The School of Kinesiology Graduate Studies Office is presenting the following lectures during the spring 2021 semester. Attend via the Zoom information below.
1.) The African American Sport and Physical Activity Experience
Speaker: Dr. Louis Harrison, Jr.
Date and Time: January 29, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (CST)
Host: Zan Gao, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Kinesiology
Short bio: Dr. Louis Harrison, Jr. holds the Charles H. Spence, Sr. Centennial Professorship in Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. His academic research is focused on the impact of race related stereotypes and the intersection of African American racial and athletic identity development on sport choices and performance. He is an Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the Society of Health and Physical Educators. Dr. Harrison has been awarded the SHAPE America Scholar, the Charles D. Henry and E. B. Henderson Awards from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (now SHAPE America). He was presented with the Athletic Leadership Award at the Black Student Athlete Summit at the University of Texas. Dr. Harrison is also co-founder of the Black Male Education Research Collection (BMERC.org).
If you missed this lecture, you can listen to it here.
2.) It Takes More Than Just Words: Demonstrating Black Lives REALLY Do Matter in Sport
Speaker: Dr. Kwame Agyemang
Date and Time: February 8, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Host: Clinton Warren, PhD, Lecturer in Sport Management, School of Kinesiology
Short bio: Dr. Kwame Agyemang is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University in the sport management program. He earned his B.A. degree in Political Science in 2007 and M.Ed. degree in Higher Education Administration in 2008, both from the University of Oklahoma. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Sport Management from Texas A&M University in 2011. His research examines institutional norms, structures, and processes in organizations and industries, most notably, how they shape the experiences of Black professionals in the sport industry. Dr. Agyemang has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles in various journals, including Organization, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, and Journal of African American Studies, among others. He is also the Editor for Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal. He also serves on several other editorial boards.
If you missed this lecture, you can listen to it here.
3.) Sex Differences in Reflex Cardiovascular Control during Hypoxia in Humans
Speaker: Dr. Jacqueline Limberg
Date and Time: February 19, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (CST)
Host: Sarah Greising, PhD, Assistant Professor, Exercise Physiology
Short bio: Dr. Limberg is a human integrative physiologist at University of Missouri. She is interested in mechanisms that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease in obese individuals and interventions that can reverse and/or prevent cardiovascular disease risk. Dr. Limberg is currently studying how blood flow and blood pressure are modulated by the nervous system in human obesity and related conditions, the effect of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and how these factors may differ between men and women.
4.) Psychosocial and Life Skill Development Through Sport: Where Do We Need to Go From Here?
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Gould
Date and Time: March 19, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (CST)
Host: Maureen Weiss, PhD, Professor, Psychology of Physical Activity, School of Kinesiology
Short bio: Dr. Daniel Gould is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports and the Gwen Norrell Professor of Youth Sports and Student-Athlete Well-Being Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Michigan State University. Dr. Gould has over 200 scholarly publications and has been invited to speak on sport psychology topics in over 30 countries. His research has been funded by organizations such as the U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S. Tennis Association, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, and National Wrestling Coaches Association. Dr. Gould has published three books on children’s sports and served as a founding coeditor of The Sport Psychologist. He co-authored (with Robert Weinberg), Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the most widely used textbook in sport and exercise psychology, and Understanding Psychological Preparation for Sport: Theory and Practice of Elite Performers (with Lew Hardy and Graham Jones). Among his awards, Dr. Gould holds an honorary doctoral degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussels, was the Bank of America Endowed Chair at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, was named USA Wrestling Man of the Year for his sport science work, and received the Michigan State University Outreach Scholarship and Community Partnership Award for his work with the Detroit Police Athletic League.
If you missed this lecture, you can watch it here.
5.) Identify Risk Factors for Patella Tendinopathy in College Basketball Players
Speaker: Dr. Bing Yu
Date and Time: April 2, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (CST)
Host: Zan Gao, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Kinesiology
Short bio: Dr. Yu a professor in Division of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in Education majored in biomechanics from Beijing Sport University in 1982, his Master Degree in Kinesiology from Kansas State University in 1988, and his Doctoral Degree in Exercise Science from University of Iowa. He completed his post-doctoral training in Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab at Mayo Clinic in 1996. He served in several study sections in NIH and CDC between 1999 and 2009, and in the NBA & GE Injury Prevention Research Review Panel, 2016, and also served or is serving in editorial boards, associate editor, section editor, or guest editors in 5 sports medicine related journals. His research areas include: (1) biomechanics of sports injuries, (2) biomechanics of sports techniques, and (3) musculoskeletal system modeling with over 150 peer reviewed publications.
