Sport Psychology Research Group
Group staff
- Dr Sophia Jowett (Reader and Research Group Leader)
- Dr Chris Harwood (Reader)
- Dr Chris Spray (Senior Lecturer)
- Dr David Fletcher (Lecturer)
- Dr Ian Taylor (Lecturer)
- James Rumbold (Technician)
Current PhD students
- Julie Douglas
- Louise Roberts
- Vaithehy Shanmugam
- Sophie Xin Yang
- James Rumbold (PT)
- Anthony Papathomas (PT)
- Simon Middlemas
- Rachel Jackson (PT)
- Monica Dorobantu (PT)
- Adam Gledhill (PT)
- Hasan Ahmad
- Rachel Arnold
- Jemima Barnes
- Nicola Clarke
- Faye Didymus
- William Fearn
- Luke Felton
- Joanna Kirkby
- Paul Morgan (PT)
- Mustafa Sarkar
- Juliette Stebbings
- Anna Stodter
- Nicholas Caddick
Other staff with a particular expertise and involvement in sport psychology:
- Professor Stuart Biddle (Professor)
- Dr Chris Cushion (Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Brett Smith (Lecturer)
- Dr Fehmidah Munir (Lecturer)
- Dr Hilary McDermott (Lecturer)
- Dr Matt Pain (Research Associate, Psychology for Football)
Teaching in Sport Psychology
Group staff teach across the School's range of undergraduate and postraduate taught programmes.
Research interests
The current group of staff and research students specialise in:
- Motivation (Dr Harwood, Dr Spray, Dr Taylor, Dr Jowett)
- Applied Sport Psychology (Dr Harwood, Dr Fletcher, Dr Jowett)
- Youth sport (Prof Biddle, Dr Harwood, Dr Spray, Dr Taylor)
- Coaching and interpersonal relationships in sport (Dr Jowett, Dr Taylor)
- Performance Leadership and Environments (Dr Fletcher, Dr Jowett)
- Personal Performance and Psychological Resilience (Dr Fletcher)
Staff also have an involvement in Physical Activity and Public Health Research.
We are grateful for the support provided by our research sponsors:
- Esporta Health Clubs
- The Football Association
- Nuffield Foundation
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Hellenic Ministry of Sport and Culture
- Hellenic Olympic Committee
- J. F. Costopoulos Foundation
- The Golf Foundation
- The British Academy
- Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Facilities
Sport and Exercise Psychology has two laboratories and one open plan PhD office:
- The teaching lab is a room used for lab/seminars on a regular basis and houses 15 PC stations, power-point projector, TV set and video recorder.
- The social psychology in sport and exercise lab contains two large rooms: the experimental room and the auxiliary room. The experimental room is dedicated for data collection under controlled conditions. The auxiliary room has multiple functions (e.g., consulting, interviewing, meeting).
- The open plan PhD office houses approximately 15 research students (each with their own desk and computer), research and related resource library (e.g., research methods manuals, videos) along with the FA Research and Resource Development Unit.