Dr. Sarah Cook joined the Castleton Athletic Training Program faculty in the Summer of 2021. Dr. Cook earned her BS in Athletic Training from Colby-Sawyer College and her Master’s in Sport Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She then joined the athletic training staff at Bridgewater College (VA) where she covered a wide variety of sports and served as an adjunct faculty in the athletic training program. Dr. Cook then earned her Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Springfield College where she also served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow, working with men’s soccer, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s volleyball, and softball, and taught in the athletic training program. After receiving her Ph.D., Dr. Cook worked as a faculty member in the Master of Science in Athletic Training program at Pacific University (Oregon) before joining the Castleton faculty.
Dr. Cook teaches a variety of content areas including sport and exercise psychology, behavioral health, evidence-based practice, clinical pathology and pharmacology, administration, and emergency care. Her research interests are focused around teaching the psychosocial aspects of athletic training to students and topics related to diversity and inclusion in the athletic training profession.