BA, Wesleyan University; EdM, EdD, Boston University. Dr. Amy Baltzell is the Coordinator of the Sport Psychology Specialization and a faculty member of the Counseling Program, within the Literacy & Language, Counseling and Development Department. Dr. Baltzell’s teaching, writing and counseling interests are in areas of performance enhancement, coping, and character and sport. She teaches graduate courses in sport psychology and sport philosophy. She oversees and teaches graduate level sport psychology practicums. Dr. Baltzell has been involved in sport at all levels including Olympic level rowing and Professional sailing. She also coached youth, masters and collegiate rowing. As a licensed counseling psychologist, with a speciality in sport psychology, she provides educational workshops to coaches, camps, sport teams, high schools and colleges. She was a member of the 1989–1991 U.S. National Rowing Teams, the 1992 Olympic Rowing Team, and the 1995 America’s Cup All-Women’s Sailing Team. She is a contributing author to the books “Whose Game Is It, Anyway” (2006), “Character and Coaching: Building Virtue in Athletic Programs” (2001) and a co-author of the chapter “Arousal and Performance” in the Handbook of Sport Psychology (2001).
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