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Faculty and Staff
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Mark Abel, Assistant Professor, (vita in PDF) received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 2006. His research interests are in the area of physical activity measurement.
Dr. Abel teaches courses in Kinesiology, including Strength and Conditioning for Sports and Introduction to Exercise Testing and Prescription.
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Aaron Beighle, Associate Professor (vita in PDF), received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 2003. His research interests are in the area of physical activity promotion and youth. Dr. Beighle teaches courses in physical education methods. |
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Stephanie Bennett, Lecturer, (vita in PDF) received her Ph.D. from Middle Tennessee State University in 2006. Her research interests are in the areas of human sexuality, poverty, and stress management. Dr. Bennett’s responsibilities include undergraduate teaching and coordinator for the KHP 577 practicum.
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Jody Clasey, Associate Professor, (vita in PDF) received her Ph. D. from the University of Illinois in 1993. Her areas of research interest include body composition analysis, and the relationship among body composition measures, physical activity and hormone function. Dr. Clasey teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in exercise physiology.
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Eddie Comeaux, Assistant Professor, (vita in PDF) received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. His primary research interests include college student engagement, intercollegiate athletics, and diversity competence and leadership in defined social systems. Dr. Comeaux teaches courses in the Sport Leadership Graduate Program. He is the former Co-Chair of the SIG, Research Focus on Education and Sport for the American Educational Research Association.
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Brian Cook, Lecturer, (vita in PDF) received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2010. His research interests are in the area of quality of life, body image and eating disorders, and exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr, Cook teaches courses in sport and exercise psychology, history of sport and physical education, and nutrition and fitness.
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Randy Crist, Lecturer, (vita in PDF) received his Ed.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1994. His primary research interest is the effects of fitness activities on the classroom performance of children. Dr. Crist teaches undergraduate courses in sport and exercise psychology and sociology, history of sport and physical education, tests and measurements, and fitness. |
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Heather Erwin, Assistant Professor, (vita in PDF) received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Her research areas of interest include environmental influences on physical activity in children and adolescents as well as student performance on the physical education standards. Dr. Erwin teaches courses in physical education methods. |
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Beth Graham, Administrative Support Associate I, received her Bachelor of Music degree from Butler University in 1984 and her A.A.S. degree in Information Management and Design from BCTC in 2008. She is budget officer for the department and also designs and maintains their web pages. |
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Melinda Ickes, Assistant Professor, (vita in PDF) received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2010. Her research interests are in the area of child and adolescent health, particularly child obesity. Dr. Ickes teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of health promotion. |
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Melody P. Noland, Professor and Department Chair, (vita in PDF) received her Ph.D. in Health Education from the University of Maryland in 1982. Her areas of research interest focus primarily on tobacco prevention with a special focus on tobacco prevention with youth who live in tobacco-producing areas. Dr. Noland teaches courses in school health education, specifically sexuality education, drug education, methods of teaching health and others. She is KHP Department Chair. |
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Thomas Palmer, Lecturer, (vita in PDF) received his M.S.Ed. from Old Dominion University and is currently enrolled in the Rehabilitations Science Doctoral Program at the University of Kentucky. He teaches undergraduate courses in strength and conditioning, fitness and nutrition, athletic training, and team and Individual sports.
His research interests are the effectiveness of proximal stabilty training and sport performance meansures.
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Steve R. Parker, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services and Associate Professor of Kinesiology/Sport Leadership (vita in PDF) received his Ed.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1995. His areas of interest include athletic probation and its effect on donor contributions to the university; event management solutions, issues, and problems; and using knowledge of the law as a competitive advantage in sport, fitness, recreational, and academic settings. Dr. Parker teaches courses in Kinesiology, specifically in event management and sport law. Dr. Parker assumed his Associate Dean responsibilities on July 1, 2010. |
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Mike Pohl, Assistant Professor (vita in PDF) received his PhD in Biomechanics from the University of Leeds in 2006. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware between 2006-2008, and in the Running Injury Clinic at the University of Calgary between 2008-2011. Mike's research interests include the lower extremity biomechanics of both normal and pathological gait. He is the co-associate director of the Biodynamics Lab.
Dr, Pohl teaches courses in biomechanics and research methods.
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Lindsey Powell, Student Affairs Officer II, received her M.S.from the University of Kentucky in 2010 in Health Promotion and also obtained a certificate in developmental disabilities. During her graduate studies she worked as an advising assistant in the KHP department and enjoyed helping students become successful graduates of the program. In addition to advising Lindsey also coaches dance in Winchester, Kentucky. |
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Richard Riggs, Associate Professor, (vita in PDF) received his Ed.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1975. Dr. Riggs' areas of research interest focus mainly on child and adolescent health issues, specifically in the areas of tobacco prevention, intentional and unintentional injury, sexually transmitted diseases, and the comprehensive school health program. He is also the Director of Graduate Studies. |
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Robert Shapiro, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, (vita in PDF) received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1979. Dr. Shapiro serves as director of the multidisciplinary Biodynamics Laboratory which is housed in the Center for Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include whole body biomechanical analysis with special emphasis on injury mechanisms and evaluation of musculo-skeletal function related to orthopaedics. Dr. Shapiro collaborates with faculty in Sports Medicine, Orthopaedics, Biomedical Engineering, Athletic Training, and Physical Therapy. Instrumentation utilized in the laboratory includes high speed 3-D videography, electromyography and force platforms. Dr. Shapiro has a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering. |
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Lucian Taylor, Associate Professor, (vita in Word) earned his Ph. D. in Exercise Science and Leisure Management from the University of Mississippi in 1995. Elementary physical education, fitness conditioning and elementary dance are the major teaching areas of Dr. Taylor |
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J.W. Yates, Associate Professor, (vita in PDF) received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in 1980. His areas of research interest include a variety of muscle physiology topics such as strength and endurance training and muscle soreness. Dr. Yates also works in the field of ergonomics conducting research in the prevention of lower back injuries. Full member of Graduate Faculty. |
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Rayma Beal, Associate Professor, (vita in PDF) received her Ed.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1985. Her areas of research interest include dance education, dance assessment, dance with older adults, and arts education and assessment. She actively worked with the Kentucky Department of Education on implementation of dance and art education into the K-12 curriculum. |
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John W. Hall, Associate Professor, (vita) received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1975. His areas of research interest include motor functioning of individuals with disabilities. In addition to teaching in this area, he also taught motor development in children, test and measurement, and nutrition and fitness. |
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Jim Nance, Associate Professor, received his Ed.S. from Eastern Kentucky University in 1979. He taught methods courses in gymnastics, racket sports, and outdoor education. Mr. Nance's main service components were with the USA Gymnastics Education Subcommittee and Outdoor Education with 4-H and Fish and Wildlife. |
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Dennis Vinton, Associate Professor, received his Re.D. from Indiana University in 1969. His areas of research interest include camping, recreation, and environmental education for persons with special needs. Dr. Vinton is a founding member and past president of the National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities. |
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Andrew Weiner, Associate Professor, (vita in PDF) received his Ed.D. from the University of Georgia in 1976. His primary areas of research interest include the application of emotional intelligence to coaching and leadership in sports, and how sport leaders can have more effective difficult and crucial conversations with all stakeholders. Dr. Weiner taught courses in sport and fitness supervision/management, team development, leadership, and emotional intelligence in sports and sport marketing.
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