Dr. Juergen Konczak, Kinesiology professor of biomechanics, has been invited to join a prestigious national task force to study motor disorders in children. The NIH Taskforce on Childhood Motor Disorders will be held February 2-4, 2012, at the National Institutes of Health Neuroscience Center in Rockville, Maryland. Experts and scholars from around the country will meet with the goal of making concrete progress toward developing new technologies and methods for diagnosis and quantification of motor disorders in children. The meeting will be structured around seven working groups of 6-8 experts, with each group focusing on a specific area of need.
Scibora presents at this year’s CEHD Saturday Scholars
CEHD Saturday Scholars, an annual event sponsored by the CEHD Alumni Society, was held on Saturday, November 5, at Coffman Memorial Union. Saturday Scholars is a day of informal learning for CEHD alumni, students and the general public with presentations given on timely topics in education and human development by CEHD faculty.
Lesley Scibora, postdoctoral associate in Kinesiology, represented the department at the event. She presented the topic, “Osteoporosis and the Obesity Epidemic: How can physical activity keep our bones healthy during weight loss?” Over 100 people were in attendance, and a number of students commented after Dr. Scibora’s presentation that she was a “huge hit.” Thank you, Dr. Scibora!
Weiss, Amorose, and Kipp to publish in Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation
Maureen Weiss, professor of Kinesiology, and co-authors Anthony Amorose, Illinois State University, and Lindsay Kipp, Kinesiology doctoral candidate, will be published in the Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation, edited by Richard Ryan. In their chapter, “Youth Motivation and Participation in Sport and Physical Activity,” the authors synthesize and consolidate theory-driven knowledge about determinants and outcomes of physical activity motivation and behavior.
Authors of virtually all the contemporary theories of motivation are represented in the handbook, as well as a number of experts in specialty areas and applied topics. The chapter is part of an ambitious project being undertaken by Oxford University Press to publish a comprehensive library covering the complete field of psychology, edited by distinguished scholars in their areas. The Library will comprise handbooks that summarize and synthesize a topic, define the current scholarship, and set the agenda for future research. The handbooks will be printed, but also will be available electronically to allow content to be incorporated across topics in a fully integrated electronic library.
Lewis featured in My Health News Daily article
Dr. Beth Lewis, Kinesiology associate professor of behavioral aspects of physical activity, was recently featured as an expert on the My Heath News Daily Web site.
View the full article, “Does Yoga Help With Weight Loss?” here.
LaVoi appears on WCCO’s Sports Sunday with Mark Rosen
School of Kinesiology lecturer and Tucker Center associate director Dr. Nicole LaVoi appeared live November 6 on WCCO with Mark Rosen on his Sports Sunday show where they discussed a host of topics related to girls and women in sport. The video from the broadcast is available here.
Tucker Center scholars present at NASSS
Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D, and three Kinesiology doctoral candidates, Chelsey Thul, Vicki Schull, Emily Houghton, and Austin Stair Calhoun, presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 3-6.
LaVoi was part of a panel on “A Sociology of Coaching” and also delivered a presentation titled, “”The Bully” and “The Girl Who Did What She Did: Neo-homophobia in Coverage of Two Women’s College Basketball Coaches.” Thul presented a talk titled, “Understanding Physical Activity Spaces among Somali, MuslimAdolescent Girls and Women.” Schull’s presentation was titled, “Constructing the Ideal Leader: Coaching and Gender Implications,” while Houghton discussed her research on African American female athletes in a presentation titled, “(In)visible Pioneers: Highlighting the Experiences of African American Female Athletes.” Calhoun rounded out the Tucker Center contingent by participating in a panel (Teaching with New Media Technology).
Barr-Anderson presents at America Public Heath Association Annual Meeting
Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kinesiology, presented at the 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on Monday, October 31.
Barr-Anderson and research associate Alexis Adams presented a poster entitled, “What can I do and what can I eat? Findings from the Physical Activity and Media Inventory (PAMI) and Home Food Inventory (HFI) in African American girls’ home environments”. This work is based on research conducted as part of Barr-Anderson’s BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health), NIH K12 grant.
Tucker Center hosted first-ever Creating Change Conference
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport hosted its first-ever Creating Change Conference on November 2, 2011 at the TCF Bank Stadium DQ room. The exciting sold-out event included presentations from scholars, leaders, advocates, practitioners and policy makers committed to girls and women in sport from the region and across the US and globe.
Highlights of the conference included an invited keynote panel titled, “A Great Conversation with Sport Media Scholars.” Tucker Center Director Mary Jo Kane, Ph.D., was joined on the panel by seminal sport media researchers, Michael Messner, Ph.D., (University of Southern California) and Margaret Carlisle Duncan, Ph.D., (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). The panel was moderated by Cheryl Cooky, Ph.D., (Purdue University). [Pictured left-to-right: Duncan, Messner, Kane, & Cooky]
Additionally, several graduate student represented the School of Kinesiology at the conference. Doctoral students John Lisec, Vicki Schull, and Chelsey Thul presented at the conference, while doctoral student Julia Dutove and masters student Bria Borcherding participated in the poster session.
Pictures from the conference are available online via the Tucker Center’s Facebook page.
Ingraham presents at MN High School Conference, will attend meeting of Wellness Advocacy Group
Dr. Stacy Ingraham, Kinesiology lecturer in exercise physiology, presented at the Minnesota State High School Conference on November 1 in Elk River, Minnesota. Her presentation was titled; “Optimizing Performance: Nutritional Guidelines.”
In addition, Ingraham has been selected as an invited panel member for the Wellness Advocacy Group, which is meeting November 17-18 in Chicago.
Kihl and doctoral candidate Schull publish in Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
Dr. Lisa Kihl, associate professor of sport management in Kinesiology, and her advisee, doctoral candidate Vicki Schull, recently published a manuscript titled “Leadership and Facilitating an Intercollegiate Athletic Department Merger” in the 2011 Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Volume 4.
Dr. Kihl is the first author of the manuscript and Ms. Schull is second author. Ms. Schull is also advised by Dr. Mary Jo Kane.
Tom Smith to present at World Usability Day
Dr. Tom Smith, adjunct faculty member in human factors in the School of Kinesiology, will be presenting at World Usability Day Thursday, November 10, on the University campus in 402 Walter Library.
Dr. Smith’s topic is “The Ergonomics of Learning: Learning Environment Design and Usability are Key to Student Learning Outcomes.” He will be presenting from 7 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Konczak published in the Journal of Neurophysiology
Juergen Konczak, PhD, Kinesiology professor of biomechanics and neuromotor control, was recently published in the October 26 Epub of the Journal of Neurophysiology. (The Epub is released before the print edition.)
Konczak is the senior author of the paper, “Two Hands, One Perception: How Bimanual Haptic Information Is Combined by the Brain,” an international collaboration with his colleagues from the Italian Institute of Technology in Genova: Squeri V, Sciutti A, Gori M, Masia L, and Sandini G.
Kane to be featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning”
Mary Jo Kane, PhD, professor of Sport Sociology and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, will be featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning” show on Thursday, November 3, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Kane will be discussing with Midmorning host Kerri Miller the ways in which sports are changing women’s lives and the current state of women and sports, the theme of the Girls & Women in Sport and Physical Activity Conference sponsored by the Tucker Center and held at TCF Bank Stadium November 2.
Appearing with Kane will be Don Sabo, Ph.D., from the Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health, D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY. Professor Sabo, considered one of the most important empirical researchers in the U.S. on girls and women in sport, delivered the conference’s keynote address, “From Exclusion to Leadership: What History and Research Tell Us about Women’s Continuing Achievements in Sports.”
Ross presented with honors, awards at Sport Marketing Association Conference
Stephen Ross, Ph.D., associate professor of sport management and director of kinesiology undergraduate programs, attended the annual Sport Marketing Association Conference in Houston, Texas, October 26-29.
Ross presented several studies and was awarded the Best Conference Paper along with his co-authors and former doctoral students Dr. Patrick Walsh (Indiana University) and Dr. James Chien (National Taipei University). He was also honored by having one of his articles chosen for the Top 20 Most Influential Articles of the past 20 years by Sport Marketing Quarterly.
Yoo, Huberty, and Shreffler present at Sport Marketing Association Conference
Sport Management doctoral students, Jinhee Yoo, Lana Huberty, and Megan Shreffler, each presented peer-reviewed research studies at the annual Sport Marketing Association Conference in Houston, Texas, October 26-29.
Huberty, L., Shreffler, M., Yoo, J., Brownlee, E. & Ross, S. (2011). Motivations behind Fantasy Football league participation.
Huberty, L. Shreffler, M., Yoo, J., Brownlee, E. & Ross, S. (2011). Establishing a strategic view of sports events: Multiphase brand experience.
Walsh, P., Chien, C., & Ross, S. (2011). Sport teams as brand extensions: A Case of Taiwanese baseball
Shreffler, M., Huberty, L., & Ross, S. (2011). Personal experience transference: The impact of word of mouth in intercollegiate sport
Yoo, J., Ross, S. & Brownlee, E. (2011). A conceptual model for understanding online purchase intentions of licensed sport merchandise.
Ms. Huberty and Ms. Shreffler are advised by Prof. Stephen Ross. Ms. Yoo is co-advised by Prof. Ross and Rayla Allison, J.D., sport management lecturer.
Wiese-Bjornstal delivers keynote at Western Illinois
Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Kinesiology professor in sport and exercise psychology, delivered the fourth annual Cheryl J. Cohen Lecture on October 25 at Western Illinois University. Wiese-Bjornstal presentation was titled, “Understanding the Psychological Story of Sport Injury”.
Konczak presents at Technical University of Munich
On October 20, 2011, Dr. Juergen Konczak, biomechanics professor in Kinesiology, gave an invited presentation at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. His talk was titled, “Motor learning and recovery of function after injury to the cerebellum.” Next to the the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), the Technical University of Munich is one of the premier institutions in the natural and engineering sciences in Europe (http://portal.mytum.de/welcome_en/).
Maureen Weiss gives Distinguished Lecture at SCAPPS Conference
Maureen Weiss, professor of Kinesiology in the psychology of physical activity, gave the Albert V. Carron Distinguished Lecture at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on October 14, 2011. The title of her research talk was, “Positive youth development through sport: Old wine in a new bottle.” The keynote was developed to honor the longstanding research of Bert Carron, professor emeritus at University of Western Ontario, which revolved around psychosocial factors related to group dynamics in sport and exercise, coach-athlete relationships, and interventions integrating theory, research, and quality of life.
Ji quoted in Esquire on high-intensity interval training
The November edition of Esquire features a story on the benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIIT), which involves intense spurts of activity for short periods of time followed by rest. Dr. Li Li Ji, exercise physiology professor and director of the School of Kinesiology, was quoted in the article about the advantages of HIIT in boosting metabolism, which has the effect of burning calories for hours after the exercise session is over. “Think of it as a fireplace: It doesn’t go out totally. It keeps glowing,” he says. To read the full article, go to this link:
http://www.esquire.com/features/extreme-health/high-intensity-interval-training-workout-1111
Kinesiology alumna Barbara Ainsworth featured on CEHD Web site
One of Kinesiology’s distinguished alums, Dr. Barbara Ainsworth, is profiled on the CEHD Web site this fall. Now a professor of exercise and wellness at Arizona State University, Dr. Ainsworth earned her master’s degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
She came to the U of M-Twin Cities to earn her Ph.D. in exercise physiology in 1987. While here, she met Prof. Art Leon, who helped shape the research interests she remains passionate about today. Leon, who was then in the School of Public Health, offered Ainsworth a two-year post-doctoral appointment, and together they worked on a grant-funded project looking at people’s physical activity levels as compared to their responses on national surveys. Today, Prof. Leon is an exercise physiology professor in Kinesiology.
View the full article here.