Mason Blake
Doctoral Student
Mason Blake is a Glenn Fellow and doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research program explores the experiences of academy soccer players in the United Kingdom and developing programs to enhance their future readiness.
Mason also serves as the service coordinator for the Boston University Sport Psychology Team, a collection of graduate students who provide mental performance consulting for coaches, teams and individuals within the BU athletic department. He has worked as a psychology intern at Emmanuel College Counseling Center and Emerson College Counseling and Psychological Services. He is an advanced psychology trainee at Harvard University within their Counseling and Mental Health Services.
Advisor: Scott Solberg
Pronouns: he/him/his
Education
MA, Sport and Performance Psychology, University of Denver
BS, Sport Psychology, University of Roehampton
Courses
Instructor of Record, Introduction to Positive Psychology (WED ED212)
Teaching Fellow, Emotional & Behavioral Disorders (WED SE502), Psychology of Sport (WED PE375)
Selected Publications
Shearer, D. A., Leeworthy, S., Jones, S., Rickards, E., Blake, M., Heirene, R. M., . . . Bruton, A. M. (2020). There is an “Eye” in team: Exploring the interplay between emotion, gaze behavior, and collective efficacy in team sport settings. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2 doi:10.3389/fspor.2020.00018
Selected Presentations
Blake, M., Case, A., & Jensen, L. (2020, April 2-5) Broadening Counseling Psychology’s Attention to Youth: Engaging with Community Youth Programs to Live Out Our Values [Symposium]. Counseling Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States. (Conference cancelled)
Blake, M., & King, H. (2018, April). The association between psychological flexibility and stress-related growth following athletic injury. Lecture presented at the annual regional conference of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Denver, CO, United States
Blake, M., & Bruton, A. (2016, April). The formulation of collective efficacy beliefs among team-sport athletes: An eye-tracking study. Lecture presented at the 10th anniversary meeting of the Research in Imagery and Observation Group, Manchester, England.
Bruton, A., & Blake, M. (2016, December). The effects of familiarity on collective efficacy, eye movements, and attentional effort. Poster presentation at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference, Cardiff, Wales