The Laboratory for Sport Psychology and Performance Excellence (LSPPE) is proud to announce that LSPPE doctoral candidate Anthony Magdaleno has been honored with the UWM Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) for the academic year 2024-25. The DDF award recognizes and supports the most academically excellent PhD students who have achieved dissertator status at UWM or will do so by the start of the award’s academic year. This recognition is a testament to the unique and significant contribution of Magdaleno’s research to the field of sport and performance psychology. The working title of Magdaleno’s doctoral dissertation is Extended Work Availability and Boundary Management in Sport Psychology Professionals: A Job Demands-Resources Perspective. Magdaleno’s doctoral dissertation aims to examine the influence of extended work availability and boundary management on the occupational recovery, perceived stress, burnout, job engagement, and job performance of sport psychology professionals.

Students like Magdaleno are nominated for the highly competitive DDF award by their programs and compete with other exceptional nominees from across the university. Fellowship award decisions are made by a university faculty committee. Awards are for full-time study only. The DDF 2024-2025 academic year stipend is $17,000. In addition, DDF recipients benefit from full coverage of resident tuition, a remission of the out-of-state portion of the tuition (if applicable), low-cost comprehensive health benefits, and a $1,000 travel award.