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Contact Information
Dr. Brenda Bredemeier
Associate Professor in the Division of Educational
Psychology, Research and Evaluation
University of Missouri -
St. Louis
369 Marillac Hall
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone: (314) 516-6820
Email: bredemeierb@umsl.edu
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Brenda Bredemeier 
Brenda Light Bredemeier earned a BS in physical
education and a BA in psychology from the
University of Minnesota, an MA in physical
education from Smith College, and a Ph.D.
emphasizing sport psychology from Temple
University. She was certified as a sport
psychology consultant in 1992, the first year
certification was offered by the Association for
the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP).
For 20 years, Dr. Bredemeier was a professor at
the University of California at Berkeley, where
she also served the university for eleven years
as a dean in the College of Letters and Science.
In 1999 she was recruited by the University of
Notre Dame, together with David Shields, to
found and co-direct a new center for sports,
character & community. The mission of the
Mendelson Center was to build character through
sports by producing and delivering
research-based educational programs and
resources. The Center engaged in research and
theory-building, academic and professional
outreach programs, and service activities
Bredemeier moved to UMSL in 2004, the same year
she was name the McCloy Lecturer by the American
Alliance of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD). She was elected
a Fellow of the distinguished American Academy
of Kinesiology and Physical Education because of
her research contributions and other scholarly
work, including co-authorship of the book,
Character Development and Physical Activity.
Bredemeier also was named a fellow by the
Research Consortium of AAHPERD, and by the AAASP,
and was named a Sports Ethics Fellow by the
Institute for International Sport. She received
the “Distinguished Achievement Award” from the
National Association for Sport and Physical
Education, and was named “Outstanding Alumni” by
Temple University’s College of Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance for “highest
achievement of an alum in the last 20 years.
Dr. Bredemeier was a founding board member of
the Association for the Advancement of Applied
Sport Psychology and served on its board for
four years as the Section Head of Social
Psychology. She also served on the executive
board of the North American Society for the
Sociology of Sport. She was a member of the
Indiana Partnership for Character Education, and
has consulted for the National Collegiate
Athletic Association and the Citizenship Through
Sports Alliance.
Currently Dr. Bredemeier is on the editorial
board of the International Journal of Sort and
Exercise Psychology. She serves on the “Panel of
Experts” for the Center for Sports Parenting,
and is on the national advisory board of the
Positive Coaching Alliance.
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