Welcome to the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) International Relations Committee (IRC)’s website!

I first set foot in the US as an international student – I attended graduate school in Boston and participated in my first AASP conference in Atlanta. The inspiring community of leaders and pioneers in the field motivated me to become more involved. After returning home, I actively sought ways to stay connected, serving on the IRC for four years before stepping into the chair position. I am honored to lead efforts to elevate public awareness of our profession. My role encompasses collaborating with sport psychology organizations globally in the interest of AASP, representing our membership beyond North America, and working in concert with AASP leadership to cultivate organizational growth.

The IRC is composed of dedicated  AASP sport psychology internationals from all across the world — each of us with diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultures — all committed to strengthening and unifying our field. We developed this website specially as an open resource to connect with our international counterparts and support AASP’s international members navigating the challenges of studying and practicing sport psychology. We publish our newsletters biannually, featuring interviews with fellow international sport psychologists, recent research from international journals, current trends in sport psychology, podcasts by international scholars, and more. We have received wonderful feedback from our international counterparts thus far and I am so grateful to Dr. Jana Fogaca from Brazil, our past IRC chair, for spearheading this project! 

We hope you find our newsletters valuable for navigating international settings. On behalf of the IRC, I thank you for being here, and I hope you enjoy browsing our website. 

With gratitude,
Karen Lo, M.Ed., CMPC®, ISSP-R
Interntaional Relations Committee Chair (Jan 2023 – present)  
Association for Applied Sport Psychology, USA

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