Dr. Allison Grace
Assistant Professor
Dr. Allison Grace, a native of Boston, MA, joined the faculty at The Citadel in 2023. She recently earned her Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Springfield College. She earned her M.A. in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Studies/Sport Psychology from San José State University and B.A. in Psychology from Boston University.
At The Citadel, Dr. Grace teaches undergraduate courses in sport and exercise psychology and experimental psychology. She also teaches graduate level statistics and research design courses. As a graduate student, Dr. Grace taught courses in sport and exercise psychology, exercise psychology, stress management, and evidence-based practice in sport and exercise psychology. She has collaborated on several research projects with faculty and graduate students and presented at the international, national, regional, and state levels in the areas of affective responses to exercise, gender and sexuality in sport and physical activity, and emotion regulation in sport. Dr. Grace’s own research interests relate to affective experiences in sport; specifically the emotion regulation strategies athletes use while actively training for or competing in sport. Her dissertation was entitled, Emotion Regulation in Sport: Development of the Athlete Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale. She has also published research on 2013 Boston Marathoners’ experience of the 2013 bombings and their return to the site of the terror attack to run a subsequent Boston Marathon.
In addition to research and teaching, Dr. Grace is engaged in professional service activities. As a graduate student, she served as the Chair of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Undergraduate Connections Student Initiative and Co-Chair of the AASP Best Practices in Research Student Initiative. Currently, she is a peer-reviewer for multiple journals and conference presentations, is a member of department and university committees, and provides sport psychology consulting.
Degrees
Ph.D. Sport & Exercise Psychology (Springfield College)
M.A. Kinesiology – Sport Studies/Sport Psychology (San José State University)
B.A. Psychology (Boston University)