Department Faculty

Belle Baggs
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Helen Brown
Instructor
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Damon Burton, Ph.D.
Professor, Sport Psychology
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Grace Goc Karp
Program Coordinator, Physical Education
Research Interests: Physical Education Teacher Education, Assessment in Physical Education; School to Community Physical Activity Enrichment
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Tami Goetz, Ph.D.
Lecturer
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Emma Grindley, Ed.D
Research Interests: Sport and Exercise Psychology, Rehabilitation Adherence, Health and Wellness Behavior Change;
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Alan Nasypany, Ed.D., LAT, ATC
Athletic Training Education Program Director
Research interests: Back pain; Chronic pain; Psychology of injury; Injury pathomechanics; Clinical education
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David Paul, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research interests: Investigating the relationships between physical activity, food intake, and chronic disease; Studying the relationship between the built environment and obesity in children and adults; Developing methodologies to improve the measurement of physical activity and food intake.
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Tony Pickering, Ph.D
Chair and Associate Professor
Research Interests: Latent construct measurement Psychometric and invariance attributes of self-report instruments; Efficacy of mental skills training across sport and non-sport contexts; Methodological approaches to investigating mental skills training via simulation technology; Implicit theory, and the relationships amongst ability belief mindsets, learning effectiveness, and personal values.
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Philip W. Scruggs, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Physical Activity Assessment
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Jeff Seegmiller, Ed.D., LAT, ATC
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Musculoskeletal injury mechanisms and injury prevention. Focus areas: Landing mechanics; Ankle inversion and fibularis latency; ski equipment and its effects on the lower extremity biomechanics; models and quality in professional and post professional education programs.
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Dr. Julie S. Son
Associate Professor/Recreation Program Director
Research Interests: Promoting healthy leisure opportunities across the lifespan, including physical activity, social engagement, and outdoor activity; Decreasing health disparities through parks and recreation, with emphasis on age, gender, race/ethnicity and income.
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Sharon Stoll, Ph.D
Research Interests: Moral reasoning in Competition, Moral development in competition and physical activity; Servant leadership in physical activity; sport ethics.
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Chantal Vella, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director Exercise Physiology Laboratory
Research Interests: Cardiovascular disease prevention in young adults;Obesity and cardiac function
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