Collin A. Webster Curriculum Vitae 10/18/11 I. EDUCATION ...

I. EDUCATION HISTORY
Collin A. Webster
Curriculum Vitae
10/18/11
College Major Dates Degree
University of Georgia Physical Education 2003-2006 Ph.D.
and Sports Studies
Western Carolina Two-Year College 1999-2001 M.A.Ed.
University Teaching (Physical
Education)
Western Carolina Communication 1994-1998 B.S.
University (Electronic Media)
II. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
June 8-August 6, 2011
Visiting Professor/JSPS Fellow, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan
2006-Present
Assistant Professor of Physical Education Pedagogy, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
(Teaching = 40%; Scholarship = 40%; Service = 20%)
(Course Load = 2/2)
2003-2006
Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2001-2003
Physical Education and Health Teacher, Dubai American Academy, Dubai, U.A.E.
1999-2001
1999
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Graduate Assistant Cross-Country and Track and Field Coach, Western Carolina University,
Cullowhee, NC
Elementary Physical Education Teacher, the Carol Morgan School, Santo Domingo, the
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III. HONORS AND AWARDS
2011
2010
2009
2006
2004
2001
2000
Invited Fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation
Fellowship Program for Research in Japan (Short-Term)
Inducted as an American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(AAHPERD) Research Consortium Fellow
University of South Carolina Faculty Retention Initiative Award Winner
Nominated for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(AAHPERD) Mabel Lee Award
Young Scholar Award Winner with the International Association for Physical Education in
Higher Education (AIESEP) World Congress
Invited Keynote Speaker at the Annual Taipei American School Sports Banquet in Taipei,
Taiwan
Nominated for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Helen M.
Heitmann Curriculum and Instruction Young Scholar Award
Second Place Award for Poster Presentation in Pedagogy at International Association for
Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) World Congress
Outstanding University of Georgia Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Winner
Recognized Outstanding Western Carolina University Alumnus in Health and Human
Performance
Western Carolina University F.T. Siewart Award Winner for Most Outstanding Graduate
Student in Health and Human Performance
Western Carolina University Outstanding Graduate Research Award Winner
Western Carolina University Otto-Spilker Endowed Scholarship Recipient
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Western Carolina University Commencement Address Writer/Speaker
IV. SCHOLARSHIP
Research Interests
Effective strategies to promote physical activity in children and adolescents
Instructional communication in physical education and sport
Expertise and effectiveness in teaching and coaching
Refereed Publications (19)
2011
2010
Weaver, R.G., Beets, M.W., Webster, C., Beighle, A, & Huberty, J. (in press). A conceptual
model for training afterschool program staffers to promote physical activity and nutrition.
Journal of School Health.
Beets, M.W., Webster, C.A., Saunders, R., & Huberty, J.L. (in press). Translating policies
into practice: A framework for addressing childhood obesity in afterschool programs. Health
Promotion Practice.
Webster, C.A. (in press). Relationships between personal biography and changes in
preservice classroom teachers’ physical activity promotion competence and attitudes.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
Beets, M. W., Tilley, F., Kim, Y., & Webster, C. (in press). Nutritional standards and
policies for snacks in afterschool programs: A review. Public Health Nutrition.
Webster, C.A., González, S., & Harvey, R. (in press). Physical education teachers’ self-
reported communication of content relevance. The Physical Educator.
Webster, C.A., Mîndrilă, D., & Weaver, G. (2011). The influence of state motivation,
content relevance and affective learning on high school students’ intentions to utilize class
content following completion of compulsory physical education. Journal of Teaching in
Physical Education, 30(3), 231-247.
Perlman, D., & Webster, C.A. (2011). Supporting student autonomy in physical education.
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 82(5), 46-49.
Webster, C.A. (2011). Not fade away: A critical look at lesson closures. In S. Brown (Ed.),
Issues and controversies in physical education: Policy, power, and pedagogy (pp. 193-199).
Pearson.
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2008
2007
2006
Webster, C.A., Monsma, E., & Erwin, H. (2010). The role of biographical characteristics
in preservice classroom teachers’ physical activity promotion attitudes. Journal of Teaching
in Physical Education, 29, 358-377.
Beets, M. W., Rooney, L., Tilley, F., Beighle, A., & Webster, C. (2010). Evaluation of
policies to promote physical activity in afterschool programs: Are we meeting current
benchmarks? Preventive Medicine, 51(3-4), 299-301.
Webster, C.A. (2010). Relating student recall to expert and novice teachers’ instructional
communication: An investigation using receiver selectivity theory. Physical Education and
Sport Pedagogy, 15(4), 419-433.
Webster, C.A. (2010). Increasing student motivation through teacher communication: Six
essential skills every physical educator should master. Journal of Physical Education,
Recreation, & Dance, 81(2), 29-33.
Webster, C.A. (2009). Expert Teachers’ Instructional Communication in Golf. International
Journal of Sport Communication, 2, 205-222.
Webster, C.A., Connolly, G., & Schempp, P.G. (2009). The finishing touch: Anatomy of
expert lesson closures in sport. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 14(1), 73-87.
Rink, J.E., Hall, T., & Webster, C. (2008). Physical education. In S. Mathison & E.W. Ross
(Eds.), Battleground Schools (vol. 1) (pp. 483-489). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
(Winner of the 2010 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies
Association [AESA])
Webster, C.A., & Schempp, P.G. (2008). Self-Monitoring: Demystifying the wonder of
expert teaching. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance, 79(1), 23-29.
Schempp, P.G., Webster, C.A., Busch, C., McCullick, B.A., & Mason, I. (2007). How the
best get better: An analysis of the self-monitoring strategies used by expert golf instructors.
Sport, Education, & Society, 12(2), 175-192
Clark, B.C., Webster, C.A., & Druger, M. (2006). Knowledge retention of exercise
physiology content between athletes and nonathletes. Journal of College Science Teaching,
35(7), 29-33.
Schempp, P.G., McCullick, B.A., Busch, C.A., Webster, C.A., & Mason, I. (2006). The self-
monitoring of expert sport instructors. International Journal of Sports Science &
Coaching, 1(1), 25-35.
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Refereed Conference Proceedings (1)
Webster, C.A. (2009). Found in translation: How expert teachers make communication
work. In L. Housner, M. Metzler, P. Schempp, & T. Templin (Eds.), Historic Traditions and
Future Directions in Research on Teaching (pp. 105-110). Morgantown, WV: Fitness
Information Technology.
Manuscripts Submitted or Under Revision (5)
Webster, C.A., Beets, M.W., Huberty, J., Whitt, D., Tilley, F., & Rooney, L. Staff
Perceptions of their Role and Responsibility to Promote Physical Activity in Out-of-School
Time Programs. (Manuscript in review)
Erwin, H., Webster, C, & Parks, M. Changes in preservice classroom teachers’ individual
and collective efficacy following a physical activity promotion course. (Manuscript in review)
Langdon, J., Webster, C., Monsma, E., & Hall, T. An investigation of students’ in-class
performance and physical activity intentions using Achievement Goal Theory and Self-
Determination Theory. (Manuscript in review)
Webster, C.A., LaFleche, M., & Hunt, K. Development of the Instrument for Coaches’
Autonomy-Support Analysis: An observation system contextualized within high school
varsity boys’ soccer. (Manuscript in review)
Webster, C.A., Hunt, K., & LaFleche, M. More and less winning high school varsity boys’
soccer coaches’ autonomy-support. (Manuscript in review)
Manuscripts in Preparation (1)
Webster, C.A., Mîndrilă, D., & Weaver, G. A typology of high school students in
compulsory physical education based on state motivation, content relevance and affective
learning. (Manuscript in preparation)
Unpublished Work (2)
Webster, C.A. (2006). A Comparison of Expert and Novice Golf Instructors from a
Communication Perspective. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia,
Athens, GA.
Webster, C.A. (2001). The effects of a self-regulated learning environment and videotape
feedback on the acquisition of a pole-vault simulation skill. Unpublished masters thesis,
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Funded Grants (5)
2011
2010
NIH/NHLBI (R21). (Co-I). Policies to Influence Physical Activity and Nutrition in
YMCA Programs. $377,150.
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2008
2005
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. (PI). Instrument
for Measuring Physical Activity Attitudes of Classroom Teachers (IMPAACT). $3500.
LA84 Foundation. (PI). A systematic observation of more and less successful youth soccer
coaches: Are more successful coaches more autonomy-supportive? $10,000.
Research and Policy Grant Program. (Co-I). Assessment of secondary physical education
state standards: Evaluating the current status of legislative reform. $9,760.
Ladies Professional Golf Association. (PI). A study of instructional communication of expert
golf teachers. $5,000.
Pending Grants (2)
NIH: R01. (Co-I). Physical activity and nutrition policy intervention in afterschool programs.
$2,471,078.
NIH: R03. (Co-I). Development of a systematic observation tool for promoting activity and
diet. $134,200.
Not Funded Grants (11)
2010
2009
2008
2007
NIH: AREA 15 Research Grant. (Co-I). Healthy Afterschool Programs: Characteristics and
Feasibility of Policy Interventions. $434,502.
NIH: R21 School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors and Weight
Outcomes. (Co-I). Implementation of Activity and Nutrition Policies in Afterschool Programs.
$377,150.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Active Living Research. (Co-I). Policies and Practices
that Promote Physical Activity in the Afterschool Setting: The 4PA Afterschool Study.
$393,359.
US Track and Field. (PI). An expert track coach’s instructional communication with athletes.
$11,964.
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University of South Carolina Research and Opportunity Program. (PI). Case studies of
middle and high school physical education teacher effectiveness in relation to preparing
students for lifetime physical activity. $9,969.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. (Co-I).
Facilitators and barriers to implementation of state legislation to mandate and increase in
physical activity and physical education in South Carolina elementary schools. $10,001-
$15000.
James S. McDonnell Foundation. (PI). Anchoring instructional communication to teacher
cognition and student learning. $600,000.
University of South Carolina Research and Opportunity Program. (PI). Pedagogical
expertise and teacher development in physical education. $10,000.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. (PI). Teacher
knowledge and listening skill in physical education. $5000.
National Association of Sport and Physical Education. (PI). A study of expert and novice
instructional communication in sport. $2,966.
InPractis. $31, 740. (Co-I) The effectiveness of 4View in increasing golf performance.
$31,740.
Professional Tennis Registry. (PI) A study of instructional communication of expert tennis
teachers. $36,454.
Invited Papers Presented at Professional Meetings (1)
2007
Webster, C.A. (2007, October). Found in translation: Connecting cognition and
communication in teaching. Paper presented at the History and Future Directions in
Research on Teaching and Teacher Education in Physical Education Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA.
Contributed Papers Presented at Professional Meetings (26)
National/International (25)
2012
Webster, C.A., Distefano, C., Perreault, M., Doan, R., & Doutis, P. (2012, March). RC grant
findings: Elementary classroom teachers’ physical activity promotion: Two theoretical
perspectives. Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance National Convention, Boston, MA.
Webster, C.,A., Mindrila, D., & Weaver, G. (2012, March). Biographical factors influencing
student motivation, content relevance, and affective learning. Poster presented at the
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2011
2010
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance National
Convention, Boston, MA.
Weaver, R.G., Beets, M.W., Webster, C., Huberty, J., Beighle, A., McKenzie, T. (2012,
March) Identifying physical activity and nutrition promoting behaviors in afterschool
programs. Poster presented at the American Association for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance National Convention, Boston, MA.
Weaver, R.G., Beets, M.W., Huberty, J., Beighle, A., Webster, C., Kim, Y., Tilley, F.,
Wissing, S., Noiki, K., Ajja, R., Shah, R., Rapp, A. (2012, March). Pedometer-determined
physical activity levels in afterschool programs. Poster presented at the American Alliance
for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention,
Boston, MA.
Goh, T.L. Hannon, J., Webster, C., Newton, M., Galli, N. (2012, March). Preservice
classroom teachers as agents of change in schools. Poster presented at the American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National
Convention, Boston, MA.
LaFleche, M., Webster, C.A., & Hunt, K. (2011, June). Instrument for Coaches’ Autonomy-
Support Analysis (I-CAAN). Poster session to be presented at the North American Society
for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Annual Conference,
Burlington, VA.
Hunt, K., LaFleche, M., & Webster, C.A. (2011, March). A comparison of more and less
successful coaches’ autonomy support. Poster session to be presented at the American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National
Convention, San Diego, CA.
Webster, C.A. (2011, January). The future is now: Reprogramming physical education
teacher education to meet the needs of a changing society. Oral session presented at the
National Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE)
Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Webster, C.A., & Weaver, G. (2010, October). Differences in high school students’
perceived relevance of compulsory physical education to their personal lives. Poster
session presented at the International Association for Physical Education in Higher
Education (AIESEP), La Coruna, Spain.
Jung, J., & Webster, C.A. (2010, March). Impact of systematic observation on RT-PE.
Poster session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Webster, C.A., Langdon, J., Cathey, M. (2010, March). Preservice teachers’ activity
promotion efficacy before and after a course. Poster session presented at the American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National
Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
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2008
2007
Webster, C.A., Langdon, J., Monsma, E., Cathey, M., & Little, S. (2010, March). Predicting
student achievement in physical education using motivational constructs. Poster session
presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
(AAHPERD) National Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Webster, C.A., Villora, S., & Harvey, R. (2010, March). Physical education teachers’
communication of content relevance. Poster session presented at the American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention,
Indianapolis, IN.
Perlman, D., & Webster, C.A. (2009, October). Assessment of student motivation in
physical education using a self-determined perspective. Oral session presented at the
Physical Education Teacher Education National Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Webster, C.A. (2009, October). Preservice classroom teachers’ attitudes toward school-
based physical activity. Round table session presented at the Physical Education Teacher
Education National Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Langdon, J.L., Webster, C.A., & Monsma, E.A. (2009, June). Predictors of student
attitudes toward physical education and intentions to be physically active. Poster session
presented at the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
(NASPSPA) National Conference, Austin, TX.
Langdon, J.L., Monsma, E.A., & Webster, C.A. (2009, June). Self-determination and
achievement goal factors influencing student attitudes and behavioral intentions in physical
education. Poster session presented at the North American Society for Psychology of Sport
and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) National Conference, Austin, TX.
Hall, T.J., French, K.E., Webster, C.A., Harvey, R.L., & Crollick, J. (2009, April). South
Carolina secondary physical education programs: Improvement across three years.
Poster session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Tampa, FL.
Hall, T.J., Webster, C.A., French, K.E., Crollick, J., & Harvey, R.L, (2009, April). Middle
school physical education performance data: School and teacher characteristics. Poster
session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Tampa, FL.
Webster, C.A. (2008, April). Instructional communication behaviors of expert and novice
teachers. Poster session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Fort Worth, TX.
Webster, C.A. (2007, March). A comparison of expert and novice teachers’ instructional
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communication concerns. Oral session presented at the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Baltimore,
MD.
Webster, C.A., Connolly, G., & Schempp, P. (2006, July). The finishing touch: Tracing the
anatomy of expert lesson closures in sport. Poster session presented at the International
Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Webster, C.A. (2006, March). A comparison of expert and novice golf instructors from a
communication perspective. Oral session presented at the Communication and Sport
Summit, Phoenix, AZ.
Busch, C.A., Schempp, P.G., McCullick, B.A., Webster, C.A., & Mason, I. (2005, April).
How the best get better: Characteristics of self-monitoring of expert teachers. Poster
session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Chicago, IL.
Webster, C.A., Schempp, P.G., McCullick, B.A., Busch, C.A., & Mason, I. (2005, April).
“On a constant journey of learning”: Self-monitoring strategies of expert golf instructors.
Poster session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Chicago, IL.
Local/State (1)
2011
Beets, M. W., Tilley, F., Kim, Y. W., & Webster, C. (2011, March). Nutritional policies and
standards for snacks served in afterschool programs: A review. Paper presented at the
Healthy Eating in Context: The Role of Political, Physical, Economic, and Social Structures
in Nutrition conference. University of South Carolina, Columbia SC.
Manuscripts Reviewed or Refereed (11)
2011
2010
An analysis of the instructional strategies of outstanding teachers. Learning and Individual
Differences.
Differences in decision-making between experienced and inexperienced invasion game
players. Perceptual and Motor Skills.
Social goals in urban physical education: Relationships with effort and disruptive behavior.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
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2009
2008
2007
2006
Polish children’s perception and understanding of physical education and school sports.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
Teachers’ self-efficacy, achievement goals, attitudes and intentions to implement the new
physical education curriculum. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
Teaching games for understanding to in-service physical education teachers: Rewards and
barriers regarding the changing model of teaching sport. Journal of Teaching in Physical
Education.
Facilitating positive experiences of physical education and school sport for Muslim pupils.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
Children and youth membership in school sports clubs and their attitudes towards different
areas of physical education and sport. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
Impact of different types of knowledge on two preservice teachers’ ability to learn and
deliver the sport education model. European Physical Education Review.
Teaching-learning-training in basketball: Influence of processual tactical knowledge. Journal
of Teaching in Physical Education.
Exploring a modified conceptualization of imagery direction and golf putting performance.
The Sport Psychologist.
Exploring imagery use and meta-imagery processes in elite athletes: Qualitative
investigations. International Journal of Sport Psychology.
Proposals Reviewed or Refereed (2)
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). Dreams for youth athlete
development study (Letter of Intent Proposal #18).
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). Untitled (Letter of Intent
Proposal #19).
V. GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEMENT
University of South Carolina
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (1)
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Glenn Weaver (in progress)
Topic – Physical activity promotion in afterschool settings
Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member (5)
Marc LaFleche (ABD)
Topic - Home school programs in South Carolina
Kevin Hunt (completed)
Title – “A Comparison of Selected Supervisory Skills of Content Specialist and Non-Content
Specialist University Supervisors”
Jody Langdon (completed)
Title – “Teaching behaviors, student motivation, and achievement in the learning domains
of physical education”
Raylene Ross (completed)
Title – “The coach-athlete dyad and the basic psychological needs in American collegiate
athletics”
Emily Vall (completed)
Title – “Relationships between teacher expectations of student ability and best practice
teaching”
University of Utah
Doctoral Project Committee Member (1)
Tan Leng Goh (in progress)
Title – “Attitudes, Teaching Competency and Behaviors of Education Majors towards
Physical Activity Promotion”
VI. UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT
University of South Carolina
PEDU 841 Seminar in Research on Teaching in Physical Education (Fall 2011)
PEDU 778A Directed Student Teaching in Physical Education I (Spring 2010)
PEDU 778B Directed Student Teaching in Physical Education II (Spring 2010)
PEDU 650 American Coaching Effectiveness Program (Maymester 2009, Maymester
2011)
PEDU 575 Physical Education for Classroom Teachers (Fall 2006, Spring 2007,
Summer I 2007, Fall 2007, Summer I 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009,
Summer 1 2010, Spring 2011)
PEDU 479 Directed Teaching in Physical Education K-12 (Spring 2008, Spring 2010,
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Spring 2011)
PEDU 462 Instruction in Secondary School Physical Education (Fall 2007, Fall 2008,
Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)
PEDU 440 Practicum in Secondary School Physical Education (Fall 2007, Fall 2008,
Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)
PEDU 361 Instruction of Young Learners in Movement Settings (Spring 2007)
PEDU 360 Instructional Aspects of Physical Education (Fall 2006)
PEDU 341 Practicum in Young Learners in Movement Settings (Spring 2007)
PEDU 340 Practicum in Instructional Aspects of Physical Education (Fall 2006)
PEDU 232 Philosophy and Principles of Physical Education (Fall 2009, Fall 2010)
PEDU 190 Introduction to the Description and Analysis of Human Movement (Spring
2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011)
University of Georgia
PEDS 4330/ Methods of Teaching for Secondary Physical Education (Fall 2004)
6330
PEDS 3120 Skills Acquisition for Individual Sports – Track and Field (Fall 2004)
PEDB 1300 Beginning Swimming (Spring 2005)
PEDB 1310 Intermediate Swimming (Spring, 2004, Spring 2005)
PEDB 1350 Beginning Tennis (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall
2005, Spring 2006, June 2006)
PEDB 1360 Intermediate Tennis (Spring 2006)
PEDB 1380 Beginning Volleyball (Fall 2004)
PEDB 1400 Introduction to Weight Training (Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Summer
2005)
PEDB 1930 Fitness for Life – Jogging (Fall 2003, Fall 2004)
PEDB 1940 Fitness for Life – Swimming (Spring 2004)
Western Carolina University
PE 114 Jogging (Fall 1999, Fall 2000)
PE 122 Beginning Tennis (Spring 2000, Spring 2001)
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PE 126 Bowling (Fall 1999, Fall 2000)
VII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND OUTREACH
National Level
• Served as an abstract reviewer for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Research Consortium (Summer 2010)
• Was an invited reviewer for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education
(NASPE) Research Grant Program (Summer 2008)
• Was an invited contributor to the Curriculum and Instruction Academy’s Guidelines for
an Introductory Undergraduate Course in Physical Education Teacher Education (Spring
2008)
State Level
South Carolina
• Presented a workshop titled “Role of the Elementary Classroom Teacher in Promoting
Children’s Physical Activity” at Lexington Elementary School in Lexington, SC (Fall,
2011)
• Presented a workshop titled “More than Scheduling: What it Takes to Promote Physical
Activity” at the South Carolina Afterschool Alliance 9 th Annual Statewide Afterschool
Conference in Columbia, SC (Fall, 2010)
• Presented a paper titled “Obesity: Prevalence, Causes and Possible Solutions” at the
2010 Renal Symposium (Childhood Obesity: The Problem, The Prevalence, The Link to
Renal Disease) in Florence, SC (Fall, 2010)
• Presented a workshop titled “The Serious Business of Play: Role of the Camp Counselor
in Promoting Youth Physical Activity” for the Richland County Recreation Commission,
Columbia, SC (Spring 2010)
• Served as the elementary physical education teacher at Harmony School in Columbia,
SC (Fall 2009)
• Presented a workshop titled “Promoting physical activity in the afterschool setting:
Policy, Strategies, and Evaluation” at the South Carolina Afterschool Alliance 8 th Annual
Statewide Afterschool Conference in Columbia, SC (Fall, 2009)
• Served as section Chair of Research/International for the South Carolina Association for
Physical Education and Sport (SCAPES) (Fall 2007-Fall 2008)
• Served as Section Chair Elect for Research/International for the South Carolina
Association for Physical Education and Sport (SCAPES) (Fall 2006-Fall2007)
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• Assisted with FITNESSGRAM workshop the South Carolina Association for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (SCAHPERD) Annual Convention (Fall 2006)
Georgia
• Presented an activity-based session titled Teaching Tennis at the 2005 and 2006
Georgia Physical Education Teachers Workshops in Athens, GA.
• Presented an activity-based session titled Physical Fitness for All Ages at the 2004
Georgia Physical Education Teachers Workshop in Athens, GA.
University Level
University of South Carolina
• USC Faculty Senate (Fall 2007-Spring 2010)
College Level
University of South Carolina
• USC College of Education Quality Assurance Committee (Fall 2011, 2-year term)
• USC College of Education Faculty Diversity Committee (Fall 2009-Spring 2011)
• USC College of Education Basic Programs Committee (Fall 2008-Spring 2011)
• USC College of Education Webmaster Exploration Committee (Fall 2007)
Department Level
University of South Carolina
• NCATE Specialized Professional Association (SPA) Coordinator (Fall 2011, indefinite
term)
• Clinical Promotion Document Committee (Fall 2009-Spring 2011)Created department
newsletter (Fall 2009)
• Presented at Clinical Model Teacher Day in Columbia, SC (Spring 2007)
• Created doctoral student recruitment brochure (Fall 2007)
University of Georgia
• Served as Co-editor for Lab Notes, the annual news letter of the University of Georgia
Sport Instruction Research Lab (2006)
• Designed, developed, and maintained the UGA Sport Instruction Research Lab website
(Spring 2005-Summer 2006)
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Other Service
• Was invited to lead a professional development workshop for teachers in the Physical
Education Department at Taipei American School in Taipei, Taiwan (Spring 2010)
• Contributed to the “Research and Retrieval” section of the Journal of Teaching in
Physical Education (Spring 2005- Spring 2006)
• Contributed to Golf Magazine by helping to identify the Top 100 Golf Instructors in
America (Fall 2005)
XIII. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2011)
• National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education
(NAKPEHE) (2011)
• International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) (2006,
2010)
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
(2003-Present)
• National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) (2003-Present)
• South Carolina Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(SCAHPERD) (2006-2008)
• South Carolina Association for Physical Education and Sport (SCAPES) (2006-2008)
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