Dr. Carl Cramer, Deacon, Associate Dean - HPLS

Dr. Cramer has taught, researched and served in the field of athletic training for over the last thirty-five years. He is considered an authority on athletic training academic program structure and content. He has served in many practice settings and event venues. These include professional, Olympic and NCAA post-season competitions. He has served the profession in many leadership capacities involving accreditation of entry-level athletic training education since 1997. He was ordained a Deacon for the Archdiocese of Miami in June, 2005 and assigned to St. Edward Parish in Pembroke Pines, FL. He also assists with Campus Ministry liturgical celebrations in Cor Jesu Chapel at Barry. He resides in Miramar with Vicki, his spouse of 25 years, and has three children and two grandchildren. Dr. Cramer is currently researching changes in spirituality among college student-athletes as part of a five-year longitudinal study and is investigating the effects of spirituality on physical healing after sport-related injury and on mindfulness in sport, science and recreation.

Dr. Cramer earned his BA from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1976, M.Ed. from the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 1982, and Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kansas State University in 1990. He served on the sports medicine staff at KSU from 1982 until coming to join the Barry University community in 1990.