Picture of Tamara Tasker outside with trees and grass

Tamara Tasker, PsyD, CMPC

Associate Professor
tasker@pacificu.edu
503-352-2411
UC Box 
A-191
HPC-2, Room 271

Roles and Interests

Instructor

  • First Year Seminar
  • Ethics & Professionalism
  • Mindfulness-based Interventions
  • Applied Sport Psychology

Clinical & Research Interests 

Sport and performance psychology, college students/student athletes, Mindfulness, EDI factors in athletics.

Education

  • PsyD, Pacific University, 2005, Clinical Psychology
  • MS, Pacific University, 2002, Clinical Psychology
  • BA, Colgate University, 1994, Major: English Literature

Professional Memberships

  • Licensed Psychologist, Oregon

  • Certified Mental Performance Consultant®

  • Association for Applied Sport Psychology

Selected Presentations (*denotes student author)

*Felnagle, B., & Tasker, T. (2023, October). Exploring Mental Health Outcomes for Student Athletes. Poster presented at the 2023 Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Orlando, FL (online).

*Kimmel, O., & Tasker, T. (2023, October). Beyond the Binary: An Exploration of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Athletes’ Experiences in College Athletics. Poster presented at the 2023 Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Orlando, FL.

*Trammel, N., Bergstrom, B., & Tasker, T. (2022, May). Exposure Therapy (ET) Principles for Xenophobia: An Exploratory Study of “White Fragility”. Poster presented at the 2022 annual Oregon Psychological Association Conference, Portland, OR.

*Creagan, M., Tasker, T., & Davis, S. (2021, October). Social Media Sports Professionals: The Relationship of Burnout to Life and Work Satisfaction. Poster presented at the 2021 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV (online).

*Dauer, C., Tasker, T., & Davis, S. (2021, October). COVID-19 and Impact on Play: Athlete Perceptions. Poster presented at the 2021 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV (online).

Tasker, T., *Wallace, E., & Bergstrom, B. (2020, October). Cognitive performance gaps: A proposed framework to optimize athletic performance through Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Poster presented at the 2020 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Orlando, FL (online).

Cook, S., Granquist, M., Kenow, L., Podlog, L., Tasker, T., & Washington, L. (2019, October). An athlete is crying in my office, now what? Making the case for emotional first aid training for coaches. Panel presentation at the 2019 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Portland, OR

Bhalla, J., & Tasker, T. (2019, October). Pilot study to enhance coaches’ ability to teach resilience skills in student-athletes. Poster presented at the 2019 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Portland, OR.

Tasker, T., Bergström, B., & *Jones, A. (2018, October). Exposure therapy: Could facing your fears enhance performance? Poster presented at the 2018 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Toronto, Canada.

*Griffin, A., Koslofsky, S., & Tasker, T. (2018, April). Training Culturally Competent Psychologists: The Effects of a Doctoral-level Diversity Laboratory Course. Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Western Psychological Association Conference, Portland, OR.

Tasker, T., Edwards-Leeper, L., & *Jones, A. (2018, March) Invited Presenters: Transgender Athlete Model.  Northwest Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting (NATA Div.10), Portland, OR.

*Bissinger, A., Davis, S., & Tasker, T. (2017, October). Compassionate efficacy: An acceptance-based response style to body image concerns and cognitions for athletes. Poster presented at the 2017 annual Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Orlando, FL.

*Jones, A., & Tasker, T. (2017, July). University response to implementing the NCAA policy for transgender Student-Athletes. Presentation at International Conference of Sport and Society, London, UK.

*Ohene, K., & Tasker, T. (2017, January). Exploring health and counseling resources for transgender college students. Poster presented at the 2017 National Multicultural Conference & Summit, Portland, Oregon.

Selected Publications (*denotes student author)

*Arbo, G., Brems, C., & Tasker, T. (2020). Mitigating the antecedents of sport-related injury through yoga. International Journal of Yoga, 13(2), 120-129. DOI: 10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_93_19 https://www.ijoy.org.in/article.asp?issn=0973-6131;year=2020;volume=13;issue=2;spage=120;epage=129;aulast=Arbo

*Waltman, S. H., Hetrick, H., & Tasker, T. E. (2012). Designing, implementing, and evaluating a group therapy for underserved populations. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 29(4)

*Murphy, E. C., & Tasker, T. E. (2011). Lost in a crowded room: A correlation study of Facebook & social anxiety. Interface on the Internet, 11(3). http://bcis.pacificu.edu/journal/article.php?id=791

Thomas, J. C., & Tasker, T. E. (2010, December 22). Life, liberty, work and the pursuit of happiness. [Review of the book The joy of work? Jobs, happiness and you, by P. Warr, & G. Clapperton]. PsycCRITIQUES, 55(51). doi: 10.1037/a0022089.