Dr. Kat Longshore, Ph.D.

Dr. Kat Longshore directs the Performance Psychology program in the Center for Enhanced Performance (CEP) at the United States Military Academy. 

She joined the center in May 2020 as a performance enhancement specialist and was named director in February 2023. She also directs for Psychology of Elite Performance and Mental Skills for Cadet Success courses. Dr. Longshore works with cadets on mental readiness to perform at their best in academics, physical education, military training, leadership, and character development.

She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, with honors, from Lafayette College in 2007, where she was a four-year Division I softball player. She earned a master’s in sport sciences, sport psychology pathway, from Brunel University in West London, U.K., in 2009 and completed the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences three-year practitioner accreditation in 2012. 

Dr. Longshore earned her doctorate in psychology of human movement from Temple University in 2015, focusing on developing, implementing, and assessing mindfulness training for coaches.

Before joining CEP, she worked as a private practitioner through her Mental Performance Coaching practice and served as an assistant professor in Lafayette College’s psychology department, teaching sport psychology, design and analysis, and quantitative methods. 

Dr. Longshore lives in Highland Falls, New York, and enjoys hiking and being outdoors.