Leonard D. Zaichkowsky

Professor of Education and Graduate Medical Sciences
BPE, University of Alberta (Canada); MEd, University of Oklahoma; PhD, University of Toledo

Dr. Zaichkowsky is a licensed psychologist who specializes in sport and performance psychology. He has a joint appointment in the School of Education and School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry, and Division of Graduate Medical Sciences where he directs a joint graduate specialization in sport and exercise psychology.  He is a past-president of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (1997–99), a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and currently section editor on psychology for the International Journal of Health & Sport Science. He has authored or edited six books with the most recent being Medical and Psychological Aspects of Sport and Exercise, FIT Publishing (2002). He has published over 90 papers on sport psychology, research design, and related topics in scholarly journals or books as well as numerous magazine and newspaper columns. Dr. Zaichkowsky has made more than 300 professional presentations worldwide and is frequently interviewed and quoted by major newspapers such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Edmonton Journal, Globe & Mail, El Pais; magazines such as Sports Illustrated as well as major local and national radio and television outlets. His current research interests are in psychophysiological self-regulation of performance stress using biofeedback, understanding the neural basis of elite performance using fMRI methodology, and the development of  “expert” performance across domains. He has consulted with the U.S., Canadian, and Australian Olympic Organizations, the NBA (Boston Celtics), Major League Baseball Players Association, NFL, NHL Players Association and Calgary Flames, and most recently with the Spanish World Cup Soccer Team (2006).