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Several School of Kinesiology faculty—Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., Chelsey Thul, Ph.D., Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., and Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D.—and a doctoral student—Andrew White, sport psychology—will be presenting at the 2016 Conference on the Intersection of Athletic & Educational Equity (AE) on Thursday, April 21 at the University of Minnesota’s Recreation and Wellness Center. The conference is sponsored […]

Hayley Russell, Ph.D., Kinesiology alumna (2014) and assistant professor of Kinesiology at Penn State University-Altoona, was featured in a news story for a seminar she conducted on concussions, the “invisible” injury. She spoke to student athletes during the university’s Brain Awareness Week. Dr. Russell’s emphasis was Physical Activity and Sport Science and she was advised by […]

Víctor J. Rubio, Ph.D., CCP, a School of Kinesiology Fulbright visiting scholar from the University Autonoma Madrid in Spain, is giving a lecture, “Psychological Aspects Involved in Sustaining and Recovering from a Sport Injury,” on March 21 from 12-1:00pm in Burton Hall, rm 227. His talk, part of the CEHD International Speaker Series, will speak to the […]

Victor Rubio, Ph.D., CCP, associate professor in the Department of Biological and Health Psychology at the University Autonoma Madrid (Spain), is currently a Fulbright visiting scholar at the U of M’s School of Kinesiology, invited by sport psychologist Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., director of the Sports Medicine Psychology Laboratory. Dr. Rubio’s research interests are focused on health […]

Andrew White, Kinesiology doctoral student, was recently awarded with a research grant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). The funds will be used on a project aimed at reducing injury rates in youth football. White is advised by Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Sports Medicine Psychology Lab.

Maureen Weiss, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and editor-in-chief of Kinesiology Review, recently organized the publication of a series  of multidisciplinary articles by prominent researchers in a special issue of the journal devoted to pediatric, neurological, psychological, ethical, and clinical issues surrounding the topic of concussions in sport in Kinesiology Review.  Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology […]

The dissertation research of Jens Omli,  Ph.D. (2008) from the School of Kinesiology, was featured in the article, “The Best Way to Cheer for Your Child,” recently published in the Wall Street Journal. Dr.  Omli was advised by Prof. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal and is currently an instructor of kinesiology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. His dissertation was titled, “Kids Speak: […]

Associate professor Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, was mentioned in a Minnesota Daily article, “Coaches’ role addressing injuries shifts with times.”  The article provides a brief summary of Dr. Wiese-Bjornstal’s presentation at Friday’s 2015 Women Coaches Symposium sponsored by the Tucker Center. Dr. Wiese-Bjornstal discusses her research, describing how an athlete’s surroundings plays a role in handling injuries as well as how […]

Playing sports and being on a team can have many positive effects on a young person’s social growth.  In a recent article in the online publication Minnesota Hockey,  Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., associate professor of sport and exercise psychology, describes six  social benefits kids can experience as members of a hockey team. Sport friendship, motivation, cohesion, […]

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology associate professor in sport psychology, attended the Celebration of 50 years of Women’s Athletics at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The event took place Saturday, February 14 and honored members of the inaugural women’s varsity sports teams at Luther College. Dr. Wiese-Bjornstal was invited to attend as a member […]

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology and director of the Sports Medicine Psychology Lab, delivered an invited lecture, “The integrated model of psychological response to sport injury,” at the International Seminar on Psychological Factors Involved in Sport Injuries. The seminar was hosted by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on November 19-21, 2014.

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology and director of the Sports Medicine Psychology Lab, spoke with the Psychology Club at St. Olaf College on Thursday, October 23 about the field of sport and exercise psychology and career and educational opportunities within the field.

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology and director of the Sports Medicine Psychology Lab, was published in the July 2014 issue of Revista de Psicología del Deporte (Journal of Sport Psychology, Barcelona, Spain). The article is titled, ‘Reflections on a Quarter-Century of Research in Sports Medicine Psychology.’ Wiese-Bjornstal discusses defining a new field of sports medicine psychology, […]

Several current and alumna doctoral students in the School of Kinesiology’s Physical Activity and Sport Science focus area attended or presented research at the  North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) conference. The conference was held in downtown Minneapolis on June 12-14. Hayley Russell and Andrew White (advisor: Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, PhD), Amanda […]

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, spoke to the Psychology Club at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Dr. Wiese-Bjornstal spoke to students  about different career paths related to sport and exercise psychology.

Professor Donald Dengel and associate professor Diane Wiese-Bjornstal were both mentioned in Minnesota Daily article, “Helmet use impacts concussions.” The article examines whether or not different helmets can impact the risk of concussion in football. Researchers at the Virginia Tech preliminarily found that, in fact, different helmets can affect the rate of concussions among football players. Related to this research, […]

School of Kinesiology graduate students Sam Moore and Andrew White, along with Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, participated in STEAM Capstone Project Expert Day at Jackson Middle School in Champlin, Minn., on Wednesday, January 29. They presented to eighth graders on the topic, “Sports injuries: Don’t let them get you down,” speaking about […]

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, will be giving a keynote address at the Female Athlete and Injury: Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 2013 Conference on October 25, at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her talk is titled, “Psychology Approaches to Prevention and Rehabilitation.”

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, was recently quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article on collegiate female athletes and career-ending concussions. In the piece, “Concussions cost 2 Stanford athletes their careers“, she says that there isn’t strong evidence that women are more likely to report their concussions than men.

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, gave one of the keynote addresses today at the Northland Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine 38th Annual Meeting being held at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Her talk was titled, “Sports medicine psychology: Psychological and social dimensions of sport injury”.