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Student Delegate Spotlight
also helped me understand the role my own culture has played in

shaping my personality, my actions, and my perspective. This realization

has challenged me in a lot of ways, but has had a profound impact on

Teri Shigeno, MS, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
the way in which I view the world.

What do you most enjoy about being on the Student Initiative
Teri Shigeno
you’re currently on? What are you working on/have you worked

on in the past year?
How do you use sport psychology in

everyday life?
I enjoy working on the Best Practices for Research Initiative (BPR)

because I get the opportunity to apply my own knowledge and Sport psychology is a huge part of my life.

collaborate with other students. In addition, I enjoy being involved with In addition to mental skills training, sport

psychology has taught me to be a more self-
BPR because it provides a great opportunity to help other students
aware and self-relective person. For example, I
by providing them with resources that can help inform and navigate

their research endeavors. This past year, we created two resources am constantly relecting on how the decisions I

for students: (a) an overview of research ethics, and (b) a resource Teri
make in everyday life not only affect me, but the

outlining how to create an IRB application. Currently, we are working people around me. In addition, I am continually

on resources for students in the next stage of the research process that SHIGENO
working to learn from personal challenges,

setbacks, and of course, successes. Studying
address topics such as creating hypotheses, structuring a research

design, searching for literature, and selecting a topic.
the cultural aspects of sport psychology has

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