COL Darcy L. Schnack, Ph.D.

COL Darcy Schnack is an assistant professor and director of the Center for Enhanced Performance (CEP) at the United States Military Academy Preparatory Schol (USMAPS) at West Point. CEP houses the Performance Psychology, Academic Excellence and Athletic Academic Support programs.

She graduated from USMAPS in 1992 and the United States Military Academy (USMA) in 1996, commissioning as a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. She later earned her master’s degree from Boston College in 2006 and completed her doctorate in sociology, also from Boston College, in January 2019.

COL Schnack has served at various levels of leadership in the U.S. Army, including 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 also served as 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 nonprofit. They have three children: Ainsley, Avery and Rowan.