2026 Kristen Marie Gould Endowed Lecture

The Department of Kinesiology and the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports present the Kristen Marie Gould Endowed Lecture on Sport for Children and Youth.

Speaker:

Mary Fry, Ph.D. - Mary Fry is a professor emeritus in sport and exercise psychology and served as the Director of the KU Sport and Exercise Psychology Lab at the University of Kansas from 2007-2026. Her research focuses on creating a caring and task-involving climate for individuals (e.g., athletes, coaches, exercisers) in physical activity settings and the social, psychological, and physical benefits of experiencing such a climate. Dr. Fry completed her graduate degrees at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MS) and Purdue University (PhD). She has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, and Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. She is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, and the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. She serves on the National Advisory Board for the Positive Coaching Alliance and has served on the Executive Board for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Dr. Fry and her colleagues have authored, "A Coach's Guide to Maximizing the Youth Sport Experience: Work Hard, Be Kind."