Julie Partridge Ph.D.

Dr. Partridge has been an assistant professor of sport & exercise psychology at SIUC since 2004.  She has a B.S. in Psychology from Kansas State University, an M.A. in Sport Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychological Kinesiology with a doctoral minor in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.  Prior to coming to Carbondale, she was a full-time faculty member in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 

Her teaching duties include Motor Behavior, Psychological Aspects of Sport, Applied Sport Psychology, Exercise Psychology, and Psychology of Injury.  Her research examines shame coping as an emotional response in sport & exercise, and social influence in youth sport (parents, peers, siblings, and coaches.  She also works as a sport psychology/performance enhancement consultant with athletes from a variety of sports/competitive levels, and is the coordinator of the Saluki Sport Psychology Clinic. 

She was recently named to the faculty of the Academy for Youth Sports Administrators (AYSA), which is a program of the National Alliance for Youth Sports.  The AYSA is the leading advocate for higher education for youth sports administrators. The Academy’s goal is to provide youth sport the tools they need to build the body of knowledge necessary to positively impact the youth sports experience for all children.

Dr. Partridge also serves as the Graduate Coordinator for the master’s program (Master of Science in Education) in the Department of Kinesiology.  Please contact her at jpartrid@siu.edu for information pertaining to the master’s program. 

Julie Partridge
Southern Illinois University
Department of Kinesiology
Davies Hall 160B
Carbondale, IL 62901
618-453-3324
jpartrid@siu.edu