RESEARCH & FACULTY
Kerry R. McGannon
Kerry R. McGannon
Assistant ProfessorHuman Kinetics
Professional Schools
705-675-1151, ext. 1204
kmcgannon@laurentian.ca
Sudbury Campus
Dr. McGannon began her faculty position in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Laurentian September 2010 after working as an Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Physical Activity at the University of Iowa from January 2003-August 2010. From July 2001-December 2002 she was the Research Associate at the Alberta Centre for Active Living, University of Alberta. Her peer reviewed scholarship includes empirical studies and theoretically-driven contributions on 62 national and international conference presentations and over 50 publications in refereed journals and scholarly books. She serves on four journal editorial boards: Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health and Athletic Insight. She is also Chair of the Cultural Diversity Committee for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Dr. McGannon has over ten years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Sport and Exercise Psychology and Health Promotion. These courses emphasize how psychological, social and cultural factors influence physical activity participation and health.
- BA Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
- MA Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Victoria, VIctoria, British Columbia
- PhD Psychology of Physical Activity, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. McGannon's research program is positioned within Cultural Sport Psychology, focusing on the socio-cultural influences of physical activity participation. One stream of this research explores the socio-cultural construction of self-identity, sport and physical activity. A second stream involves critical interpretations of sport and physical activity and the implications for psychological experiences, physical activity behaviour and health. The foregoing is explored using theories (e.g., discursive psychology, social constructionism) and qualitative methodologies (e.g., discourse analysis, narrative inquiry) less common in Sport and Exercise Psychology. The goal of this research is to produce knowledge that contributes toward supporting/creating space and opportunities for individuals as cultural beings in physical activity contexts to improve life quality and well-being.
- McGannon, K.R. & Schinke, R.J. (2013). “My first choice is to work out at work; then I don’t feel bad about my kids”: A discursive psychological analysis of motherhood and physical activity participation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 179-188.
- McGannon, K.R., Curtin, K., Schinke, R.J. & Schweinbenz, A.N. (2012). (De)Constructing Paula Radcliffe: Exploring media representations of elite athletes, pregnancy and motherhood through cultural sport psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 820-829.
- McGannon, K.R., & Spence, J.C. (2012). Exploring news media representations of women’s exercise and subjectivity through critical discourse analysis. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 4, 32-50.
- McGannon, K.R., Hoffmann, M.D., Metz, J.L., & Schinke, R.J. (2012). A media analysis of a sport celebrity: Understanding an informal “team cancer” role as a socio-cultural construction. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 26-35.
- McGannon, K.R. & Schweinbenz, A.N. (2011). Traversing the qualitative-quantitative divide using mixed methods: Some reflections and reconciliations for sport and exercise psychology. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 3, 367-381.
