CURRICULUM VITAE

John G.H. Dunn, Ph.D.

Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation, University of Alberta
e-mail: john.dunn@ualberta.ca
EDUCATION
1992-1998 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Physical Education (Sport Psychology) University of Alberta, Canada
1989-1992 Master of Arts (MA) in Physical Education (Sport Psychology) University of Alberta, Canada 1987-
1988 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.) in Physical Education. Loughborough University, England
1984-1987 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Physical Education, Sport Science and Recreation Management
Loughborough University, England

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL CONSULTING EMPLOYMENT

Full Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation, University of Alberta, 07/11 – present
President, “John Dunn Consulting Inc.” [performance psychology consulting], 09/07 – present.
Exceptional Student-Athlete Committee (2010 – present) The primary purpose of this committee is to evaluate
applications from exceptional student athletes who are seeking entrance into academic programs at the University
of Alberta.
Team Koe/Alberta/Canada Curling (2007 – present). Performance accomplishments include gold medals at the
2010 men’s World Championships (Cortina, Italy) and 2016 World Championships (Basel Switzerland), and gold
medals at the Brier (the Canadian National Championship) in 2010 (Halifax, NS), 2014 (Kamloops, BC) and 2016
(Ottawa, ON). The team also won the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in 2017 (Kanata, ON).

PUBLICATIONS（LAST 5 YEARS）
Guenter, R., Dunn, J. G. H., & Holt, N. L. (in press). Talent identification in youth ice hockey: Exploring
“intangible” player characteristics. The Sport Psychologist.
Dunn, J. G. H., & Lizmore, M. R. (2019). Perfectionism, pre-competitive worry, and optimism in high-
performance youth athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Advance online
publication.
Cormier, D. L., Dunn, J. G. H., & Causgrove Dunn, J. (2019). Examining the domain specificity of grit.
Personality and Individual Differences, 139, 349-354.
Pynn, S. R., Dunn, J. G. H., & Holt, N. L. (2018). A qualitative study of exemplary parenting in competitive
female youth team sport. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. Advance online publication.
Vaartstra, M., Dunn, J. G. H., & Causgrove Dunn, J. (2018). Perfectionism and perceptions of social loafing in
competitive youth soccer. Journal of Sport Behavior, 41, 475-500.
Neely, K. C., Dunn, J. G. H., McHugh, T-L. F., & Holt, N. L. (2018). Female athletes’ experiences of positive
growth following deselection in sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 40, 173-185.
Dunn, J.G.H., & Causgrove Dunn, J. (2017). Perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, and reactions to
poor personal performances among intercollegiate athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 33, 75-84.
deBeaudrap, H.L., Dunn, J.G.H., & Holt, N.L. (2017). Female varsity athletes’ perceptions of how they became
optimistic. The Sport Psychologist, 31, 30-41.
Dunn, J.G.H., Gotwals, J.K., Causgrove Dunn, J., Selzler, A.-M., Lizmore, M.R., Vaartstra, M., Sapieja, K.M.,
& Gamache, V. E. (2016). A multi-sample investigation of the higherorder latent dimensionality of the Sport-
Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 27, 150-156.
Neely, K., Dunn, J.G.H., McHugh, T-L., & Holt, N.L. (2016). The deselection process in competitive female
youth sport. The Sport Psychologist, 30, 141-153.
Lizmore, M.R., Dunn, J.G.H., & Causgrove Dunn, J. (2016). Reactions to mistakes as a function of
perfectionism and situation criticality in curling. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 47, 81-101.

RESEARCH GRANT
Dunn, J.G.H. (2019). Human Performance Fund research grant

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL HONOURS AND AWARDS (LAST 5 YEARS)

1. Chartered Professional Coach status from the Coaching Association of Canada in January 2018.
2. Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award (November 2016). Awarded by the Coaching Association of
Canada for my work with Team Koe/Canada (curling) and for coaching the team to the gold medal at the
2016 men’s World Curling Championships.