Chris Lantz

Department Chair, Health and Exercise Sciences
Associate Professor in Health and Exercise Sciences

 

What does he do?

Dr. Lantz joined the Health and Exercise Sciences faculty in 1995 and is currently an associate professor at Truman.  He also serves as the Department Chair.  Dr. Lantz has taught a variety of courses including Exercise and Sport Psychology, Social Problems in Sport, Motor Learning and Control, Research Methods, and a Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar entitled Potent Potables.  Dr. Lantz has served as research mentor for several student projects which have been presented at the state and national levels or published in scholarly journals.  He currently serves as the president-elect for the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  He has also served on a variety of committees for various national organizations.  Dr. Lantz and his students focus most of their research on body image issues and their impact on exercise behavior.  E-mail Dr. Lantz at clantz@truman.edu.

Where did he go to school?

B.A. in Psychology - West Virginia Wesleyan College
M.A. in Sport Psychology - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ed.D. in Sport Behavior - West Virginia University

On a more personal level

Dr. Lantz and his wife Tracey have two children, Savannah (age 7) and Jackson (age 4) and a golden retriever named Zarley.  When he is not working, Dr. Lantz can usually be found playing with his kids, exercising, reading, fishing, or listening to blues music. 

 

A big Jimmy Buffett fan, Dr. Lantz is also founder and Benevolent Dictator for Life of the Captain NEMO Parrothead Club.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sites worth seeing

Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology http://www.aaasponline.org/index.php

Missouri Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance http://hes.truman.edu/moahperd

Division 47 of the American Psychological Association
http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville
http://www.margaritaville.com

Parrotheads in Paradise
http://www.phip.com