Faculty listed by Alphabet
Research Areas : Physical Cultural Studies
Research Focus : Social Injustices and Inequalities, Sociology of Sport, Health, and Physical Activity
Research Summary : Sports and late capitalism; Cultural Studies; Contemporary cultural theory; Globalization and sport; For more information please see Physical Cultural Studies Website or Dr Andrews' research webpage.
Research Areas : Pedagogical Studies
Research Focus : Motivation, Physical Education
Research Summary : Dr. Chen's current research focus is on examining the motivational effects of personal and situational interests on learning in physical education. The research has examined the relationship between interests and students' motivation processes and teachers' curriculum design in secondary school physical education. The ultimate research goal is to develop a conceptual model articulating the effects of interests on knowledge and skill acquisition in physical education and serving as a framework for designing highly motivating physical education curricula for K-12 learners.
Clark, Jane
Professor and Chair, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Developmental Motor Control, Motor Development, Movement Disorders
Research Summary : Jane E. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology. Her work focuses on understanding the development of movement control and coordination in motor skills. Using a dynamic systems approach, Dr. Clark and her colleagues have demonstrated that the newly walking infants limbs, like those of the adult walker, act like coupled nonlinear limit cycle oscillators at both the intralimb and interlimb levels of coordination. Her current work examines the role of sensory information in the development of upright posture and locomotion in infants.
Contreras-Vidal, Jose Luis
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Brain Machine Interaction, Computational Motor Neuroscience, Motor Control, Motor Learning, Movement Disorders
Research Summary : My research program integrates behavioral and computational neuroscience methods to study the neural mechanisms and computational principles underlying adaptive sensory-motor control in humans during normal and neurological conditions. To accomplish the above goal we use infrared 3D motion recording, digitizing tablets, electromyography, high-density electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG), and computer simulations of large-scale, biologically-plausible, neural networks of motor systems including the spinal cord, fronto-parietal networks, the basal ganglia and the cerebellum.
Research Areas : Pedagogical Studies
Research Focus : Curriculum, Physical Education
Research Summary : Professor Ennis' research focuses on curriculum theory and development in physical education and physical activity with specific applications to urban school settings. She is a member of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education and has published over 60 refereed research articles in journals in education and physical education. She has made over 150 presentations to international, national, and regional audiences and has co-authored two books.
Research Focus : Physical Activity Epidemiology, Physical Activity Intervention
Introduction : Mira Grieser, M.H.S., is a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Kinesiology. She received her masters degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, department of International Health. She has experience in program evaluation, instrument development, and qualitative data collection and analysis. Her research interests focus on physical activity, obesity, and chronic disease prevention. She is currently working on Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG), a multi-site study.
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Focus : Aging, Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology, Exercise Intervention, Exercise and Genomics
Research Summary : Jim Hagberg, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr Hagberg is also the Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Health and Human Performance. He is also a Professor of Geriatrics/Gerontology in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center. His major academic emphasis is research and he is currently heavily funded by NIH.
Hatfield, Bradley
Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Aging, Exercise Psychophysiology, Exercise and Genomics, Sport Psychology
Research Summary : The focus of Dr. Hatfield's program in exercise and sport psychology deals with both the health-related and performance-related aspects of humans in exercise/sport settings. The psychophysiological methodological approach is adhered to in order to attempt to describe possible mechanisms underlying the mental health aspects of exercise involvement. Additionally, performance-related issues have involved the study of hemispheric EEG activity in athletes of varying skill levels while performing in controlled environments to assess associated cognitive and emotive processes.
Haufler, Amy
Research Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Introduction : Amy Haufler is a Research Assistant Professorin the Department of Kinesiology. Her research area is Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Hurley, Ben
Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Focus : Aging, Exercise Intervention, Exercise and Genomics
Research Summary : My research interests consist of the effects of aging and exercise training on risk factors for age-related diseases and disability, with emphasis on the effects of age, gender and genetics on health-related responses to strength training.
Research Focus : Sport Psychology
Research Summary : Dr. Iso-Ahola's research interests and activities are two-fold: (1) Social psychological factors in athletic performance (e.g. mental training), and (2) social psychology of exercise and health (e.g. motivation for exercise). He has published four books and over 70 research articles in refereed journals and chapters in edited books. He has received 3 prestigious research awards and has been invited to serve as distinguished visiting professor in Australia, Canada, Finland, Holland, and New Zealand.
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Computational Motor Neuroscience, Motor Control, Movement Disorders, Sensorimotor Integration
Research Summary : In my laboratory, we study how the brain combines sensory information about the environment and one's own body movement to better understand patient populations with neurological disease and injury that lead to balance problems.
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Motor Control, Motor Development, Motor Learning, Movement Disorders
Introduction : My research program focuses on developmental aspects of 1) sensorimotor integration and adaptation, and 2) bimanual coordination and intermanual interactions, using behavioral and neurophysiological experimental techniques. One goal of this research is to better understand the motor problems of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).
Kiemel, Tim
Research Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Computational Neuroscience, Motor Control, Neural Modeling
Introduction : Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience Research Focus : Computational Neuroscience, Motor Control, Neural Modeling
Research Focus : Sport Consumer Psychology
Research Summary : Joe Mahan's research interests lies in the area of sport consumer psychology. He examines social psychological factors related to sport marketing and media phenomena (e.g., promotions, advertising, and sponsorship) by drawing upon theories and constructs from disciplines such as psychology, marketing and communication (mass media).
McDaniel, Stephen
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Research Focus : Sport Consumer Psychology
Research Summary : Dr. McDaniel holds an affiliate appointment with the Department of Communication. His teaching and research are focused on marketing and media phenomena, in the area of sport management. He has presented his work to a number of academic groups including: The American Marketing Association, The Association for Consumer Research, The American Academy of Advertising, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the North American Society for Sociology of Sport and the North American Society for Sport Management.
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Motor Control, Motor Development, Movement Disorders
Introduction : Dr. Oliveira is interested in the neuromechanical factors affecting hand and finger force coordination and control. Age-related changes and experience have been examined using multi-digit pressing and prehension tasks to study the problem of "motor redundancy/abundance" and development of hand digit control in everyday manipulative tasks. His research population groups include infants, children, adults, elderly and patients with movement disorders. He is also studying the underlying development of finger force control strategies in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by characterizing changes in the neuromechanics variables as motor control develops.
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Summary : Trained as an exercise physiologist, Dr. Rogers' current interest are the effects of aging on skeletal muscle structure, function and metabolism. In addition, Dr. Rogers is looking at the effects of prolonged training and detraining of skeletal muscle via resistive exercise in young and old sedentary subjects. Dr. Rogers is currently the Chairperson of the Department of Kinesiology's Human Subject Review Committee.
Roth, Stephen M.
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Focus : Aging, Exercise and Genomics, Molecular Aspects of Exercise
Research Summary : Dr. Roth's areas of interest include understanding the role of genetic variation (and environmental interaction) in determining inter-individual differences in body composition, sarcopenia risk, exercise responses, and other health-related phenotypes; as well as using gene expression and functional genomics techniques and studying the mechanisms by which genetic variation influences skeletal muscle phenotypes.
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Focus : Physical Activity Epidemiology, Physical Activity Intervention
Research Summary : Brit I. Saksvig, Ph.D., M.H.S. is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology. Dr. Saksvig received her masters and doctorate degrees from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health. Her research interests focus on dietary and physical activity behaviors and their association with the prevention of chronic disease. Dr. Saksvig's primary interest is in developing and evaluating school and community-based interventions for children and adolescents.
Schultz, Jaime
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Physical Cultural Studies
Research Focus : Feminist Cultural Studies, History of Sport and Physical Activity, Social Injustices and Inequalities
Research Summary : Dr. Schultz is an Assistant Professor in Physical Cultural studies with an affiliate appointment in Women's Studies at the University of Maryland. Her research on sport and physical activity is informed by feminist cultural studies and new cultural history perspectives. She is concerned with narrativity, particularly as it intersects with issues of power including sex, gender, sexuality, "race" and ethnicity. Her research has won awards from the North American Society for the History of Sport, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, the Sport Literature Association and the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport. Her publications appear in The Journal of Sport History, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Sociology of Sport Journal, The International Journal of the History of Sport, Aethlon, Sport in Society, and Stadion.
Scott, Marvin
Instructor, Kinesiology
Introduction : Dr. Scott has been on the faculty in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park for the past sixteen years. He serves as an instructor and as the Coordinator of the Kinesiological Science program in the Department of Kinesiology. Dr. Scott has presented at local, state, regional and national AAHPERD conventions. In addition he has presented at the Black Faculty and Staff Association Conference at the University of Maryland and at the American Association of University Women annual conference.
Shim, Jae Kun
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Cognitive Motor Neuroscience
Research Focus : Aging, Biomechanics, Motor Control, Motor Development
Research Summary : Biomechanics, central nervous system (CNS) control, motor control, neuromechanics; Our research is currently focused on biomechanics and motor control of hand and digits as well as their applications to medicine, rehabilitation, and ergonomics. We are especially interested in understanding the CNS control of motor redundancy in multi-digit pressing and prehension, developments of manipulation coordination in typically developing children as well as children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and changes and intervention of manipulation coordination in elderly persons and persons with neurological/genetic disorders or stroke.
Silk, Michael
Associate Professor, currently on leave this academic year, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Physical Cultural Studies
Research Focus : Qualitative Research Design and Methods, Social Injustices and Inequalities, Sociology of Sport, Health, and Physical Activity, Sport and Cultural Studies
Research Summary : Michael L. Silk (Ph.D. University of Otago) is an Assistant Professor and a member of the Physical Cultural Studies Research Group in the Department of Kinesiology. For more information see the Physical Cultural Studies website.
Spangenburg, Espen
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Focus : Integrative Exercise Biology, Molecular Aspects of Exercise
Research Summary : The primary goal of Dr. Spangenburg's NIH-funded laboratory is to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate skeletal muscle function. In particular, the laboratory emphasis is focused on the cellular signaling mechanisms that various hormones and growth factors utilize to alter gene expression.
Research Areas : Physical Cultural Studies
Research Focus : Feminist Cultural Studies, History of Sport and Physical Activity, Social Injustices and Inequalities
Research Summary : Dr. Damion is a member of the Physical Cultural Studies Research Group in the Department of Kinesiology. For more information see the Physical Cultural Studies website.
Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics- Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics / Kinesiology
Research Areas : Exercise Physiology
Research Focus : Physical Activity Epidemiology, Physical Activity Intervention
Research Summary : Dr. Young is a physical activity epidemiologist with research experience and publications in physical activity assessment in community-based populations, evaluation of health benefits associated with physical activity, and determinants and adherence of physical activity behavior. Her research interests focus on physical activity behavior and its association with cardiovascular disease prevention. She has a primary interest in developing and evaluating community-based physical activity interventions, particularly in population subgroups that are known to be underactive. Much of her research has focused on working with minority and female samples. Dr. Young is a founding member of the Science Board of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and is the current Science Board Chair. She is also a faculty member in Kinesiology. Dr. Young's research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has led and participated in a number of extramurally-funded projects evaluating the effects of community-based interventions on physical activity, obesity and weight gain prevention, and cardiovascular disease risk factors. She is the Principal Investigator for the University of Maryland field site for the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG), a field-based, multi-center trial funded by NHLBI to reduce the decline in physical activity among middle school girls. more information
