Weiss and graduate students present research at NASPSPA annual meeting


Maureen Weiss, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology, and 12 former and current graduate students presented research at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) in Denver on June 21-23, 2018. Weiss also convened a symposium titled, “What, So What, and Now What? Translating Positive Youth Development (PYD) Research to Program Improvements in Curricula and Coach Training.” The photo shows Weiss with former students at the University of Minnesota—Nicole Bolter (Ph.D., 2010) and Lindsay Kipp (Ph.D., 2012), as well as other presenters. Symposium co-authors included Alison Phillips (Ph.D., 2015), Sarah Espinoza (Ph.D., 2020), and Hailee Moehnke (M.S., 2018). Weiss was Past President of NASPSPA in 2005-2006 and received the organization’s Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016.