Dr Colin Deal

BKin(H), MA, PhD

Pronouns: He/him
  • Dean’s Associate Fellow in Sport Psychology

Colin Deal graduated from Acadia University in 2013 with an honour's kinesiology degree. He then completed a master’s at the University of Ottawa (2015) and a PhD at the University of Alberta (2022) in which he studied youth sport as a context for positive youth development with a particular focus on connecting the individual development of young athletes to benefits for the broader community through the concept of ‘contribution.’

Colin worked as an Instructor at Athabasca University (2022-2023) before joining SSEHS as a Dean’s Associate Fellow in Sport Psychology in 2023.