The Department of Kinesiology and the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports present the annual Kristen Marie Gould Endowed Lecture for Children and Youth. Our 2024 Speaker: Kristen Dieffenbach, Ph.D. Dieffenbach is a professor and director of the Center for Applied Coaching and Sport Sciences at West Virginia University (WVU). Learn more on the⊠Read More »
The DEI Conversations in Sport conference series seeks to identify topics, provide a space for solution-focused discussion, develop strategies to combat the -isms and -phobias, and equip coaches and administrators with the tools to improve their youth sports environments. This yearâs conference topic is DEI Conversations in Sport: A Roadmap for Disability Sport Programming. This⊠Read More »
Join the Speaker for this Yearâs Deborah Feltz Endowed Lecture for an Open Discussion. Andries Monyeki is a Professor in the Department of Human Movements Sciences and Director of Research Center for Physical Activity, Sport, and Recreation (PhASRec) at the University of Northwest, South Africa. His research focuses on health-related fitness, physical activity epidemiology and⊠Read More »
Deborah L. Feltz, is a retired and distinguished professor of Kinesiology at Michigan State University. She joined the faculty in Kinesiology at Michigan State University in 1980 and served as chairperson from 1989-2012. She has spent her career conducting research on the relationship between efficacy beliefs and physical activity, including efficacy beliefs of coaches of⊠Read More »
You are invited to attend the Gwen Norrell Lecture on October 31, at 4:30 pm in IM137. Professor Tracey Covassin is the second scholar at Michigan State University to ever be named the Gwendolyn Norrell Professor in Youth Sport. The professorship honors Gwendolyn Norrell, who was a nationally recognized proponent for student-athlete welfare, and a former MSU⊠Read More »
MSUâs College of Education invites you to learn more about the Master of Science in Sport Coaching, Leadership, & Administration at our next virtual open house. If you are a current or aspiring coach, athletic director, sport administrator, or leader in a sport-related field, this fully online masterâs degree can help you take the next⊠Read More »
Each fall and spring semester, the College of Education hosts a Doctoral Convocation (hooding ceremony) for candidates who have completed their programs of study. Below, you will find information on this yearâs event: Who is eligible to participate?: Ph.D., Ed.D. and Ed.S. students who orally defend their dissertation between July 1 and Dec. 31 may only participate in⊠Read More »
William Adams is a candidate for the tenure track assistant/associate professor position in the Department of Kinesiology. His presentation, titled: "Establishing a Research Program Focused on Reducing Injury Risk and Optimizing Human Health and Performance in Sport and Physical Activity" will be presented on Monday, January 13 at 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in 118⊠Read More »
Abigail Bretzin is a candidate for the tenure track assistant/associate professor position in the Department of Kinesiology. Bretzin is a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan, and member in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Michigan Injury Prevention Center. Bretzin will present on Thursday, January 16, at 3:30 pm in IM Circle 118. ⊠Read More »
"Transforming Concussion Management: Leveraging Sensing Technology and Enhancing Community Policy to Optimize Outcomes" Speaker: Erica Beidler is an Associate Professor in her 9th year as a faculty member in the Department of Athletic Training at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The overarching objective of Beidlerâs research agenda is to improve the concussion injury experience to⊠Read More »
