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J.D. DeFreese, PhD

Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Stallings-Evans 2203

919-962-0774  |  defreese@email.unc.edu

J.D. DeFreese, Ph.D., is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science and the Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research examines the link of athlete psychological health, including outcomes of burnout and well-being, with athlete physical health and social functioning in both current and former athletes.