahawks. His work at the Sports Concussion Program continues his strong involvement in the evaluation of the cognitive and emotional aspects of sport concussion, research regarding the sports concussion recovery factors, and the role of neurocognitive factors such as attention, concentration and focus in sports performance.
Jim Bauman, Ph.D.
Sport Psychologist
University of Washington Athletics
I have an undergraduate degree in pre-physical therapy, a master’s degree in education, and I received a Ph.D. in Psychology from Washington State University in 1995. I am a licensed psychologist in Washington and California. I am a long standing member of the American Psychological Association.
1989-1990 – I was a full-time sport psychologist in the Athletic Department at Washington State University from 1989-1999. There, I worked with all 17 Division 1 athletic teams. While at WSU, I began working with professional athletes (football, baseball, and hockey) and track & field athletes preparing for the Barcelona and Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. Additionally, I began working with the US Ski Team.
1999-2009 – I accepted a position as a full-time Senior Sport Psychologist with the US Olympic Committee (USOC) at the US Olympic Training Center in San Diego, CA. There, I worked directly with hundreds of athletes preparing for and competing at two Winter Olympic Games, three Summer Olympic Games, and multiple National Championships, Olympic Trials, World Cups, Pan American Games, World University Games, and World Championships. I was on the USOC staff, as a sport psychologist, at five Olympic Games. Although I am no longer employed by the USOC, I continue to work as the consulting sport psychologist for USA Swimming working with coaches and athletes who are preparing for the 2010 World Championships in Dubai and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
2009-present: In March 2009, I accepted a full-time sport psychologist position at the University of Washington’s Intercollegiate Athletic Department. Here, I am working with all 19 of the Division 1 sports in the department.
My primary expertise is in sport and human performance with elite athletes, coaches, stage entertainers, performing artists, business managers, and military special operations. To date, I have worked with more than 60 different sports from youth to the highest national and international competitive levels. In addition to the applied work with coaches at training and competitive venues, I have also provided sport psychology instruction at coaching academies, conferences, and certification courses.
My professional work includes sport psychology publications; television and radio appearances; presenting sport psychology workshops at local, national, & international conferences; and teaching graduate coursework in sport psychology. From 2002 to the present, I developed and have maintained a working relationship with the Navy Special Warfare School (SEALs).
I have a unique blend of academic training and more than 21 years of providing applied sport and human performance services, on a full-time basis, over a full-range of athletes, sports, and levels of competition. With all of that, I am still learning…everyday!
Education:
Ph.D. Psychology, Washington State University
Nicki Moore, Ph.D.
Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education
Cornell University
Dr. Nicki Moore, who brings nearly two decades of visionary athletics leadership and served as Vice President and Director of Athletics of Colgate University since 2018, was named the Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education on Nov. 30, 2022. Moore became the 15th Director of Athletics in Cornell’s storied history and the first woman to hold the position. She is the second director to lead Big Red athletics since the position was endowed in 2003 by Jack ’58 and Diane ’61 Meakem and Scott Smith ’79.
Moore joined the Big Red after serving as Vice President and Director of Athletics at Colgate from 2018-22. As a member of the President’s Cabinet, she contributed to the University’s strategic, and operational decision-making while developing and executing the Third Century Athletics Plan. Colgate teams won 11 league titles in football, men’s basketball, women’s ice hockey, volleyball, men’s soccer and men’s rowing. Teams had success at the highest levels, with football reaching the FCS quarterfinals in 2018, the Sweet 16 in men’s soccer that same fall, and the quarterfinals in women’s ice hockey in 2021.
During her time in Hamilton, Moore developed and successfully launched and implemented a new visual and brand identity for Colgate Athletics and overhauled athletics fundraising operations in partnership with University advancement. She helped raise $1.3 million to install the Biddle Project for football/lacrosse that included a new video board, plaza, and walkway. She helped secured more than $25 million in gifts in support of a new athletics center and increased funding of scholarships. She also hired eight of the Colgate’s 18 head coaching positions during her tenure, and launched the department’s first plan to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.
Student-athlete well-being was a focus of her tenure at Colgate, and under her leadership, several new programs were launched and supported to enhance the student-athlete experience. Such programs included the Raider Refuel nutrition station, Wellness Advocates, Career Ambassadors, and Sustainability Partners. A collaborative approach to promoting mental wellbeing and preventing and remediation injury was installed under her watch, including the addition of sport psychology services, partnership with the University Chaplains’ Office, and the installation of Real Response – a secure and anonymous communication platform for teams to report concerns, provide feedback and receive immediate responses.
During a three-year stint as Senior Associate Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator at North Carolina, Moore managed sport administrators for the Tar Heels’ 28 varsity sports. During that span, UNC earned a pair of top 10 Directors Cup finishes, won four national championships and claimed eight ACC championships while directly supervising men’s soccer, women’s basketball, volleyball, football, and cross country and track and field. She was part of the implementation of the “Together, We Win” strategic plan and chaired the Title IX group that completed a comprehensive gender-equity review. Moore also chaired the ACC Senior Woman Administrator Governance Group.
Moore spent more than a decade at the University of Oklahoma in various roles, culminating in three years as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Life and Strategic Planning and SWA. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, Moore assisted the Sooners in achieving three top 25 Directors Cup finishes while winning three NCAA titles and 19 Big Twelve titles. She led the writing, launch and execution of the “Sooner MAGIC” five-year strategic plan. She also served Oklahoma in academic and student life, psychological resources and strategic planning roles, founding the first comprehensive in-house counseling and sport psychology program in the NCAA.
She began her administrative career by holding various positions of increasing responsibility in fundraising, alumni relations, counseling, and teaching at the University of Missouri, University of California Davis and University of Nevada Las Vegas prior to joining Oklahoma.
Education:
B.S. Secondary Education, University of Missouri
M.A. Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology with Sport Psychology emphasis, University of Missouri
Leonard Zaichkowsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Boston University (Retired)
B.P.E. Physical Education, Teaching, and Coaches, University of Alberta
Ed.M. Education, University of Oklahoma
Ph.D. Performance Psychology, University of Toledo