Cindy has been a certified athletic trainer since 1993 and has worked in clinical, educational, and research settings. She came to UT-Arlington in August 2004 and now serves as an Associate Professor for the Master’s in Athletic Training (MSAT) Program. She is actively engaged in mentoring research for undergraduates and graduate students. She investigates the clinical effectiveness of a variety of therapeutic modalities and has received industry research funding. She speaks locally, nationally, and internationally and has presented many abstracts at national conferences. She is the co-author of the 8th ed Pfeiffer and Mangus’s Concepts of Athletic Training.
Cindy received her BS degree in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and her MS in Physical Education/Athletic Training from Indiana State University. She then worked at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY for 7 years before returning to complete her PhD in Exercise Science with a specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT.
Cindy has served the NATA Foundation in a variety of roles for over 23 years. She currently serves as Recruitment Committee chair and ended her term as Executive Vice President of District Relations in 2021. She was awarded the NATA Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. She has been involved with developing the SWATA annual meeting program for over 15 years and served as program chair for 10 years. She currently serves as the Texas State Licensure Exam Development Coordinator.
Cindy has also had the opportunity to be involved with the United States Olympic Committee and has traveled internationally with the Bobsled and Skeleton teams plus serving on the sport medicine teams for the Winter World University Games (2003) and the Beijing Paralympics (2008). She has also served USA Basketball by working with the under-18 3×3 program in Madrid (2012) and Jakarta (2013). She also was sports medicine coordinator for the Dallas/Fort Worth Breast Cancer 3-Day walk for 12 years and continues to volunteer. She has been awarded NTATS Doug Gibbons and Aubrey Fisk Awards, Dan Libera Award, SWATA and NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Awards, Eddie Wojecki Award, and the Christine M. Bonci Award for Excellence in AT Scholarship.