COL Darcy L. Schnack

Assistant Professor

Director

Center for Enhanced Performance

darcy.schnack [at] westpoint.edu
Colonel Darcy Schnack graduated from the United States Military Academy Preparatory School in 1992 and the United States Military Academy in 1996. Upon graduation, she was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. She later earned her Master’s degree from Boston College in 2006 and then completed her PhD in Sociology, also from Boston College, in January 2019. Colonel Schnack has served at various levels of leadership in the U.S. Army, two tours in Iraq as an Army logistician, and two tours teaching in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership where she served as the Military Leadership Course Director. She is an Academy Professor and currently the Director of West Point’s Center for Enhanced Performance, which houses their Performance Psychology, Academic Excellence, and Athletic Academic Support programs. Darcy also served as the Co-Chair for Character Development and Integration at West Point and is the Head Officer Representative for the Army Volleyball team. Her husband and USMA classmate, Troy, retired from the Army and works for a Non-Profit and they have three children: Ainsley, Avery, and Rowan.

Ph.D. - Boston College

 

M.A. - Boston College

 

PGC - Central Michigan University

 

B.S. - U.S. Military Academy

Research Interests

Leadership, Character Development, Performance Psychology, Environmental Sociology, Climate Change