The School of Kinesiology Graduate Studies Office proudly presents the following lectures during the spring 2022 semester. Attend via the Zoom links below. Missed a lecture? Check back for past presentation recordings.
1.) What Price a Martian: Human Limits to Exploring the Red Planet
Speaker: Dr. James Pawelczyk, Penn State University
Date and Time: February 25, 2022, 2:30-3:30pm CST
Host: Dr. Christopher Lundstrom
Bio: Dr. James (Jim) Pawelczyk is an Associate Professor of Physiology, Kinesiology, and Medicine at Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development. He founded and directs the University’s novel dual-title Ph.D. program in Clinical and Translational Sciences, and has received awards for his contributions to the University’s teaching and outreach missions. Dr. Pawelczyk’s research focuses on the dynamic regulation of blood pressure, and how disuse atrophy affects blood pressure regulation. Problems with moment-to-moment regulation of blood pressure lead to orthostatic intolerance, an inability to maintain adequate blood flow to the brain that affects as many as 500,000 Americans. The condition is routinely observed following spaceflight, which Dr. Pawelczyk has studied as a NASA funded investigator for the past six years. In 1995 he was selected as a Payload Specialist for the Neurolab space shuttle mission, and flew aboard STS-90 on the space shuttle Columbia in 1998. Dr. Pawelczyk assists the formation of U.S. space life sciences strategy. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space, and is an active member of the NASA Advisory Council’s Research Subcommittee for Human Exploration, the National Research Council’s Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space, and the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Aerospace Medicine and Extreme Environments.
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Meeting ID: 980 2529 3461
Passcode: Mv8Rq3
2.) Exercise for people living with multiple sclerosis: Improving access and targeting motor function
Speaker: Dr. Cameron Mang, University of Regina
Date and Time: March 4, 2022, 12:30-1:30pm CST
Host: Dr. Rachel Hawe
Short bio: Dr. Cameron Mang is an Assistant Professor in Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina. His research aims to improve understanding of factors that support neuroplasticity toward advances in rehabilitation for people living with motor impairment due to chronic neurological conditions. He uses techniques in electrophysiology to study how the central nervous system controls movement and the impact of neurological conditions on these processes. He also is the founder of a community exercise program (Enrich Neurorehab) for people with chronic neurological conditions. His dual role as a researcher and practicing kinesiologist/clinical exercise physiologist fosters the development of clinically meaningful research and knowledge mobilization.
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Meeting ID: 916 5631 5566
Passcode: MwLp6p
3.) Socioeconomic impacts of sporting events-sport participation
Speaker: Dr. Marijke Taks, Vice Dean for Research, University of Ottawa
Date and Time: March 22, 2022, 2:30-3:30pm CST
Host: Dr. Clinton Warren
Location: Akerman Hall, Minneapolis campus, room 209 (and via Zoom, please see below)
Short bio: Dr. Marijke Taks is an expert in socioeconomic aspects of sport and leisure. Her grant-supported research focuses particularly on impacts, outcomes and leveraging of small and medium sized sport events, and their meaning for host communities. She also studies sport consumer behavior of various groups in society. Mass participation and the “Sport for All” philosophy guide her research. She has published her work in leading journals of sport management and related fields. Dr. Taks is an accomplished teacher and has demonstrated her expertise as an advisor by supervising over 100 student research projects. She is past-editor of the European Sport Management Quarterly (2009-2011), associate editor of the Journal of Sport Management and the Journal of Global Sport Management, and editorial board member of the European Sport Management Quarterly, the Journal of Sport Sponsorship and Marketing, and guest reviewer for a wide variety of journals in the field of sport management, sport marketing and sport tourism.
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Meeting ID: 930 0608 2054
Passcode: 8vaeM3
4.) Crop tops, leggings, and midriffs, Oh My!: The activewear phenomenon and fit femininity
Speaker: Dr. Julie Brice, University of Waikato
Date and Time: April 8, 2022, 11am-12pm CST
Host: Dr. Dunja Antunovic
Speaker Bio: Dr. Julie Brice is a feminist sport sociologist currently working as a research assistant at the University of Waikato (New Zealand). She received her doctoral degree in sport sociology from the University of Waikato and her master’s in physical cultural studies from the University of Maryland. Her main research interests explore the social, cultural, and political influences that affect women’s embodied experiences of physical activity, as well as innovations within the qualitative research process. Her most recent work has focused on the activewear phenomenon, exploring the ways activewear is linked with fit femininity, societal constructions of gender, and women’s understandings of their bodies and physical activity. Alongside this, she has extensively explored the impact of new materialist theory on the qualitative research process and its application for feminist sport scholars. She is the author of numerous publications around activewear, gender, and new materialisms, and co-author of Feminist New Materialisms, Sport and Fitness: A Lively Entanglement.
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Meeting ID: 923 3047 4823
5.) Exploring the benefits of exercise for cognitive performance across the lifespan
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Etnier
Date and Time: April 25, 2022, 2:30-3:30pm CST
Host: Dr. Chelsey Thul
Speaker Bio: Dr. Jennifer Etnier is the Julia Taylor Morton Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She received her degrees from the University of Tennessee (B.S.), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (M.A.), and Arizona State University (Ph.D.). Her research focuses on the effects of acute and chronic exercise for cognitive performance across the lifespan. She is currently conducting NIH R01-funded studies focused on the effects of physical activity on cognitive performance, blood-based biomarkers, and cerebral structure and function of adults with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Etnier is a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and American College of Sports Medicine. She served as President of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) and Editor of the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (JAPA), Associate Editor for the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (JSEP), and Section Editor for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport as well as an editorial board member for many other kinesiology journals.
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Meeting ID: 922 2434 8524
Passcode: tATWT3
