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ABOUT DR. LEEJA CARTER

A Fulbright Scholar, feminist changemaker, and expert on inclusive and equity-focused practice in sport and health. Dr. Carter's work has been featured on CNN’s Connect the World, Black News Channel, Salon.com, Self Magazine, Livestrong, Bustle, Women's Health, Pride Magazine, Beauty INC, and Psychology Today. The CEO and Founder of the Coalition for Food and Health Equity, applied womanist research scholar, and the inaugural and past Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)'s Diversity and Inclusion Executive Board Division Head.

Dr. Carter identifies a womanist health practitioner and researcher with her work addressing historical and contemporary representations of Black women's 'strength,' culturally sensitive health and physical activity approaches for people of color, and gendered racism in health professions.

Dr. Carter has presented internationally as well as published peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and popular articles on topics related to feminist sport psychology, black feminist politics, social justice, feminist leadership, gendered racism in sport, inclusion, and diversity. In 2019 she published, Feminist Applied Sport Psychology: From Theory to Practice, an edited text addressing intersectional feminist, womanist, and black feminist praxis in sport psychology. In 2018 she was awarded the Fulbright Specialist Scholar award and served as a Visiting Scholar at London South Bank University (LSBU) on the “This Girl Can” project where she consulted on the center’s work addressing cross-cultural barriers to exercise engagement amongst racial and ethnic girl’s residing in the region.

Dr. Carter received a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Post-Master's Certification in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a concentration in the Psychology of Human Movement from Temple University. 

Dr. Carter enjoys yoga, meditation, and cooking!

CONTACT INFO

LEEJA CARTER, PH.D

Author, Feminist Applied Sport Psychology: From Theory to Practice

CEO, Coalition for Food and Health Equity

E: leeja.carterphd@gmail.com