Expertise
Research Interests: Media, environmental and psychosocial influences on childhood physical activity preschool, school, out-of-school and home interventions to prevent childhood obesity
Affiliations

Kansas Health Foundation Professor, Community Health Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University
1987 - current

Communities
Public Health
Degrees
PhD, University of Iowa, Exercise Physics, 1987
MS, West Virginia University, Exercise Physics, 1985
BS, Western Washington University, Psychology, 1983
Keywords
behavior modification health psychology sport psychology physical education kinesiology nutrition or dietetics behavioral medicine health behavior community health public health program evaluation (health sciences) exercise sports medicine exercise physiology
Languages
English
Honors

Fellow, American Academy of Kinesiology, 2006

Community Leadership Fellow (Community Development), Kansas Health Foundation, 2003

System Builder Award, K-State Research and Extension (Kansas State University), 2003

Study Section Member (Diabetes Translation Research Panel), NICHD (NIH), 2003

Associate Editor, Exercise and Sport Science Reviews, American College of Sports Medicine, 1999-2006

Associations
American College of Sports Medicine
American Public Health Assocation
International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Society for Behavioral Medicine