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HESS Graduate Faculty

Name	Discipline	Research interests
Burns, Liz Associate Professor	Teaching Physical Education and Sport	Sport Sociology
Goggin, Noreen Professor	Motor Behavior	Aging and Movement Control Motor Development
Gonzales, Joaquin U. Assistant Professor	Exercise Physiology	Age- and sex-specific difference in vascular function Clinical consequences of vascular aging Impact of daily physical activity on vascular health
Griffin, Kent Assistant Professor	Teaching Physical Education and Sport	Curriculum and instruction in secondary education Motivation, cognition and adolescent development
Hart, Melanie Interim Chair and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences	Motor Behavior Teaching Physical Education and Sport	Factors and strategies that influence motor skill learning Physical activity and motor abilities in children
Lochbaum, Marc Professor	Exercise & Sport Psychology	Personality, achievement goals, and motivation for physical activity Personality, achievement goals, and sport performance/mental performance strategies
Massengale, Dana Assistant Professor	Sport Management	Social issues in sport Diversity in sport organizations Women's leadership in sport
McComb, Jacalyn Professor	Exercise Physiology Exercise and Health Promotion	Complementary medicine evidence based interventions designed to decrease stress vulnerability. Dependent variables include, but are not limited to, heart rate variability, the cortisol response, and immune function, specifically the pro-inflammatory and the anti-inflammatory cytokines Female athlete triad: eating disorders, amenorrhea, osteoporosis Psychological distress on luteinizing hormone pulsatility Stress Reactivity and Clinical Pathophysiology Exercise and Mindfulness Based Interventions to Minimize Stress Vulnerabilty
Melton, Nicole Assistant Professor	Sport Management	Examining diversity and inclusion in sport organizations Exploring how the power of sport can influence attitudinal and social change Understanding how employee attitudes and behaviors can impact social change in sport
Nite, Calvin Assistant Professor	Sport Management	Understanding the identity development of college athletes and how athletic administrators, coaches, and university faculty/administrators influence college athlete development. Understanding the rationales for athletic department spending habits; particularly of those universities whose athletic departments routinely operate with budget deficits. Stakeholder perceptions of athletic department business practices.
Omli, Jens Assistant Professor	Exercise & Sport Psychology	My research efforts focus on identifying ways in which parents and coaches behave at youth sport events, and understanding how these behaviors influence health and performance outcomes in children. I am also involved in international sport outreach efforts that focus on helping coaches transition from a narrow focus on talent-development and strategy-implementation, to a more comprehensive vision of coaching, which emphasizes personal growth and community development.
Park, Yoonjung Assistant Professor	Exercise Physiology	Effect of exercise/physical activity on vascular dysfunction in disease (obesity, type 2 diabetes, aging, etc.)
Roncesvalles, Maria Nida C. Associate Professor	Motor Behavior
Stock, Matt S. Assistant Professor	Strength and Conditioning	Adaptations to strength training, muscle fatigue, and issues related to the recruitment and firing characteristics of individual motor units
Stodden, David Associate Professor	Motor Behavior Strength and Conditioning	Dynamic associations among motor skill competence, perceived motor skill competence, physical activity, and physical fitness Identifying constraints in the acquisition of skilled performance in complex ballistic motor skills Biomechanics of baseball pitching
Tacón, Anna Associate Professor	Community Health	Complementary therapies/Mind-Body strategies with Cancer Patients Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs Attachment style and cancer Death and dying Psychosocial aspects of health
Umeda, Masataka Assistant Professor	Exercise & Sport Psychology	Investigation of the relationship between psychophysical responses to laboratory exercise and free-living physical activity in patients with fibromyalgia Investigation of the influence of physical activity levels on central pain modulation in healthy young adults.