Jens Omli, 2008 PhD graduate and Texas Tech faculty member, and his adviser Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, School of Kinesiology associate professor, published a recent paper based on his dissertation work. “Kids speak: Preferred parental behavior at youth sport events” appears in the December 2011 issue of the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
The citation is as follows: Omli, J., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2011). Kids Speak: Preferred Parental Behavior at Youth Sport Events. Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport, 82(4), 702-711.
Dengel published in Clinical Ultrasound and Functional Imaging
Dr. Donald Dengel, Kinesiology associate professor of exercise physiology, recently had a manuscript published. The citation is as follows:
Marlatt KL, McCue MC, Kelly AS, Metzig AM, Steinberger J, Dengel DR: Endothelium-independent dilation in children and adolescents. Clinical Ultrasound and Functional Imaging 31: 390-393, 2011.
Authors Kara Marlatt and Meghan McCue are both current PhD graduate students. Aaron Kelly is a Kinesiology PhD alumni, and Andrea (Thelen) Metzig is a Kinesiology M.S. graduate.
Doctoral student competes in USA Olympic Marathon Trials
Chris Lundstrom, kinesiology Ph.D. student, placed 66th in USA Track & Field’s Olympic Trials Marathon on Saturday in Houston, Texas. Lundstrom’s time was 2:22:03 (5:25 minute per mile pace). Lundstrom is the advisee of Dr. Stacy Ingraham and Dr. Arthur Leon.
Dengel featured in FOXBusiness article on new tool that measures belly fat
Dr. Don Dengel, associate professor of exercise physiology, was mentioned in a FOXBusiness piece titled, “Doctors Get New Tool to Measure Belly Fat.” The piece discusses CoreScan, a new technology from GE, that can quickly measure visceral (belly) fat during a body composition analysis.
According to Dengel, “Just as important as obesity is where the fat is located. If the fat is packed into the visceral area, we’ve found it has a high relationship with cardio vascular disease … Before CoreScan came along we didn’t have the option. When someone came in they got an analysis of their body composition, but they didn’t have the option to look at visceral fat.”
[Read the entire FoxBusiness article]
Wiese-Bjornstal featured in New Moon Girls magazine
Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in sport and exercise psychology, is featured in the “Women’s Work” section of the article “Sports Smarts: Stay Healthy as you Play,” which appears in the January/February 2012 New Moon Girls publication.
Dengel publishes in Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Dr. Don Dengel, associate professor of exercise physiology, has published the following article:
Hearst MO, Sirard JR, Lytle LA, Dengel DR, Berrigan D: Comparison of 3 measures of physical activity and associations with blood pressure, HDL, and body composition in a sample of adolescents. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 9:78-85, 2012.
Tucker Center Film Festival Returns in 2012
The Tucker Center and the University of Minnesota Athletic Department are pleased to announce the return and official 2012 selections of the Tucker Center Film Festival. The festival will take place on January 30, 2012, at TCF Bank Stadium in the DQ Club Room and will feature the Midwest Premiere of Salaam Dunk, as well as the locally-produced short film, Grappling Girls. The event is part of the 26th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD).
The feature film, Salaam Dunk, is a stirring account of an Iraqi women’s basketball team at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani (AUIS) in Kurdistan. Grappling Girls is a documentary-in-progress about women’s competitive wrestling—an emerging sport in the US.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the films beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available online at tcff2012.eventbrite.com. Discounted rates are available to students and to groups of 15 or more.
SALAAM DUNK TRAILER
GRAPPLING GIRLS TRAILER
LaVoi gives session on motivational strategies at NCAA Women Coaches Academy event
Tucker Center Associate Director Dr. Nicole LaVoi traveled to Denver last week to deliver a session on Effective Motivational Strategies to 45 coaches at the 25th anniversary of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy. For more information on the Alliance of Women Coaches, visit their website.
Stoffregen and colleagues publish in Experimental Brain Research
“Postural activity and motion sickness during video game play in children and adults,” by Chih-Hui Chang, Wu-Wen Pan, Li-Ya Tseng, and Thomas A. Stoffregen, has been accepted for publication in Experimental Brain Research. In 2010, Experimental Brain Research had an impact factor of 2.296. Dr. Chang, who is a professor of physical education at National Kaohsiung Normal University (Taiwan), received her PhD in Kinesiology from Minnesota in 2006. Her adviser was Prof. Michael Wade.
Tilsner to receive Clifton E. French Distinguished Service award
Donna Tilsner, Kinesiology adjunct instructor in Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies (RPLS), will be honored with one of the top recognition awards in Minnesota for her outstanding work in recreation. On Jan. 12 she will be presented with the Clifton E. French Distinguished Service Award, the highest professional award given by the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA).
The award is open to candidates with over 20 years of professional service. Nominees are judged on community volunteerism, research, speeches, published articles, and professional certifications. Tilsner, an RPLS graduate (’76), has worked for the City of Edina since 1999 as a recreation supervisor, coordinating many programs and services for the Park and Recreation Department. She has also worked for Hopkins/Minnetonka and Eagan.
The award is named for Clifton E. French, who graduated from the University in 1948 with a B.S. and received his M.Ed. in recreation leadership in 1949. He worked as the director of Coffman Union and was the director of Edina Parks and Recreation and the executive director of the MRPA. He was the first superintendent of Hennepin County Park Reserve District.
(Photo shows Tilsner with RPLS student and Gopher basketball player Trevor Mbakwe at the Gopher Adventure Race.)
Wade gives talk in England, presents poster in France with student
Dr. Michael Wade, Kinesiology professor of motor learning and motor development, traveled to Leeds University this month to give an invited talk on the topic of “Postural sway and suprapostural performance in clinical populations.” He presented on Monday, December 12.
While in Europe, Dr. Wade and Fu-Chen Chen, Kinesiology graduate and his advisee (PhD, 2011), presented a poster at SKILLS, a meeting of the European Commission in Montpellier, France. Their topic was “Postural sway and suprapostural performance in children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder.”
Stoffregen gives talks in England and France; presents poster with student Yi-Chou Chen
Dr. Thomas Stoffregen, Kinesiology professor in human factors and ergonomics, gave an invited talk at Leeds University, England, on December 12. His topic was “Motion sickness considered as a movement disorder.”
Dr. Stoffregen also presented at SKILLS, a meeting of the European Commission, in Montpellier, France, on December 16. His topic was “Interface solutions for interface problems.”
Also at SKILLS, Dr. Stoffregen and Yi-Chou Chen, Kinesiology PhD student and Dr. Stoffregen’s advisee, presented a poster on the topic, “Control of a virtual avatar influences postural activity and motion sickness.”
PhD candidate Jim Winges presents to Minnesota hockey coaches
Jim Winges, CC-AASP, Ph.D. candidate in Kinesiology in the sport psychology emphasis, recently presented on the use of motivational techniques in youth sport to 165 Minnesota youth hockey coaches as part of Minnesota Hockey’s Coach Education Program. Since the 2007-2008 ice hockey season, Mr. Winges has presented to more than 2,400 coaches for Minnesota Hockey’s Coach Education Program. Mr. Winges is advised by Professor Diane Wiese-Bjornstal.
Kane featured in Minnesota Alumni magazine article highlighting representation of female athletes
Professor Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, was featured in the Winter 2012 issue of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Alumni Association magazine.
The article, “Athletes, Not Babes, Sell Tickets,” discusses how Kane and her former Ph.D. student, Heather Maxwell (Kinesiology Ph.D., 2009), challenged the prevailing assumption that if women athletes are portrayed as sexy versus athletically competent, attendance at women’s sporting events would increase and female athletes would get more media attention and corporate sponsorship. However, according to Kane’s and Maxwell’s findings, sexualized images of athletic females actually produced the opposite effect among focus groups, including 18- to 34-year-old women and 35- to 55-year-old men.
“We now have empirical data and it’s very clear,” says Kane. “Portraying women athletes as athletes is an effective marketing strategy for many consumer groups, while on the flip side, portraying women athletes as sex objects produces a significant backlash among most consumer groups. The bottom line of our research is that sex sells sex, not women’s sports.”
View the full article here.
Second Kinesiology Speaker Series featured Deborah Rohm Young
The School of Kinesiology continued its 2011-12 Colloquium Speaker Series on December 8, with Dr. Deborah Rohm Young of the University of Maryland speaking on “Multi-Level Predictors of Physical Activity in Early, Mid, and Late Adolescent Girls.” Dr. Young also facilitated a seminar for graduate students on December 9 titled, “Navigating the Grants Game: Lessons Learned.”
This research presentation was the final presentation of the Fall semester. The School will recommence the series in the Spring on March 29 with Dr. Jennifer Etnier of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Etnier will present a talk titled, “Move It or Lose It: Evidence for the Relationship Between Exercise and Cognition.”
The Speaker Series is an initiative the School of Kinesiology launched this year to provide an opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research from distinguished scholars; to promote multidisciplinary ideas and collaborations; and to develop a culture in which the School celebrates their mutual commitment to the study of physical activity and health in the broadest sense.
LaVoi appears on WCCO-TV’s Good Question to discuss violence in sports
Former Minnesota Wild hockey player Derek Boogaard, who died at age 28 last May, was the focus of a New York Times article last Sunday on the degenerative brain injury he suffered that was caused by repeated blows to the head. WCCO-TV’s Good Question Monday evening asked, “Why do we like violence in sports?” Dr. Nicole La Voi, Kinesiology lecturer and associate director of the Tucker Center, was interviewed for the story. She said violence in sports has become a form of entertainment for fans. See the interview here:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/12/05/good-question-why-do-we-like-violence-in-sports/
Leon presents at Women’s Cardiac Support Group
Dr. Arthur Leon, professor of exercise physiology, was invited to make a presentation to the Women’s Cardiac Support Group at Abbot-Northwestern Hospital’s Heart Center on December 5. He lectured on the pathophysiology of the development of atherosclerosis (plaque build-up in the arteries) and the implications of exercise to address the disease.
Barefoot runner Ness Madeiros, Kinesiology M.A., featured in CEHD’s Connect
The graduate student striding down the halls of Cooke in bare feet has good reason to kick up her heels. Ness Madeiros, an M.A. student in sport sociology, is featured in this semester’s issue of Connect. Ms. Madeiros, a marathoner, began running barefoot in her native Bermuda, and has bravely continued to run shoe-less since starting at the U last fall. This year she ran in the Twin Cities Marathon, barefoot, and has been running to raise money for philanthropic causes. Check out her blog, Barefoot for Kids, at barefootadventures.wordpress.com
Gopher Adventure Race & KIN lecturers featured in CEHD magazine
An article on the Gopher Adventure Race in the winter issue of the College of Education & Human Development’s Connect shines the spotlight on three School of Kinesiology lecturers.
Connie Magnuson, Ph.D., director of the B.S. program in recreation, park, and leisure studies, was mentioned for serving as the race organizer and supervising a 96-person staff of students. KIN lecturers Jennifer Bhalla, Ph.D. and Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D., were also noted for winning the race’s faculty category.
Download the Winter 2012 issue of Connect magazine (PDF).
Dengel published in Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Dr. Donald Dengel, Kinesiology associate professor of exercise physiology, has had a manuscript published in the December 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
The full listing of the article is: Fulkerson JA, Farbakhsh K, Lytle L, Hearst MO, Dengel DR, Pasch KE, Kubik MY: Away-from-home family dinner sources and associations with weight status, body composition and related biomarkers of chronic disease among adolescents and their parents. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 111:1892-1897, 2011. The publication can be accessed at http://www.adajournal.org/.
