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Faculty & Research

HPER's more than 100 full-time faculty members are internationally known for their research and leadership contributions in the fields of health, kinesiology, and recreation, parks, and tourism. Faculty research explores a broad range of topics from factors that contribute to movement science, to healthy lifestyle choices and personal health, to environmental issues.

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• Applied Health Science
• Kinesiology
• Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies

Profiles

Faculty Member	Contact	Research Areas

Randi "Jeanie" Alter Project Manager/Lead Evaluator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park Suite 110

Adolescent drug use, prevention interventions

Trent Applegate Lecturer/Emergency Care Academic Director

[send e-mail] (812) 856-4009 HPER 116

CPR Retention, Automated External Defibrillation (AED), School Health

Holly Aungst Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0575 HPER 179H

physical education

David Austin Professor Emeritus

[send e-mail] 812-855-3086

Recreation, park administration

Cem M. Basman Director/Assistant Professor, Bradford Woods

[send e-mail] (765) 342-2915 Bradford Woods

interpretation, tourism, visitor behavior

Charles Beeker Director—Office of Underwater Science and Educational Resources

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5748

Marine research, scuba diving, shipwrecks, underwater science

Robert E. Billingham, Sr. Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5208 Poplars Building, Room 616

Applied health science, divorce, interpersonal relationships

Earl Blair Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-4887 HPER Building, Room 116

safety performance

Fern Bonchek Adjunct Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4711 HPER building, Room 133

therapeutic recreation, human and animal interactions, equine assisted activities

Zobeida Bonilla Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6976 Poplars 617

culture, health promotion and disease prevention

Jeffrey Bransford Associate Director

[send e-mail] (812) 856-3870 IU Research Park, Suite 101

Recreation resource policy, public financial administration, human resource management, knowledge management, public services marketing, change management

Carla Janáe Brown Research Associate/Evaluation Specialist

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5109 IU Research Park, Suite 110M

JoAnne Bunnage Academic Specialist

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5210 Woodlawn House

Research methods, leadership development, early educational awareness programs

Zachary Carnagey Program Manager

[send e-mail] (812) 856-3881 IU Research Park Suite 101

Simulation, Immersive Learning, asset management

Selene Carter Visiting Guest Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-2819 HPER 112 Room 176

dance improvisation, site specific performance, contact improvisation, contemporary dance, dance history

Charles Chancellor Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0302 HPER building, Room 133

tourism, tourist travel patterns, GIS, land trust and tourism collaboration

Robert Chapman Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-2452 HPER 046A

Dan Cheeseman Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4489 HPER 112

Joseph S. Chen Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1880 HPER Building, Room 148

Hospitality, Tourism, Marketing, Health Tourism

Allison Chopra Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 961-8519 HPER 296

Galen Clavio Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3367 HPER 170

Sport communication, marketing, management, new media, blogs, video games, social networking

Shu Cole Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9037 HPER 133 E

tourist experience management, tourists' service evaluations

Erin Cooperman AmeriCorps Program Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 856-0064 Smith Research 197

Law, Health, Policy, Service, Internship, AmeriCorps.

Donetta Cothran Chair, Kinesiology

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6430 HPER Building, Room 179

Pedagogy, students, curriculum, school health

James Crowe Professor Emeritus of Applied Health Science

[send e-mail] (812) 855-2429

Applied health science

Leila Dabbagh Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-7963 HPER 116

Jun Dai Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8461 Woodlawn House, Room 203

epidemiology, cardiovascular, nutrition, diet, diabetes

Jesus Dapena Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8407 HPER Building, Room 071

Sport biomechanics; motion analysis; sport techniques

Mallori DeSalle Community Prevention Specialist/Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5735 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Carrie Docherty Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-6035 University Gymnasium, Room 100

Ankle instability

Brian Dodge Assistant Research Scientist

[send e-mail] (812) 856-0792 8th Street House

Sexual health, bisexuality, sexually transmitted infections (STI), HIV/AIDS, condoms

Andrea Eagleman Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-0868 HPER 174

Sport Management, Sport Communication, Sport Public Relations, Sport Marketing, Sport Management Pedagogy, New Media, Race, Gender, Nationality

Nancy T. Ellis Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9441 HPER building, Room 134

women's and adolescent's health risk behaviors, school and community health interventions, faith based research related to health risk behaviors

Ruth Engs Professor Emeritus

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9581 Poplars Building, Room 615

health reform, spiritual health, alcohol abuse

Alan W. Ewert Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8116 HPER Building, Room 133A

Adventure recreation, environmental attitudes, outdoor activities, risk-taking behavior, recreational environments

Kathy Lyn Finley Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-7643 Poplars 624

Alyce D. Fly Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-7975 HPER Building, Room 005

Nutrition, dietetics, nutrient metabolism, food patterns

Sherilyn Foley Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3061 HPER Building, Room 112

Dance, art, choreography, workshops, studios

Georgia C. Frey Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1262 HPER Building, Room 179

Disabilities, physical activity

David L. Gallahue Former Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1561 HPER Building, Room 111

Children's motor development, movement of skillled learning, physical activity and motor performance, obesity intervention, children's hero choices

Ruth Gassman Executive Director

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park Suite 110

Alcohol abuse, drug abuse, health services

Victoria M. Getty Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1531 Woodlawn House Building, Room 201

Nutrition education

Deb Getz Director, Center for Student Leadership Development

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9072 HPER Building, Room 394

leadership development, curriculum design, and diversity education

Asghar Gharakhani Academic Specialist

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3156 CSLD, HPER 394

Kathleen R. Gilbert Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5209 Poplars Building, 619

Bereavement, loss and grieving in the context of family, death of a child, infant and pregnancy loss, loss and meaning making, stress and resilience in the family

Desiree D. Goetze Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Evelyn Goldsmith Special Assistant to the Dean

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3686 HPER 179

Robert Goodman Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1561 HPER 121

Katie Grove Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program Director

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3640 Assembly Hall, Room 150

Tyler D. Hack Visiting Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8502 HPER 147

Gwendolyn Hamm Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6076 HPER Building, Room 112D

Choreography, jazz, modern dance, Web-based dance

Richard Hardy Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9295 Poplars 626

Jeremy Hatch Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (317) 650-5106

Betty Haley Haven Professor Emeritus

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0510 HPER Building, Room 112-B

Barbara Hawkins Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-7031 HPER Building, Room 147B

aging, active living, healthy aging, aging well, intellectual and developmental disabilities, statistical modeling of age change

Phillip L. Henson Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6926 HPER Building, Room 112

Track and field, coaching

Debra Herbenick Research Scientist and Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0364 8th Street House

women's sexual health, sexual enhancement products, sexual pleasure, condom use, male and female sexual function

Cheryl L. Holmes Senior Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4019 Poplars Building, 621

Safety, health

Shayla Holtkamp Guest Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3818 HPER 116

S. Lee Hong Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-0638 HPER 112, Room 168

Dynamical systems, complexity, motor behavior, aging, development

Bruce Hronek Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-7819 HPER Building, Room 133

Recreation and tourism legal liability, outdoor risk management, natural resource management

Lesa Lorenzen Huber Clinical Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1733 Smith Research Center, Room 197

Gerontology, geriatric education, aging

Ann Huntoon Adjunct Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5523 HPER 179

Aquatics, Teacher Education, Gifted Students, Physical Education

Julie James Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 340-3044 Poplars 624

Lynn M. Jamieson Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8676 HPER Building, Room 129

Tourism image salience, leisure industry

Jeanne D. Johnston Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5073 HPER Building, Room 042

Physical activity, games for health, young adults, and technology interventions.

Aaron Jones Research Associate/Operations Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8263 IU Research Park Suite 110

Mi Kyung Jun Research Associate and ATOD Survey Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Noy S. Kay Clinical Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-2156 HPER Building, Room 140

Health promotion, lifestyles education, international health study, death education

Patrick Kelly Martial Arts Program Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4143

martial arts, aggression and violence in sport, conflict de-escalation and resolution, mind-body wellness, victimization prevention

Carol Kennedy-Armbruster Senior Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6083 HPER Building, Room 296D

Functional training, water exercise, healthy lifestyles

Robert Kessler Academic Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4232 HPER 296-C

scuba, sailing, waterfront, aquatics, rowing

Kiboum Kim Post Doctoral Fellow

[send e-mail] (812) 856-5819 HPER 192

Rosemary King Evaluator/Grantwriter

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9150 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Jackie J. Kingma Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (480) 510-8703 University Gym, Room 100

Joanne Klossner Clinical Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-1570 Smith Research Center

professional socialization, self-efficacy of novice professionals, student retention, issues of curriculum and instruction in student learning

Doug Knapp Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3094 HPER Building, Room 133

Environmental education, interpretation, and global environmental issues

Julie S. Knapp Internship Coordinator and Advisor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-1068 HPER Building, Room 156

David M. Koceja Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-7302 HPER Building, Room 121

Neuromuscular control, spinal reflex system, elderly, motor control, balance

Lloyd J. Kolbe Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 322-2022 HPER Building, Room 136

Child and adolescent health status, policies, programs

Dae Hee Kwak Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4738 HPER 112, Room 172

sport marketing, sport management

Jasynda Lacy Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3919 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Robert E. Lawrence Instructor Emeritus

[send e-mail] N/A

Mary A. Lay Project Manager

[send e-mail] (812) 856-4885 IU Research Park Suite 110

David LeBeau Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4489 HPER 296

Stress Reduction, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mind/Body

Stephen Lewis Visiting Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8504 HPER 133

Choonghoon Lim Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855 – 0510 HPER 112

Sport marketing, sport media, sport management, media violence and online sport

Alice Lindeman Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6437 HPER 294A

Health care and wellness, preventive health care, minerals, vitamins and nutrients, nutrition, sports

Margaret Lion Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-0006 HPER 166

David K. Lohrmann Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-5101 HPER Building, Room 144

School health promotion, health education, alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse prevention, sexuality education and HIV/STD prevention

Gerald Marsischky Adjunct Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3627 Poplars 626

health, safety, fire, disasters, chemicals, hazardous materials, OSHA

Bryan P. McCormick Associate Chair for Research and Graduate Education

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3482 HPER Building, Room 133

Mental illnesses, social and community functioning

Christy McCormick Program Manager, The Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands

[send e-mail] (812) 856-2366 IU Research Park

Thomas McKinney Adjunct Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-5523 HPER 112

Joel F. Meier Professor Emeritus

[send e-mail] (812) 815-4189 HPER Building, Room 133

Adventure, outdoor education, outdoor leadership, and organized camping, history of conservation

Timothy D. Mickleborough Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0753 HPER Building, Room 036

Nutrition, respiratory muscle infection, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

Susan E. Middlestadt Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-5768 8th Street House

Psychosocial and behavioral issues, pregnancy prevention, nutrition, school health, tobacco

Michelle Miller Coordinator, Fitness Specialist Degree Program

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8167 HPER Building, Room 296

Fitness assessment, exercise program design, and prescription for special populations

Tony Mobley Dean Emeritus—HPER, Professor Emeritus of Recreation and Park Administration

[send e-mail] 812-855-1561

Physical and leisure ducation, outdoor recreation, park administration

Robert Morgan Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-4909 HPER 164

Michelle Mosely Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1436 IU Research Park, Suits 100

festival attendance

Rasul A. Mowatt Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4711 HPER building, Room 133

leadership development, diversity in leisure, violence in leisure settings

Maresa J. Murray Clinical Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-5213 HPER Building, Room 146

Family Health, Ethnic Minority Families, Media Influence on Families, Religiosity, Social Support

Larry Newton Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3627

Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Indoor Air Quality, Green Building, Formaldehyde, exposure assessments

Carole E. Nowicke Reference Librarian/Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park Suite 110

Applied health Science, oral history, archives and manuscripts, 19th century American music and culture, the tuba, dressage, combined driving (carriage)

Cecilia S. Obeng Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-0502 HPER Building, Room 296-I

Children's health, African immigrant families in the United States, cultural roles in disease perception and management

Fernando Ona Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8361 HPER 296G

environmental health, social epidemiology, sociomedical sciences

Willena Pearson Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8323 Poplars Building, Room 620

Paul M. Pedersen Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4066 HPER Building, Room 170

Sport communication, sport organization personnel, intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, sport management

George Pinney Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0839 Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, A300J

Laura Poole Senior Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-2521 HPER Building, Room 182

Modern dance, choreography, videography

John S. Raglin Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1844 HPER Building, Room 112-I

William D. Ramos Director, Aquatics Institute

[send e-mail] (812) 856-7161 HPER Building, Room 104

aquatics

Shahla Ray Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0843 HPER Building, Room 296H

Diet and pulmonary function, airway hyperresponsiveness

Michael Reece Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0068 8th Street House

sexual health promotion, HIV-related mental health care

Mary Lou Remley Professor Emerita

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1230

Kinesiology

Mick Renneisen Adjunct Instructor

[send e-mail] (812) 349-3711 Showers Building, Suite 250

James Ridenour Professor Emeritus of Recreation and Park Administration

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8396

Recreation and park administration

Craig M. Ross Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3102 HPER Building, Room 132

Recreational sport management, youth sports, technology, and pedagogy

Ruth V. Russell Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-1960 HPER Building, Room 158

Tourism, leisure

Katharine Sadler Community Prevention Specialist

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Gary A. Sailes Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0538 HPER Building, Room 112

Sport sociology, race, professional sport

Susan Samuel Research Associate, ATOD Survey Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1237 IU Research Park Suite 110

Maria K. Schmidt Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9892 Poplars Building, Room 622

Child development, teaching models

John Schrader Associate Chair, Kinesiology

[send e-mail] (812) 856-4509

Kinesiology, athletic training

Barbara Seitz de Martinez Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6776 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Dong-Chul Seo Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-9379 HPER Building, Room 028

tobacco, alcohol, obesity

Daniel R. Sharpless Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4711 HPER Building, Room 127

Parks and recreation

Elizabeth Shea Clinical Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-7020 HPER Building, Room 112

Dance, technology, skill acquisition, teaching, learning

John B. Shea Professor

[send e-mail] (81) 856-6045 IU Research Park Suite 111

Motor Skills, Motor Control, Motor Learning, Training, Ergonomics, Human Factors, Wellness

Catherine Sherwood Clinical Associate Professor

[send e-mail] HPER

Sexual health education, cancer prevention, cancer education, program planning

Nathan W. Shier Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-8461 Woodlawn House, Room 203

Food composition; phytochemicals

Brandon Sieg Adjunct Instructor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3984 HPER 296

martial arts, self defense, taekwondo, hapkido, tai chi

Greg Simmons Adjunct Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 330-1012

Strength, conditioning, resistance training, explosive weight training, plyometric training, athletic performance, powerlifting

David M. Skirvin Assistant Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1561 HPER Building, Room 111

budget, finance, fund raising, administration, management

Kevin J. Slates Clinical Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-3766 HPER Building, Room 116D

Unintentional injury prevention, biological occupational and environmental hazards, industrial hygiene, ergonomics

Joel Stager Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1637 HPER Building, Room 032

Human stress physiology, oxygen transport, human development and aging, competitive swimming

Clinton H. Strong Professor Emeritus

[send e-mail] N/A

Andrew Tharp Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (765) 242-5219 HPER 296

Swordsmanship, Fencing, Weapons, Strategy

Krisha Thiagarajah Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 856-5231 HPER Building, Room 116 J

Nutrition

Jim Thomas Adjunct Faculty, PAIP Program

[send e-mail] (812) 856-6707 HPER 112

Walter Archie Tinsley EMT-Basic Course Coordinator

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3627 HPER 116

CPR, EMT, First Responder, First Aid, AED

Andrea Titzer Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-0864 IU Research Park

Mohammad R. Torabi Chancellor's Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-4808 HPER Building, Room 116

Public health education, prevention, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS

Marieke Van Puymbroeck Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3093 HPER Building, Room 133

quality of life for informal caregivers, alternative therapy interventions

Alison Voight Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] 812-856-1965 HPER 133

Therapeutic Outdoor Programs, Theory-based Processing, Best Practices in Accessibility

Janet P. Wallace Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6384 HPER Building, Room 070J

Endothelial function

Kim Watson Lecturer

[send e-mail] (928) 638-7961 Albright Training Center

Jerry Diana Wilkerson Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-1561 HPER Building, Room 111-C

Sport techniques, fundamental movement

Michael S. Willett Associate Chair, Kinesiology

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6210 HPER 296 and IU Research Park 104

Youth Fitness, Strength Training

Antonio S. Williams Lecturer

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3061 HPER 112-J

sport marketing, personal fitness, branding

Stephen A Wolter Executive Director, Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3095 Indiana University Research Park

Public parks, recreation, public lands, trail use

William L. Yarber Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-7974 HPER 142

AIDS/HIV, sex, human sexuality, sexually transmitted disease

Sherril York Executive Director, National Center on Accessibility

[send e-mail] (812) 856-4425 Showers Building, Suite 109

Sarah J. Young Associate Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 855-3085 HPER Building, Room 133-F

Legal issues in recreation and sport

Ahmed YoussefAgha Assistant Professor

[send e-mail] (812) 856-6782 HPER 138

Biostatistics, Decision Analysis, Information Systems, Simulation

Steven Randolph Zaffuto Evaluation Specialist/Research Associate

[send e-mail] (812) 855-6307 IU Research Park, Suite 110

Justin Zuschlag Adjunct Faculty

[send e-mail] (812) 856-5834 HPER 112