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Adjunct Professor, Health and Kinesiology
Professional Service
- AAHPERD Research Consortium.
Role: Committee Member.
Research Writing Award Committee.
10/2012 - 10/2014
- UAHPERD.
Role: President.
President.
07/2012 - 07/2014
- AAHPERD, Research Consortium .
Role: Review Panel Chair.
Responsible for soliciting reviewers and making accept/reject decisions for 40 research abstracts submitted to the pedagogy panel sub-section, “comprehensive school physical activity”.
07/2012 - 09/2012
- AAHPERD, Research Consortium .
Role: Proposal Reviewer.
Reviewed conference proposals in Physical Activity Epidemiology section.
07/2012 - 07/2012
- The Physical Educator .
Role: Editorial Board .
Served as editorial review board member for the journal.
02/2010 - 02/2013
Internal Service
- Dean's Advisory Council.
Member,
07/2013 - present.
College service.
- Faculty Committee on Community and Governmental Relations .
Member,
06/2013 - 06/2016.
University service.
- University Advisory Council on Teacher Education (UACTE) .
Representative from COH,
07/2012 - present.
University service.
- International Education Committee .
Member,
04/2012 - present.
College service.
- Health Sciences - IPE Scholarship & Research Subcommittee
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Member representing COH,
04/2012 - present.
Other service.
- University of Utah Seed Grant Committee .
Ad-hoc reviewer,
04/2012 - 04/2012.
University service.
- Post-tenure review committee .
Member,
03/2012 - 03/2102.
Department service.
- University Campus Recreation Committee (2010 -2011)Appointed by President Young.
07/2010 - present.
University service.
- Sport Pedagogy Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor Search Committee Chair .
07/2010 - 05/2012.
Department service.
- University Advisory Council on Teacher Education (UACTE) (2009-2011)Representative from College of Health
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07/2009 - present.
College service.
- Director of Graduate Studies .
07/2008 - present.
Department service.
- Department Leadership Committee .
07/2008 - present.
Department service.
Community Partnership
- Appointed, Utah Representative Eric Hutchings Physical Education/Physical Activity Policy Steering Committee, Salt Lake City, UT.
08/2013 - present
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Mentor Award.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance,
02/2014
- Inducted, Kaneland High School Hall of Fame, “Lifetime Achievement Category.”.
07/2011
- Recipient, University of Utah, College of Health, New Investigator Award,.
07/2011
In the Media
- Expert Participant, Governor Gary Herbert’s (Utah) Press Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. March 2013. Benefits of physical activity breaks for cognitive performance in children and adults.
03/2013.
- By Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT.
Article Published on November 28, 2012 – More physical activity in schools could spark an educational revolution in Utah.
11/2012.