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Christina R. Johnson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity |
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University of Iowa
Dept. of Health and Sport Studies
E131 Field House
Iowa City, IA 52242-1111
319-335-9348 / christina-r-johnson@uiowa.edu
Interests
- Athletic Identity and Self
- Critical research methods and writing practices in sport psychology
- Sport participation for health
- Peak performance techniques
My research critically examines the formation of “self” within athletic contexts. As sports are a major cultural activity, individuals who participate in sport are influenced by a number of cultural forces and “take on” the identity of an athlete in many ways. This identity is shaped by the structure of the sport, the athlete’s role within the sport, and the cultural assumptions (regarding race, gender, body size, educational background, or socioeconomic status) within the sporting environment.
More specifically, my research, teaching, and professional interests bridge the widening gulf between traditional performance enhancement practices and research techniques within sport psychology and critical approaches to the construction of knowledge in the field. By critically examining how the work of sport psychology has traditionally been done, I inquire about different viewpoints about a “healthy self.”
Education
Ph.D., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2001
Cultural Studies in Sport and Leisure, Emphasis Sport Psychology
B.S., B.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1999
Psychology, Spanish
Selected Publications and Presentations
McGannon, KR. and Johnson, CR. (in press). Speaking of Reflective Cultural Sport Psychology Research: Exploring the Interpretive Turn. Chapter invited for R. Schinke & S. Hanrahan, eds. Cultural Sport Psychology. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Johnson, CR and McGannon, KR. (2007, October). Strong and Scary? De(con)structing a Self: Personal Narrative and Sport Psychology. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Louisville, KY.
Johnson, CR. (2005, October). The Body Snatcher: Fear, Guilt, and ‘Exercise Intervention.’ Symposium entitled Fear and Loathing in Vancouver: If we only had a (para)digm to explore the media, the fear of fat, and the implications for Sport and Exercise Psychology. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Knutson, JF, Johnson, CR, and Sullivan, PM, (2004). Disciplinary choices of mothers of deaf children and normally hearing children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(9), 925-937.
Courses Taught at the University of Iowa
- Psychological Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity
- Stress Management
- Resiliency and Your College Experience
- Health in Everyday Life
- Honors Problems
- Honors Readings
- Social Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
- Research Methodologies
