Kinesiology
News Spring 2013
Keeping Up With the Editor Bud Cooper
Thank you for submitting alumni information and faculty and student news! It has been my pleasure to serve as the editor for the Department of Kinesiology newsletter since 2009. Our department has grown over the years and has seen an expansion of many programs and research produced in our laboratories. This has been a phenomenal year, with the addition of four new faculty members for the fall of 2013. The Department of Kinesiology continues to be a strong component in the College of Education, and we look forward to growth and productivity in the year ahead. Please continue to send in anything that pertains to our alumni and keep us aware of your personal achievements.
Terry Jackson Retires At the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year, Dr. Terry Jackson retired from the University of Georgia. Having been on the faculty in the Department of Kinesiology since 1998, she served the health and physical education teacher education program in multiple roles. Most notably during those 15 years, Dr. Jackson was the coordinator of the student teaching program where her influence was felt by nearly 400 students who completed our program and countless others she taught in basic P.E. courses. During her tenure, she was wellTerry Jackson known for her quality instruction, strong supervisory skills, service, and collegiality. Perhaps Dr. Jackson’s two most significant accomplishments at UGA were being one of the two first faculty members to earn the title of senior lecturer in the College of Education (2007) and selected as a 2006 Outstanding Professor by the Academic Affairs Committee of the Student Government Association. Illustrating Dr. Jackson’s instructional expertise and caring nature is probably best done through the words of a former student, Joni Gabriel, who eloquently noted in her nomination for this award that Dr. Jackson was the kind of teacher who “regularly looks for innovative ways to reach her students and successfully builds upon each of their individual talents and abilities. She holds high but achievable expectations for her students, while simultaneously insisting that each of them possess the same standards for their own learners in the future. It is clear that she effectively embeds the values of her program in her students.” If that were not enough to express her value to the students and faculty, UGA President-elect Jere Morehead commented that he was “very impressed by the sincere and thoughtful remarks that were made about [her] teaching effectiveness” and that she “clearly had made a difference in the lives” of her students. Dr. Jackson will be missed by faculty, staff, and students.
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From the Department Head Kirk Cureton
The department has been busy since our fall newsletter. The primary accomplishment during the spring has been the hiring of three new faculty. We conducted searches for a position in athletic training/biomechanics and for a position in physical activity and obesity or related chronic diseases. We interviewed seven excellent candidates for these positions. We are delighted with the outcome of both searches.
Julianne Schmidt, who is finishing her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the mentorship of Kevin Guskiewicz, has been hired as an assistant professor for the AT/biomechanics position. She is a certified athletic trainer whose research focuses on the biomechanics of sport-related concussion and non-concussive head impacts, improving post-concussion evaluation techniques, and on-field emergency management of the cervical spine. She will teach courses in athletic training and biomechanics.
Nathan Jenkins, a postdoctoral research fellow working with Harold Laughlin in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Missouri, has been hired as an assistant professor for the physical activity and obesity position. Nathan is a double dawg, receiving a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science and his master’s in exercise science (exercise physiology) at UGA. He completed a Ph.D. in the Department of Kinesiology with a specialization in exercise physiology at the University of Maryland, with Jim Hagberg as his mentor. Nathan’s research interests are related to physical activity as prevention and treatment for the cardiovascular complications of obesity and type 2 diabetes. He will teach courses in exercise physiology.
In addition to these faculty, we were pleased to have the opportunity of a partner-accommodation hire. Robert Pritchett, an associate professor at Central Washington University, has been hired as a lecturer. Robert, a citizen of South Africa, received a Ph.D. with a specialization in exercise physiology at the University of Alabama under the mentorship of Phil Bishop (UGA Ed.D., 1983). Robert’s research focuses on thermoregulation during exercise and the effects of nutritional supplements on responses to exercise and performance. Robert will teach courses in clinical exercise physiology. Robert’s wife, Kelly, was hired by UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences Department of Food and Nutrition as a sport nutritionist. She will teach several new cross-listed (FDNS/KINS) courses in sport nutrition that will be very beneficial for our students. Besides these three new faculty, Becca Leopkey, hired last year as an assistant professor but delayed in starting, will join the sport management program in August. She will receive her Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research focuses on Olympic legacy. She will teach courses in sport event management, sport organizations and governance, and sport philosophy and ethics. We look forward to the contributions these four new faculty will make to our department, college, and university. As reported elsewhere in this newsletter, Terry Jackson retired after many years with the department. Dr. Jackson’s association with UGA predates that of all the faculty and staff currently in the department. She came to the University in 1964 and completed a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1966. After teaching elementary school, she returned to UGA in 1970 to work on a master’s degree in physical education, which she received in 1972. After teaching physical education at Clark Central High School and Athens Academy, she returned to UGA again in 1979 to work as a training coordinator for Project DART, a federally funded grant supervised by Ernie Bundschuh, to provide in-service training in special education and physical education for classroom teachers throughout the state of Georgia. She received an Ed.D. from the department in 1982. After working intermittently for the department as
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a temporary assistant professor and teaching at Clayton State College in Morrow, Ga., for five years, she returned to UGA in 1998. She has served as the coordinator of student teachers, a lecturer and, a senior lecturer in the department since that time. We are indebted to her for the important contributions she made to the teacher education program and wish her the best in retirement. In February, the department received approval to reorganize the Fitness Center into a Center for Physical Activity and Health. The aims of the reorganization are to: a) broaden its mission to include interdisciplinary translational research; b) integrate it with other UGA academic units, public health agencies, and medical centers; and c) change the focus of the outreach programs to target all sectors of the population with an emphasis on the prevention and management of chronic
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diseases and physically disabling conditions beneficially influenced by physical activity. The new center will bring added value to the university by fostering interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach activities. The next steps for Dr. Ellen Evans, director of the center, are to establish an advisory board, develop a strategic plan and a schedule of activities for the next year, and begin recruiting faculty from across campus to participate in center activities. As I reported in the last newsletter, UGA evaluated the department’s programs this year. The results are in: We received a very positive evaluation. There were no major deficiencies identified, aside from our increasing need for space and more faculty as our programs grow. The challenge for the department is to maintain this high level of performance and continue to improve.
Kudos to our Faculty, Students, and Alumni Kudos to Our Faculty Congratulations to Paul Schempp, Bryan McCullick, and Cathy Brown Crowell, who received $10,000 from the College of Education to develop an online graduate certificate program in athletic coaching. Kevin McCully has been elected president of the Southeastern Chapter of the American College of Sport Medicine and will serve a three-year term. He has also been named an affiliated member of UGA’s Institute on Human Development and Disability.
Phil Tomporowski has been selected as a 2013-2014 ServiceLearning Fellow, one of 13 faculty selected by the Office of Service-Learning this year. The Service-Learning Fellows Program is a year-long faculty development program that provides an opportunity for selected faculty members to integrate service-learning into their teaching, research, and public service work while becoming recognized campus leaders in service-learning pedagogy and community engagement. Phil’s project will involve developing a course designed to teach undergraduate students who are not physical education majors methods of teaching physically activity games to children in after-school programs. The project has three goals: To develop and refine an academic class that introduces undergraduate students drawn from multiple majors to a theory-based method of teaching physical activity games that improve children’s health, movement control, and mental function To provide UGA students with meaningful field experiences (work with students in afterschool programs in elementary schools) Establish community-university partnerships that embrace service-learning and research
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Updates on our Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Students Richard Williams (Ed.D., Exercise Science, 2002), former Chair of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and currently Interim Director of Athletics at Albany State University, was promoted to professor. Joseph Cooper (Ph.D., 2013) student in the sport management program, has accepted a position at the University of Connecticut (Stors) as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership. Bhibha Das (Post-Doc Associate) has accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Eastern Carolina University. Anne O’Brien Brady (2012) has accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at The University of North Carolina – Greensboro. Brian Culp ((B.S.Ed. ’99, Ed.D. ’05) received the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Social Justice and Diversity Young Professional Award at the 2013 National Convention.
Student Awards COE grad students win three SEACSM awards
Melissa Erickson
Terrence Ryan
Michael Southern
Three University of Georgia College of Education graduate students were recognized for their research at the annual meeting of the Southeast chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM), making UGA the first university to capture more than two awards at the SEACSM in one year. The students—Melissa Erickson, Terence Ryan, and Michael Southern—won three of the six highly competitive awards, enduring two levels of judging and a separate evaluation. The students, all majoring in exercise science, are advised by Kevin McCully, a professor in the department of kinesiology.
Erickson, a first-year doctoral student from Augusta, won second place in the doctoral division for her research examining the mitochondrial response after endurance electrical stimulation training in persons with spinal cord injury. Ryan, a third-year doctoral student from Palm Bay, Fla., won the third-place prize for doctoral research for his work on reproducibility and methods to evaluate skeletal muscle and mitochondrial function. Southern, a first-year master’s student from Greenville, S.C., won the best research poster at the master’s level for his work assessing the reproducibility of skeletal muscle oxidative function using near infrared spectroscopy. Jeremy Lackman, a Ph.D. candidate under the direction of Dr. Rose Chepyator-Thomson, won the Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Professional Scholarship. Jordan Thomas (sports management) received the Pandora Outstanding Senior Leaders Award. This award is given to seniors who have gone above and beyond throughout their college career in their commitment to leadership, academics, campus involvement, and community service. They have worked hard to uphold the traditions of UGA, while making positive contributions to the surrounding community. This is an opportunity for these seniors to receive the recognition and honor they deserve for the legacy they will leave at UGA. In addition, Jordan has recently received the T. Howard Foundation Diversity Award. The T. Howard Foundation annually recognizes industry leaders in diversity. Jordan interned with the Comcast Corporation in its public relations department. Natasha Brison, a Ph.D. candidate under the advisement of Drs. Thomas Baker and Kevin Byon, is the winner of the 2013 Maloy Student Research Award by the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA), which is the most prestigious recognition of student research accomplishment by this academic organization. Natasha holds a Juris Doctor degree and is currently a Ph.D. student in the sport management program. She won the award for her article titled, “Tweets and Crumpets: An Analysis of the Legal Implications of the Advertising Standards Authority’s Social Media Ruling against Nike.” Natasha was honored and presented her research paper at the annual SRLA conference in Denver, Colorado, on March 14, 2013. Terence Ryan (2013) is headed to East Carolina University as a post-doc in Kinesiology with Dr. Robert Neufert.
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2013 Kinesiology Departmental Awards The following students were honored at the 2013 Kinesiology Department Awards celebration on April 10, 2013. Please join us as we celebrate the achievements of our students!
Clifford Gray Lewis Scholarship Award – Doctoral Recipient
Robert Wirsing
National Association for Sport and Physical Education Major of the Year
Louise E. Kindig Research Award – Master’s Recipient
Abby Porterfield
Michael Southern
Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship Award – Undergraduate Recipient
Louise E. Kindig Research Award – Doctoral Recipient
Allison Blount
Derek Monroe
Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship Award – Undergraduate Recipient
Ann E. Jewett Distinguished Graduate Assistantship
Bradley David
Jeremy Lackman
Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship Award – Doctoral Recipient
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Stephanie Cooper
Amanda Caravalho
Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship Award – Doctoral Recipient
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Jeremy Lackman
Jupil “JP” Ko
Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship Award – Doctoral Recipient
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Chad Straight
Jake Lindheimer
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Kinesiology Faculty and Students Have Been Busy Presentations Acitelli, R.M., Gipson, E.M., Evans, E.M., O’Connor, P.J., & Schmidt, M.D. (2013, February). Psychological predictors of compensatory responses to a structured exercise program. Southeast American College of Sports Medicine. Greenville, SC. Bowser, B., Simpson, K., Brown, C., Larson, R., White, L.J. Exercise Improves Sit-to-Stand Function in People with MS. Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) San Diego, CA. May 30, 2012 Cooper, E.R., Miles, J.D., Ferrara, M.S. (2013, January). Exertional heat illnesses in the high school football player. Georgia Athletic Trainers Association Annual Educational Symposium, Peachtree City, GA. Freese, E. C., Gist, J. L., Trilk, J. L., & Cureton, K. J. (2013, February). Sprint interval training: A viable alternative to improve health and fitness. Symposium presented at the Southeast Chapter Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. Greenville, SC. Lucas, J.M., Schmidt, M.D., Das, B.M., & Evans, E.M. (2013, February). Agreement between self-reported and objectivelymeasured sitting time among college freshmen. Southeast American College of Sports Medicine. Greenville, SC. McCullick, B.A. (2013, April). Addressing obesity before it starts with physical education and activity in schools. Paper presented at the 7th Annual UGA Global Educational Forum, Athens, GA. McCullick, B.A. (2012, November). An audit of research on expert coaches’ professional development. Paper presented at the 18th International Conference of Sports Scientists, Seoul, KOR. McCullick, B.A. (2012, July). Re-thinking the place of PE in American schooling. Paper presented at the International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS), Glasgow, SCO. O’Connor, P.J., Lindheimer, J.B., Loy, B.D. (2013, April). The short-term effects of black pepper (Piper nigrum) and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis and eriocalyx) on sustained attention and energy and fatigue mood states in young adults with low energy. Experimental Biology, Boston, MA. O’Connor, P.J. (2013, April). Physical activity effects on energy and fatigue. William P. Morgan Lecture, Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. O’Connor, P.J. (2012, December). Overview of mental energy, PepsiCo - Research & Development Beverage Nutrition Group, Purchase, NY. Pryor, B., White, L.J. (April 2012). Exercise and neuroprotection in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Experimental Biology, San Diego.
Ramos, N., & McCullick, B.A. (2013, April). What makes PE teachers credible to children? Paper presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance convention, Charlotte, NC.
Publications Brizendine J.T., Ryan, T.E., Larson, R.D, and McCully, K.K. (2013). Skeletal muscle metabolism in endurance athletes with near-infrared spectroscopy. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 45(5):869-875. Dishman, R.K., Saunders, R.P., McIver, K.L., Dowda, M., Pate, R.R. (2013). Construct Validity of Selected Measures of Physical Activity Beliefs and Motives in Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys and Girls. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print] Horwath, C.C., Schembre, S.M., Motl, R.W., Dishman, R.K., Nigg, C.R. (2013). Does the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change Provide a Useful Basis for Interventions to Promote Fruit and Vegetable Consumption? American Journal of Health Promotion. Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print] Giacobbi, P.R. Jr., Dietrich, F., Larson R.L., White, L.J. (2013) Exercise and quality of life in women with multiple sclerosis. Adapt Phys Activ Q. 2012 Jul;29(3):224-42. Larson, R.D., McCully, K.K., Larson, D.J., Pryor, W.M., White, L.J. (2013) Bilateral Differences in Lower Extremity Performance in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. Journal Rehabilitation Research and Development. 50(2): 215-221. McCullick, B.A., Baker, T.A., Tomporowski, P.D., Isaac, T., Templin, T., & Lux, K. (2012). An analysis of state physical education policies. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 31, 200-210. O’Connor, P.J., Caravalho, A.L., Freese, E.C., Cureton, K.J. (2013). Effects of grape consumption on fitness, muscle injury, mood and perceived health. International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, 23(1):57-64. O’Connor, P.J., Caravalho, A.L., Freese, E.C., & Cureton, K.J. (2013). Grape consumption effects on fitness, muscle injury, mood and perceived health. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 23, 57-64. Patel, D.I., White, L.J. (2013). Effect of 10-day forced treadmill training on neurotrophic factors in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. Feb;38(2):194-9. Pryor, B. and White, L.J. (2012). Exercise reduces autoimmune infiltration and preserves axons in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Southeast Regional Annual Meeting. American College of Sports Medicine.
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Spring 2013 • Kinesiology News Ryan, T.E., Brizendine, J.T., and McCully, K.K. (2013). A comparison of exercise type and intensity on the noninvasive assessment of skeletal muscle mitochondrial function using near infrared spectroscopy. J Appl. Physiol. 114(2):230-237. Ryan T.E., M.L. Erickson, J.T. Brizendine, H.J. Young, and McCully, K.K. (2012). Noninvasive evaluation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity with near-infrared spectroscopy: correcting for blood volume changes. J Appl. Physiol. 113: 175-183. Stoner L, M.L. Erickson, J.M. Young, S. Fryer, M.J. Sabatier, J. Faulkner, D.M. Lambrick, and McCully, K.K. (2012). There’s more to flow-mediated dilation than nitric oxide. J Atheroscler Thromb. 19: 589-600. Stoner, L., McCully, K.K. (2012).Velocity acceleration as a determinant of flow-mediated dilation. Ultrasound Med Biol 38: 580-592. Stoner, L., McCully, K.K. (2012). Peak and time integrated shear rates independently predict flow-mediated dilation. J Clin Ultrasound 40: 341-351.
Lauren Bagley
DPT, GHSU
Brian Berl
DPT, GHSU
Celeste Brown
GA in Athletic Training, Georgia State University
Chris Carter
DPT, GHSU
Dustin Carter
Doctorate of Chiropractic, Life University
Carrie Colcord
DPT, University of North Georgia
Sarah Conrad
GA in Athletic Training, LSU
Macy Cook
PA school, GHSU
Elizabeth Danish
DPT, Georgia State University
Vanessa Doyley
DPT, Emory University
Wingo, J. E., Salaga, L., Newlin, M., & Cureton, K.J. (2012). Cardiovascular drift and maximal oxygen uptake during cycling and walking in a temperate environment. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 83, 660-666.
Keller Galpin
DPT, Georgia Regents
Olivia Hale
Internship – Gymnastics, UGA
Jessica Hawkes
DPT, Georgia Regents
Woolcott, C.G., Dishman, R.K., Motl, R.W., Matthai, C.H., Nigg CR. (2013). Physical Activity and Fruit and Vegetable Intake: Correlations Between and Within Adults in a Longitudinal Multiethnic Cohort. American Journal of Health Promotion. Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Chris Herold
MS Strength/Condition, UGA
Sarah Hicks
MS, Georgia State University
Paige Hopkins
DPT, Georgia State University
Nick Housley
DPT, Georgia State University
Katie Hughes
GA in Athletic Training, University of Utah
Payton Joyner
MS, Fitness & Health Promotion, Georgia State
Rachel Langman
DPT, University of North Georgia
Hyun Su Lee
DPT, Emory
Ashley Linton
DPT, Atlantic Armstrong
Emily Lloyd
DPT, Georgia State
Emilee Mason
OT, University of Texas Medical Branch
Amanda Moon
GA in Athletic Training, College of Charleston
Sarah Parker
DPT, Georgia Regents
Caroline Pfohl
DPT, Mercer
Claire Phillips
DPT, University of Texas
Akil Piggott
DPT, Drexel
Jennica Ramey
DPT, North Georgia
Lauren Ring
DPT, University of North Georgia
James Ro
DPT, Mercer
Monica Sakalik
MS Motor Behavior, UGA
Elissa Shepard
DPT, Georgia State University
Kelly Walsh
DPT, UNC
Book chapters McCullick, B.A., Hofmann, A., & Huber, I. (2012). Der Sportunterricht oder die Physical Education an amerikanischen Schulen. In A. Hofmann (Ed.), Sport in den USA (pp. 59-76). Münster, GER: Waxmann Verlag.
Grants Schmidt, M.D., Evans, E.M., MacKillop, J., Rathbun, S. (March 2013). University of Georgia Obesity Initiative Seed Grant. Validity of a Novel Approach to Measure Free-Living Energy Expenditure in Weight Management Studies. $19,360. Simpson, K.J. Feb. 2013-2104. Leg Strength and Power and Functional Outcomes of Individuals with Unicompartmental Arthritis of the Knee Five Years after Treatment with a Partial Knee Replacement, Arthrex, Inc. $21,175. Simpson, K.J. Aug. 2012-2013. Movement techniques used by individuals with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) during high-effort activities and the effects of spinal fusion surgery on compensatory adaptations, Scoliosis Research Society. $9,846.
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