Amanda J. Visek, PhD, CMPC is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA. Her translational approach to scientific research has focused on the application of pediatric sport psychology to issues of public health, namely improving child and adolescent health outcomes by establishing sport participation as a public health practice through safe, positive physical activity and human movement experiences that are fun.
Her federally funded, applied research includes the FUN MAPS, the latest sport science advancement capturing attention from local grassroots communities to national and international sport organizations. The FUN MAPS are the scientific blueprints for the fun integration theory, the first-ever fully conceptual framework for optimizing youth’s positive sport experiences, both in their childhood and through their adolescence. Her work has been featured nationally in USA Today, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, ESPNW, the N.Y Times for Kids, U.S. News & World Report, National Public Radio, CBS Radio, ABC News, NBC News, NBC Sports, FOX News and many others, while also being featured globally.
She has authored over 29 peer-reviewed papers, 7 book chapters, and given more than 145 refereed and invited talks around the world.
Dr. Visek is the recipient of career achievement awards from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (2013; Dorothy V. Harris Memorial Award) and the American Psychological Association’s Division 47 (2014; Early Career Professional Award), organizations for which she has also served professionally in elected and appointed positions. She is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and a member for the United States Olympic Committee’s Sport Psychology & Mental Training Registry.