Dr Todd A. Crowder Director of DPE Research Todd.Crowder [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Dr. Todd Crowder after residing in eight different states, has found a home in the beautiful Hudson Valley. He is the proud father of two grown daughters who reside in New York City and the Hudson Valley. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. During schooling and following graduation, he worked at Hadley Regional Medical Center as a Wellness Coordinator, Physical Therapy Assistant and Phase III-IV Cardiac Rehab Assistant. He completed his Master’s Degree as a graduate/teaching assistant in Exercise Science from Fort Hays State University. He relocated to Columbia, Missouri where he was a graduate assistant in the Human Performance lab and teaching assistant at the University of Missouri and a volunteer assistant coach with the Missouri Women’s Track and Field team. Prior to graduation, Dr. Crowder was an exercise physiologist at Columbia’s 3-M Branch plant, Cincinnati’s Proctor and Gamble Headquarters and Cincinnati’s Midland Company. After graduation from the University of Missouri in Human Performance with support areas in Statistics and Nutrition, Dr. Crowder was an exercise physiologist in the ramp-up of a resort fitness program at Amelia Island Resort Center in Florida. Dr. Crowder was selected as the Director of Sports Medicine in the Department of Physical Education at the United States Military Academy in January 1990 serving to 1994. He was the Director of Optimal Performance in 1998-1999 and the Director of DPE’s Center of Physical Development Excellence from 1999-2005. Additionally, at West Point, Dr. Crowder was a volunteer coach with the Army Men’s middle distance track program from 2003-2011. He has served various times as the Course Director for DPE’s Fundamentals of Physical Fitness Course and as an officer representative with both Army Football and the Track and Field teams. As a Professor, he currently is Director of DPE’s Research, the Course Director for the hybrid Aerobic Fitness course, is working on various DPE/USMA and Army research projects and has been a coach with the Black and Gold Sandhurst team since 2017. Ph.D. University of Missouri M.S. Fort Hays State University B.S. Fort Hays State University Research Interests Grit, Coachability, Character, Physiological Measurements/Assessments for Optimal Performance, ACFT Performance Optimization Current Research Grit Coachability and Character in Selected Cadets/USMA Graduates and Army Service Members, IOCT Optimization Selected Publications Crowder, T., Reboli, T., Jaffe, D., Morogiello, J., Fauser-Martin, K., Leahy, G., Mayhew, J., (2024) ACFT Performance Based on Sport Skill Affiliation of U.S. Service Academy Subjects; Implications to Military Training. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 56 (5). Presented at American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May 2024.Crowder, T., Ritchey, B., Jaffe, D., Morogiello, J., Fauser-Martin, K., Leahy, G., Mayhew, J., (2023) Team Fitness Impact on Specific Military & Physical Events During an International Military Skills Competition; Implications to Military Training. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 55 (5). Presented at American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO June 2023.Crowder, T., Kloepper, M., MacPherson, I., (2017). “Fitness Trumps Gender; Next Fit Soldier Up.” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(5); Presented American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June, 2017.Crowder, T., & Erfle, S., (2015). “Focal Behavior and Performance by Male U.S. Service Academy Cadets: A Preliminary Analysis,” Chapter 9 in Goal Setting and Personal Development: Teachers' Perspectives, Behavioral Strategies and Impact on Performance, Bernice Higgins Editor, NOVA Science Publishers Inc. ISBN 978-1-63463-869-2.Crowder, T., Ferrara, A., Levinbook, M., (2013). “Creation of a Criterion-Referenced Military Optimal Performance Challenge.” Military Medicine, October, Vol.178(10): 1085-1101.Bishop, P., Crowder, T., Fielitz, L., Lindsay, T., Woods, A., (2008). “Impact of Body Weight on Performance of a Weight-Supported Motor Fitness Test in Men.” Military Medicine, November, Vol.173(11): 1108-1114.Crowder, T., Jensen, N., Kidd, K., Jensen, L., (2008). “Enhanced Nutrition Education Instead of Consuming Supplements.” Strategies, January, Vol. 21(3): 19-27.Crowder, T., Beekley, M., Sturdivant, R., Johnson, C., Lumpkin, A., (2007). “Metabolic Effects of Soldier Performance on a Simulated Graded Road March While Wearing Two Functionally Equivalent Military Ensembles.” Military Medicine, June, Vol. 172(6): 596-602.Beekley, M., Alt, J., Buckley, M., Duffey, M., Crowder, T., (2007). “Effect of Heavy Loads During Constant Rate Simulated Road Marching.” Military Medicine, June, Vol. 172(6): 592-595.Vanderburgh, P., and Crowder, T., (2006). “Body Mass Penalties in the Physical Fitness Tests of the Army, Air Force, and Navy.” Military Medicine, Vol. 171: 753-756.