Members of the School of Kinesiology’s Sports Medicine Psychology Laboratory (SMPL) will present three papers at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada. The conference, held from October 3 – 7, 2018, is the largest international annual sport psychology conference.

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the SMPL, will present the “Sociocultural aspects of sport injury and recovery” symposium. Additional presenters include Francesca Principe, M.S. student, and Kristin Wood, Ph.D. student. “Development of laboratory activities for an undergraduate sport and exercise psychology course for kinesiology majors” will be led by Francesca Principe. The lead presenter of “Challenges and opportunities in conducting multidisciplinary applied research on expertise development within an intercollegiate team sport” will be Kristin Wood. Joey Kronzer, M.S. student, and Andrew White, Ph.D. graduate, will also be presenting at the conference.