The Julia H. Post Lecture was established in 1984 to honor Miss Julia H Post, Chair
of the Department of Physical Education at Winthrop for 30 years. Miss Post came to
Winthrop in 1932, expecting to spend a few years here, and retired in 1962. To many
PEMs of the "Post Era", Miss Post and Physical Education were synonymous.
She made an effort to bring nationally known leaders in the field of physical education
to campus so that students had opportunities for interaction with them. She loaded
all the students who could fit into her car and took them to professional conferences
and made sure they me the people there. It was because of such efforts that alumnae
and colleagues thought a lecture in her name would be a fitting tribute and provide
opportunities to continue bringing leaders in the field to Winthrop.
When Miss Post retired in 1962, she left a legacy of a dynamic undergraduate physical
education program, a reputation that continues to this day. During her 26 years of
retirement prior to her death in 1988, she continued to have a positive impact on
physical education in South Carolina and at Winthrop. This lecture series was established
by her former students, friends, and colleagues.
1984 Linda Bunker - Dr. Bunker serves as Chairperson of Physical Education at the University of Virginia
at Charlottesville where she has been instrumental in building the department into
a nationally recognized one. Dr. Bunker is eminently qualified to initiate this series,
having received the Outstanding Alumna Award from the University of Illinois, Outstanding
Teacher Award from the University of Virginia, and the Mabel Lee Young Professional
Award given by AAHPERD.
1985 Clifford Lewis - Dr. Clifford G. Lewis was formerly Associate Dean for Instruction in the College
of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences at the University of Georgia at Athens where
she completed her undergraduate degree. She has had an outstanding career in physical
education, and her talents as a leader were recognized first by her selection as chairperson
of physical education at Georgia and later as Associate Dean in the College of Education,
Sport, and Human Sciences, a post from which she retired in January of this year.
She is the author of a number of articles, books, and monographs. Perhaps part of
her success can be attributed to her "training" at Winthrop under Miss Post when she
served as a young instructor in the Winthrop Physical Education Department.
1986 Mary Sue McElveen - As a student at Winthrop College, Mary Sue Britton was SGA treasurer, Senior Class
president, Senior Order Chair, and coordinator of a dance band. She graduated with
a B.S. degree in physical education and was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities.
The leadership she demonstrated as a student has been visible in her many activities
since her college days. Mrs. McElveen was twice elected as President of the Winthrop
College Alumni Association and served on the Executive Board for 12 years. In Lake
City Presbyterian Church, she served as historian, vocational guidance counselor,
circle chair, Sunday School teacher and held district and state offices in the women's
church groups. She currently chairs the Lake City Board of Directors of the Citizens
and Southern National Bank of South Carolina.
In 1970, Winthrop Alumni elected her to the Winthrop College Board of Trustees and,
in 1974, she was re-elected by the South Carolina Legislature. She has served continuously
since 1970 and was elected chair in 1985.
Mary Sue McElveen has given abundantly of her time and energy to her Alma Mater. She
exemplifies those distinctive qualities of the mind and the heart that Winthrop seeks
to develop in all its students.
1987 Paula Welch
1988 Paula Welch
1989 Jean Mundy - Dr. Jean Mundy is a professor and department head of Human Services and Studies
at Florida State University. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in recreation
from FSU and her Ed. D. from Columbia University. She was assistant professor of special
education and health at Winthrop from 1969-72. Her interests include leisure services,
recreation, special education and health.
Dr. Mundy is very active in the recreation and leisure services area, having served
as president of the Society of Park and Recreation Educators. She is much in demand
as a consultant in the United States and abroad. Her most recent consultation services
have been with the departments of Navy, Interior, and Defense, as well as with Walt
Disney World. She has made presentations in 14 countries and currently is doing recreation
training with the U.S. Air force at 26 bases.
In addition, Dr. Mundy has had grants funded in excess of $1.5 million and has had
numerous articles and books published. We welcome Dr. Jean Mundy back to Winthrop
to deliver this fifth address in the Post Lecture Series.
1989 Judith Wilkins Rose
1990 Jerry Thomas - Dr. Jerry Thomas is professor and chair of the Department of Exercise Science and
Physical Education at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Thomas received
a B.A. from Furman University and an M.A. and Ed. D. from the University of Alabama.
He is an active professional and has taught at the elementary, junior college and
university levels. He has been a participant, coach and director of athletics.
Dr. Thomas is an author, having written seven books, contributed chapters in at least
twelve others and has had more than one hundred articles published. He served as editor
of the Research Quarterly of the AAHPERD for six years. He is a renowned researcher,
having garnered more than a half million dollars in grants. Dr. Thomas is a Fellow
in the Research Consortium of AAHPERD.
He has a variety of interests and his thirst for knowledge makes him well educated
in many areas. He is among the foremost authorities in the U.S. on youth sports. Hs
is president-elect of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical
Activity. Currently he is the Alliance Scholar of AAHPERD. We welcome Dr. Thomas to
deliver the sixth annual Julia H. Post lecture.
1991 Ronald Hyatt
1991 S - Ronald Hyatt
1991 F - Judith Wilkins Rose
1992 Patsy Crockett Boroviak -Patsy Boroviak is an assistant professor of Human Performance and Sport Studies and
coordinator of the graduate assistantship programs at the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville. A native of Wytheville, Virginia, Mrs. Boroviak earned her B.S. degree
in health and physical education at the University of Tennessee, began her teaching
career at Armstrong College in Georgia, returned to her alma matter to earn a master's
degree and continued teaching at UT.
Ms. Boroviak has been an active member and leader in numerous professional associations
including the National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education, the
Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the Tennessee Women's
Golf Association, Pi Lambda Theta and the Southern Association for Physical Education
of College Women.
She has made presentations related to teaching, college physical education programs,
graduate assistantships and dance. Her numerous publications include co-authorship
of books on fitness, recreational dance and games for children. Her honors include
the TAHPERD Professional Honor Award, the NASPE Distinguished Achievement Award, an
SAPECW Presidential Citation and the University of Tennessee's Alumni outstanding
Teacher Award, the Phillips Professional Service Award and the Brady Teaching Award,
both given in the School of Human Performance and Sport Studies at Tennessee.
1993 Robert Jenkins - Robert T, "Bob" Jenkins currently holds the position of head track and cross country
coach and counselor at northwestern High School. Last summer he was named to the South
Carolina Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. His coaching experience includes
football, basketball, track and cross country with emphasis on the last two. He has
been at northwestern High School since 1971 and has been named regional Track Coach
of the Year 14 times, regional Cross Country Coach of the Year 10 times, S.C. Track
Coach of the Year 6 times, S.C. Cross Country Coach of the year 4 times, National
Track Coach of the Year, and National Cross Country Coach of the Year. He spearheaded
the development of cross country in the state, founded the S.C. Track and Cross Country
Association, and was selected as a National Team Coach in 1981 and 1982.
1994 Joan Cronan - Joan Cronan currently holds the position of Women's Athletic Director at the University
of Tennessee. Under Cronan's leadership, the program at Tennessee has gained recognition
as one of the premiere women's athletic programs in the country. Her ten years as
leader of the Vols have been marked by outstanding achievements throughout the program,
including the three national titles for the Lady Vols' basketball teams.
In addition to the success of the teams in her program, Cronan has received numerous
personal recognitions and has been cited for her leadership throughout the Knoxville
Community. She serves on the boards of Children's Hospital, YMCA, and Dogwood Arts.
she is a deacon in the Central Baptist Church and a former president of the Executive
Women's Association. Cronan has served on numerous NCAA committees and was appointed
to the 14-member executive committee of the NCAA.
Prior to returning to the University of Tennessee in 1983, where she had previously
coached women's basketball for two years, she spent 12 years at the College of Charleston,
first as tennis coach, later as basketball coach, and finally as director of women's
athletics. She was responsible for the development of the women's program at the College
of Charleston and was active in the leadership of women's sports development at South
Carolina.
Joan Cronan completed her B.S. and M.S. degrees in physical education at Louisiana
State University. She and her husband tom have two daughters who have recently graduated
from the University of Tennessee.
1995 John Smyth- Recently became the Director of the United States Olympic Committee at the Colorado
Springs Olympic Training Center. From 1966 to 1994 he held a number of positions at
the Citadel ranging from a Professor, the Deputy Director of the Citadel Summer Camp
for Boys, and the Department Head of the Health and Physical Education Department.
In 1971, Dr. Smyth received his P.E.D. in Physical Education from Indiana University.
He earned his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Physical Education from Indiana State University.
Dr. Smyth has been a member of SCAHPERD since 1968, and has served this professional
association in many capacities during his career. In 1982, Dr. Smyth received the
prestigious SCAHPERD honor award. Phi Delta Kappa presented him the chapter award
for Leadership and Service in 1976. He is a lifetime member of AAHPERD and NIRSA and
has held many leadership positions in these groups.
1996 Lynne Gaskin - After completing her undergraduate degree at Wesleyan College in Georgia and teaching
high school physical education, Dr. Gaskin left teaching to return to school at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She completed both master's and doctoral
degrees there and accepted a faculty position. After 24 years, she returned to Georgia
as Chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education at the State University
of West Georgia.
Dr. Gaskin has been recognized as a distinguished teacher with particular strengths
in the areas of golf, aquatics, curriculum, administration, research and legal issues.
She has published extensively and is contributing author to two recent books, Sport
law of School Managers and Sport at Risk: Issues and Strategies.
Dr. Gaskin is a member of 15 professional associations and has held leadership roles
in most of them. She just completed a term as president of the Southern Academy of
Women in Physical activity, Sport, and health and is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Society for the Study of Legal Issues in Sport and Physical Activity.
1997 Hally B.W. Poindexter - is known as one of the most dedicated, distinguished, and productive professionals
in her field. She has taught elementary physical education, coached and taught at
the college level, and served as an administrator in higher education.
Her active involvement and visionary leadership have been recognized by honor awards
from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance at
state, regional and national levels and by the National Association for Physical Education
in Higher Education. She has receive numerous other honors and awards.
Dr. Poindexter's impressive record of scholarship includes books in teaching physical
education activities and coaching women's sports. She has numerous publications in
professional journals and has received funding for a number of grants.
She leads by example in teaching, leadership and scholarship.
1998 Ralph E. "Buck" Jones - completed his undergraduate degree at Fairmont (WV) State College. He was awarded
his master's degree from West Virginia University and his doctoral degree from the
University of Tolego. Dr. Jones has held positions at Lucas High School in Ohio, the
University of Wisconsin, and is presently Associate Professor at the University of
Tennessee.
Dr. Jones is a distinguished speaker who has been invited to give lectures across
the United States and in Scotland and Korea. He also has an array of articles published
in well known journals such as Palastra, Science and Golf, and Scholastic Coach.
Dr. Jones has been the Executive Director of the Tennessee Association of Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance since 1996. In addition, he is an active
member of numerous other associations and committees. Dr. Jones has been recognized
as a distinct leader in the field of Physical Education through various awards and
honors. among his numerous honors was his selection in 1996 as Community Hero Olympic
Torchbearer. He is the recipient of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Award
for Public Service, the College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences Advising Award,
and the TAHPERD Honor Award.
1999 John Paul Muczko - completed his undergraduate degree at Florida State University. He was awarded his
master's degree from the University of Kansas. Dr. Muczko has held positions at Palm
Beach Junior College in Florida, Louisiana Tech University, and is presently an Associate
Professor of Kinesiology at Shenandoah University.
Dr. Muczko is a distinguished speaker who has been invited to give lectures and seminars
across the United States and Canada. He also has articles published in both national
and state journals. He is included in the registries of sport psychologists for both
the United States Olympic Committee and the National Football League.
An active member of several organizations including the American Psychological Association,
the International Society of sport Psychology, and AAHPERD, he also is a certified
consultant of the Association for the Advancement of applied Sport Psychology. Dr.
Muczko has been recognized as a distinct leader in the field of Physical Education
through various awards and honors. He has received the Excellence in Substance Abuse
Education Award, the Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty Service Award,
and the Student Government Association Advisor of the Year Award, all from Shenandoah
University.
2000 Lauren J. Lieberman - completed her undergraduate degree at West Chester University. She was awarded her
master's degree from the University of Wisconsin - Lacrosse and her doctoral degree
from Oregon State University. Dr. Lieberman has held positions at Oregon State University
and is presently an Associate Professor of Adapted Physical Education at SUNY Brockport.
Dr. Lieberman is a distinguished speaker who has been invited to give lectures and
workshops across the United States and Canada. Dr. Lieberman has written several books
and co-authored chapters in others. She also has articles published in both national
and state journals.
A member of several organizations including The International Federation of Adapted
Physical Activity, The national Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for
Individuals with Disabilities, and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance. Dr. Lieberman has been recognized as a leader in the field of
adapted physical education through various honors and awards. She received the Outstanding
Program Award for Camp Abilities; a developmental sports camp for children with disabilities,
and the International Federation of Adapted Physical Education Elly D. Friedman Award.
2001 Karl Rohnke is a graduate of Washington and Lee University; Lexington, VA. He was one of the
founders of Project Adventure in Hamilton, MA, and the High 5 Adventure Learning Center
in Brattleboro, VT, where he currently resides and works. He has authored over 18
adventure curriculum books including Silver Bullets, Cowstails & Cobras, and the Funn
Stuff series. Most recently he presented the Kurt Hahn address at the A.E.E. International
Conference in Tucson, AZ.
2002 Russell R. Pate, a native of upstate New York, was educated at Springfield College (B.S., 1968) and
the University of Oregon (M.S., 1973; Ph.D., 1974). In 1974 he joined the faculty
of the University of South Carolina where he now serves as Professor in the Department
of Exercise Science and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Public Health.
During leaves of absence from the University of South Carolina, he has held positions
at the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Georgia.
Pate is an exercise physiologist with interests in physical activity and physical
fitness in children and the health implications of physical activity. He has published
more than 140 scholarly papers and has authored or edited five books. His research
has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the American Heart Association, and several private foundations
and corporations. He heads a research team that currently is supported by more than
two million dollars per year in federal and other funding.
Pate has served in several leadership positions with the American College of Sports
Medicine (ACSM), and in 1993-94 served as that organization's president. He is a past-president
of the National Coalition on Promoting Physical Activity. He is an elected fellow
of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, and he has served since
1988 as an appointed member of the South Carolina Governor's Council on Physical Fitness.
In 1996 he received the Citation Award from the American College of Sports Medicine,
and in 1999 he received the Alliance Scholar Award of the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
A lifelong distance runner, Pate completed in three U.S. Olympic Trials marathons
and twice placed among the top ten finishers in the Boston Marathon. For more than
20 years he served as president of the Carolina Marathon Association, which hosted
the U.S. Olympic Trials: Women's Marathon in both 1996 and 2000.
2003 Greg Dale, an Associate Professor and Sport Psychology Consultant at Duke University . As a
professor Greg teaches and conducts research in the areas of Sport Psychology and
Sport ethics. As a sport psychology consultant, Greg helps coaches and athletes reach
their full potential by helping them develop systematic approaches to the mental aspects
of performance. In addition to his work with athletes and coaches at Duke, Greg consults
with coaches and athletes in professional football, soccer, baseball, golf, track
and field, and tennis.
Greg is a former middle and high school coach in New York City and San Antonio, Texas
. He has conducted over two hundred workshops with coaches and athletes from a variety
of high schools and colleges across the country and Mexico . He is the coauthor of
the book, "The Seven Secrets of Successful Coaches: How to Unlock and Unleash Your
Team's Full Potential." He is a certified sport psychology consultant by the Association
for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and is a member of the sport psychology
staff for USA Track and Field.
Before his move to Duke University , Greg was an Associate Professor at Winthrop for
six years. He was instrumental in writing the curriculum that brought a Sport Management
Program. He also started the CHAMPS Life Skills program in Athletics.
2005 Dr. Carol Oglesby is chair of the Department of Kinesiology at California State Northridge and Interim
Director of the Center of Achievement for Adaptive Physical Activity. Dr. Oglesby
received her PhD in Physical Education from Purdue University in 1969 and earned a
second PhD in Counseling from Temple University in 1999. Her service to women in sport
is extensive. She was the Inaugural President, Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
for Women, 1971-72; President National Association of Girls and Women in Sport, 1977-78;
President Women's Sport International, 1997- present, and served as a Trustee of the
Women's Sports Foundation, 1991-1997. She has served on numerous international committees
including the International Working Group on Women and Sport 1998-2002, and the United
States Olympic Committee, Board of Directors, 1992-1996.
Dr. Oglesby's honors and recognitions include the AIAW Award of Merit; NAGWS Honor
Fellow; Women Sports Foundation Billie Jean King Award; American Association of Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Honor Award; AAHPERD R. Tait McKenzie Award;
AAHPERD Charles. D. Henry Award; The American Psychological Association Div 47 Lifetime
Achievement Award, and the Phillip Noel Baker Research Award, ICSSPE. She is a charter
member of the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance.
Her publication record is extensive and includes over 50 chapters, articles and monographs
and edited texts such as: Women and sport: From myth to reality, 1978; The encyclopedia
of women and sport in America, 1998; Black women and sport, 1979; and a special issue
of Women & Therapy: Constructing exercise and sport as therapeutic modalities. For
over thirty years, Dr. Oglesby has provided leadership to women in sport on both the
national and international stage. She was on the frontlines of the battle for Title
IX implementation, has written copiously on women in sport, and has dedicated her
career to providing women throughout the world opportunities for physical activity.
2005 Mr. C. Frank Randall, III, ATC is in his 34th year with the Iowa State University Athletics Department.
He is currently the Assistant Athletics Director for Operations. In this capacity,
he oversees Athletics Department buildings and grounds, including coordinating the
schedule for the Bergstrom Indoor Football Facility. He also oversees the operations
of the Feldman Athletic Care Center, the ISU Sports Medicine Clinic and the athletics
strength and conditioning facility. He is in charge of team travel for football and
men's and women's basketball. He also serves as the Athletics Department liaison to
the Iowa State University Campus Facilities Planning and Management Department and
he has special responsibility during athletic related construction projects.
Mr. Randall spent 28 years as the Head Men's Athletic Trainer at Iowa State University
(1970-98). During his tenure in that role, he was integral to the professional development
of many undergraduate athletic training students, graduate assistant athletic trainers
and assistant athletic trainers. His protégés are in every level of athletic training
from high school to major college to professional sports. Prior to employment at Iowa
State, Mr. Randall was the Head Athletic Trainer at New Mexico State University (1961-65),
New Mexico Military Institute (1965-69) and Idaho University (1969-70). He also has
experience coaching baseball and basketball. He earned his Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Economics from New Mexico State University in 1962 and his Master of
Arts in Physical and Safety Education from Western New Mexico University in 1965.
Mr. Randall has worked extensively to develop the athletic training profession. He
has served on the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Board of Directors
and as the Vice President of the organization. His hard work and his excellence as
an athletic trainer have been recognized by his peers. He was inducted into the prestigious
NATA Hall of Fame in 1991 and into the Mid-America Athletic Trainers' Association
Hall of Fame in 1995. This year (2005) he was inducted into the Iowa Athletic Training
Society's Hall of Honor.
2007 Dr. Judith Rink is a professor in the Department of Physical Education at the University of South
Carolina, Columbia. She has published numerous books, research and articles related
to effective teaching of physical education. She has been an editor of both the Journal
for Teaching Physical Education and the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
and is on the editorial board of Quest. Dr. Rink was the chairperson of the committee
to develop the first national content standards for physical education and has been
the recipient of the NASPE Hall of Fame Award, the Curriculum and Instruction Academy
Honor Award and the American Education Association Special Interest Group Outstanding
Scholar Honor Award. She is currently the program director the South Carolina Physical
Education Assessment Program and is working with the National Association for Physical
Education and Sport to develop performance indicators and assessment materials for
the national standards.
2008 Mr. Michael Veeck is an internationally known promoter of sports. He is a sought-after speaker with
years of successful sport marketing and promotions experience. His marketing expertise
has been documented in such diverse publications as the Sports Business Journal and
Sports Illustrated. Mr. Veeck comes from a family of baseball sports teams owners
and promoters. A few of the more noted baseball sports stories are a result of the
Veeck family. His father, Hall of Famer Bill Veeck, once sent a midget to bat in a
major league baseball game. Another legendary Veeck promotion - the outrageous Disco
Demolition Night resulted in a riot in Chicago's Comiskey Park. Mr. Veeck will share
his stories and experiences as a successful baseball owner, promoter and marketer.
2009 Dr. David Bassett, Jr. Main research interest is measuring physical activity and energy expenditure
in humans, especially with objective methods (as opposed to questionnaires). He has
conducted a number of studies on the validity and reliability of pedometers, accelerometers,
and heart rate monitors, in order to improve on existing methods of assessing physical
activity in free-living people. In many of these studies, respiratory gas exchange
is used to measure calorie expenditure.
Dr. Bassett has used pedometers to measure walking activity in different populations.
He and his students have collected data on groups ranging from school children to
sedentary, middle-aged adults to Amish farmers. They are exploring the relationships
of pedometer-determined values of "steps per day" to body weight, blood pressure,
and other cardiovascular risk factors. A number of studies conducted in his laboratory
have examined the benefits of walking and swimming for weight loss, blood pressure
reduction, and glucose tolerance.
He serves on the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) board of trustees, and
on the editorial board of three journals (Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of
Physical Activity and Health, and Research Digest).
Dr. Bassett obtained the Bachelor of Science degree from Oberlin College (1981), the
M.S. degree from Ball State University (1983), and the Ph.D. degree from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison (1988). The American Heart Association, International Life Sciences
Institute, and National Institutes of Health have funded his research.
2010 - Dr. Amelia Mays Woods graduated from Winthrop College in 1983 in Physical Education teaching. Immediately
after her graduation from Winthrop, she enrolled at the University of Tennessee. After
completing her MS degree at UT, she began her teaching career in her hometown at Newberry
High School in Newberry, SC. While at Newberry, she taught physical education and
coached tennis, track, and cheerleading. She entered the PhD program at the University
of South Carolina in Instruction and Curriculum in Physical Education in 1986. After
completing her PhD in 1988, she taught at Columbia College from 1988 to 1992, moving
on to Saint Olaf College in Northfield, MN with her husband Woody in 1992. In 1994,
she began teaching at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, where she was promoted
to full professor in 2002. In 2005, she moved to her current position at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her spare time, Dr. Woods is the proud mother
of Mary Elizabeth and Jack.
Dr. Woods has published over sixty articles in professional journals and made numerous
presentations. She is an acknowledged scholar in the areas of motivating teacher change,
mentoring, and teacher education. Her research has appeared in Research Quarterly
for Exercise and Sport, Journal of Human Movement Studies, Teaching Elementary Physical
Education, The Physical Educator, and The Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
to name just a few. She has co-authored a number of studies with such celebrated researchers
as
Steven Silverman, Stephen Cone, Theresa Purcell, and Peter Werner. In addition, she
has a book in progress on physical education for the classroom teacher.
She has been an invited presenter at the Share the Wealth Conference in Jekyll Island,
GA, the Florida State University Sport Administration and Physical Education Conference,
and the North Central Association Meeting. In addition to her presentations at state,
district, and national AAHPERD conventions, Dr. Woods has presented at the American
Educational Research Association, the Society of Utopian Studies, and the Association
International des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique World Sport Science Congress.
Indiana State acknowledged her contributions to teacher education by giving her the
Howard Richardson Award for her research efforts.
Dr. Amelia May Woods is universally respected for her expertise in teacher education
throughout the world. Her contributions to the research base in teacher education
through her research, writing, and presentations make her one of the most productive
scholars in the discipline. Her willingness to ask difficult questions and to investigate
these questions through rigorous scientific inquiry has contributed to improved teacher
education in physical education.
2011 - Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Kevin Guskiewicz is the Kenan Distinguished Professor and Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also serves as the Chair of Exercise and Sport Science and holds joint appointments in the Department of Orthopaedics, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, and Doctoral Program in Human Movement Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. Over the past 17 years, Dr. Guskiewicz's clinical research program has focused on sport-related concussion. He has investigated the effect of sport-related concussion on balance and neuropsychological function in high school and collegiate athletes, the biomechanics of sport concussion, and the long-term neurological effects of concussion and sub-concussive impacts in retired professional football players. Dr. Guskiewicz has received 22 funded research grants, and published over 120 manuscripts (85 peer-reviewed journal publications; and 8 textbook chapters on sport concussion). Additionally, he has presented over 200 national and international lectures on the topic of sport-related concussion since 1996. In addition to his research and scholarship, Dr. Guskiewicz teaches courses in Sports Medicine, Human Anatomy, and Research Methods in Sports Medicine. He mentors approximately 7 graduate students or post-doctoral students annually at the Gfeller Center, and serves on the UNC Faculty Executive Committee and the Administrative Board of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Guskiewicz has been awarded Fellowship in the American College of Sports Medicine in 2003, the American Academy of Kinesiology in 2006, and the National Athletic Trainers' Association in 2008. In 2010 he was named to NCAA's Concussion Committee, the NFLPA's Mackey-White Committee, and the NFL's Head, Neck, and Spine Committee. He is married to Amy Guskiewicz, and has four children: Jacob, Nathan, Adam, and Tessa.