Monna Arvinen-Barrow

Biography

Dr. Monna Arvinen-Barrow is an Associate Professor of Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Originally from Finland, Dr. Arvinen-Barrow earned her educational qualifications in the United Kingdom, where she also worked as a as a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Northampton and as an Associate Lecturer for the Open University. She has also taught psychology of sport injury courses as Visiting Academic Scholar at University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and University of Leipzig, Germany. She currently teaches courses in sport and exercise psychology, psychology of injury, and research methods to undergraduate and graduate students in Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, and Sport Psychology.
Dr. Arvinen-Barrow is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and an Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society, a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) and a Fellow (FAASP) of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and a Finnish Psychological Association certified Sport and Exercise Psychology Professional (UPV sert.).

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
Postgraduate Diploma in Research Degree Supervision, 2011
BA Technical Fashion Designing, Helsinki Polytechnic, 2000
BSc Psychology, University College Northampton, 2003
PhD Sport Psychology, The University of Northampton, 2009

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Dr. Arvinen-Barrow has a specialist interest and expertise in psychosocial aspects of sport injury occurrence, rehabilitation, recovery, and return to sport process. Dr. Arvinen-Barrow is the lead editor of three text books; The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation (1st. ed. 2013; 2019 in Korean, and 2nd. ed. 2024) and The Psychology of Sport and Performance Injury: An Interprofessional Case-Based Approach (2019). She has authored and co-authored 100+ peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters, and 200+ workshops, seminars, symposia, and conference presentations, both in English and in Finnish.
She also has sport psychology consulting experience working with club, collegiate, and international level athletes in Baseball, Basketball, Figure Skating, Cross-country running, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, and Volleyball. Her own sporting background comes from figure- and synchronized skating where she has also been working as a full-time professional coach in Finland for several years.

Personal Interests

Orangetheory® Fitness Workouts, DYI house projects, sewing & interior design, traveling

Websites

• Interview with Ann Fisher

• USA

• UWM

• UWM Integrated Sports Performance

• UWM Sport Psychology

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