Current Student Initiatives

Across Land and Sea: International Promotion of AASP (ALAS)

The mission of ALAS is to increase the visibility of AASP around the world. The more involvement, the better! ALAS has worked to increase the visibility of AASP in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia by encouraging individuals and organizations to proactively network.  ALAS is also creating a database of universities around the world that offer courses in sport and exercise psychology. 

To become involved with ALAS, please contact Rachel Arnold at r.s.arnold@lboro.ac.uk.

Internship and Practicum Experience Database (IPED)

As students progress through their Master’s and Doctoral programs, many are interested in seeking out experiences that will allow them to gain hands-on applied sport psychology experiences and help them to complete the required internship hours for becoming a certified AASP consultant. A list of internships is currently being created and will soon be available on the website.

If you would like to submit an internship experience, receive the current list of internship sites, or become involved with IPED, please contact David Bauman at dbauman@forest.edu or Bridget Beachy at bbeachy@forest.edu.

Graduate Program Fair

The Graduate Program Fair provides a friendly environment for prospective students to learn more about the schools they are interested in by interacting with students and faculty members. For prospective graduate students, it is a great time to learn more about several programs in one “hands-on” evening, saving them hours of surfing the net. Additionally, prospective students are able to receive application and program information. Since current graduate students are in attendance, prospective students have the opportunity to not only ask questions about the program, but also gain the perspectives of current graduate students. The fair is attended by graduate programs around the world!

To become involved with the Graduate Program Fair, please contact Amber Shipherd at amber.shipherd@ttu.edu.

Mentorship Match Program (MMP)

The primary purpose of the Mentorship Match Program (MMP) is to facilitate effective mentorships such that AASP’s students have the opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to take on professional leadership within AASP in the future.  Mentees and mentors are matched based on factors which may include professional interests, work/supervision style, preferred mode of communication, and geographic location.  Mentees and mentors work together to identify individual goals and action plans.  They are invited and encouraged to share their experiences, as well as ideas for improving MMP, at the annual national conference.

To become involved with MMP, please contact Peter Kadushin at pkadushi@mix.wvu.edu or Leigh Bryant at lbryant1@mix.wvu.edu.

Performance Excellence Movement (PEM)

The Performance Excellence Movement (PEM) is designed to increase student, practitioner, and public awareness of the application of sport and exercise psychology skills. The hope of PEM is to provide readers with interesting information about how our colleagues successfully apply sport and exercise psychology techniques to sport and non-sport domains. Previous newsletters have focused on business coaching, medicine, the military, music, and elite athletes.

To become involved with PEM or submit an article proposal, contact David Bauman at dbauman@forest.edu or Bridget Beachy at bbeachy@forest.edu.

Proactive Peer Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PPUMP)

The purpose of the Proactive Peer Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PPUMP) is to provide an AASP student mentoring database. PPUMP is comprised of graduate students who are competent and willing to serve as mentors for their peers and prospective students as they search for graduate programs that best fit their needs. Members of this initiative give outreach presentations to undergraduate classes to promote the field of sport and exercise psychology, the AASP organization, and the PPUMP initiative. Additionally, PPUMP mentors share their research and applied interests, which provides a useful tool to identify fellow students who have similar interests.

To become involved with PPUMP, please contact Anna-Marie Jaeschke at amc.jaeschke@gmail.com or Alicia Johnson, at aliciajohnson13@gmail.com.

Student Website Committee

The purpose of the Student Website Committee is to increase the online presence of student-run initiatives and student contributions to AASP.  Members will work towards making the student section useful, informative, and helpful to all current and potential AASP student members.  A major function will be to update and maintain the student section of the AASP website.  This includes working with other student-run initiatives to ensure that all information on the website is accurate and logically organized.

To become involved with the Student Website Committee, please contact Sam Forlenza at lenza.sam@gmail.com.