Research Interests
- Sports Psychology
- Exercise Psychology
- Motivation
- Movement Science
- Women’s Issues in Sport

Joan L. Duda is a Professor of Sports Psychology in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at The University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and  an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University in the USA. 
She completed her B.A. (1977) in psychology at Rutgers University, her M.S. degree (1978) at Purdue University, and Ph.D. (1981) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Duda is currently Past-President of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and has also been a member of the executive boards of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, the Sport Psychology Academy, Division 47 of the American Psychological Association, and the International Society for Sport Psychology. She was Editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the International Journal of Sport Psychology, and the Psychology of Sport and Exercise Journal. A Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Dr. Duda has written over 130 scientific publications and book chapters focused on the topic of sport motivation and the psychological dimensions of sport and exercise behavior and has presented over 150 papers at professional meetings.
She is the editor of the book Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology Measurement (1998). Dr. Duda has been an invited speaker in 16 countries around the world and, in 1997, she was named the Visiting International Scholar by the Australian Sport Psychology Society. She has been a mental skills/performance excellence consultant for over 15 years, working with athletes and performers at different competitive levels, is certified as a Consultant by the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, and is listed on the US Olympic Registry (1996 - 2004). Between 1992 - 1996, she was the sport psychology consultant for the USA Gymnastics Women’s Artistic Program, the National Team and the Women's US Olympic team that won the gold medal in Atlanta. At Purdue University, she set up and directed the Mental Skills Training program that serviced intercollegiate athletes and coaches in tennis, track and field, softball, basketball, swimming, and wrestling.
Her hobbies include music, playing club tennis, and traveling.

Sample Publications:

Duda, J.L., & Treasure, D.C. (2000). Toward optimal motivation in sport: Fostering athletes' competence and sense of control. In J. M. Williams (Ed.,), Applied Sports Psychology (pp. 43-62). Mayfield.

Duda, J.L. (2000). Psychological aspects of training. In B.L. Drinkwater (Ed.), Women in sport: Volume VIII of the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine (pp. 108-119). Blackwell.

Newton, M., Duda, J.L., & Yin, Z. (2000). Examination of the psychometric properties of the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire - 2 in a sample of female athletes. Journal of Sport Sciences, 18 (4), 275-290.

Duda, J.L., & Balaguer, I. (1999). Toward an integration of models of leadership with a contemporary theory of motivation. In R. Lidor & M. Bar-Eli (Eds.), Sport Psychology: Linking Theory and Practice (pp. 213-229). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Duda, J.L. (1999). The motivational climate and it's implications for motivation, health, and the development of eating disorders in gymnastics. Revista de Psciologia Social Aplicada, 9 (1), 7-25.

Duda, J L (1998). (Ed) Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology Measurement. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, pp. 520. Van Yperen, N., & J.L. (1999) Goal orientations, beliefs about success, and performance improvement among young elite Dutch soccer players. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 9.358-364.

Newton, M.L. & Duda, J.L. (1999). The interaction of motivational climate, dispositional goal orientation and perceived ability in predicting indices of motivation. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 29, 1-20.

Guivernau, M., & Duda, J.L. (1998) Domain generality of goal orientations, beliefs about success, perceived ability and interest among Spanish student-athletes. European Yearbook of Sport Psychology, 2, 1-20
Duda, J.L. (1997). Goal perspectives and their implications for an active and healthy life style among girls and women. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 6, 239-253.
Fry, M.D. & Duda, J.L (1997). Children's understanding of effort and ability in the physical and academic domains. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 68, 1-14. Note: Paper named "Outstanding Research Paper published in the 1997 volume of RQES".

Catley, D & Duda, J.L. (1997). Social psychological predictors of the frequency and intensity of flow among golfers. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 24, 309-322.

Duda, J.L. (1996). Maximising motivation in sport and physical education among children and adolescents: The case for greater task involvement. Quest, 48, 290-302.

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