CEHD News http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/ The blog of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. en Copyright 2011 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:50:01 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LaVoi featured in WCCO-TV segment on golf equipment Nicole LaVoiDr. Nicole LaVoi, lecturer in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, appeared with WCCO's Mark Rosen on a segment called "Practice, Not The Pro-Shop, Makes A Swing" at the Edinburgh Golf Course.

Watch the video:

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/08/lavoi_featured_in_wcco_segment.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/08/lavoi_featured_in_wcco_segment.html Tucker Center Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 Kane takes on media portrayal of female athletes in The Nation Mary Jo KaneMary Jo Kane, Kinesiology professor and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, is a featured columnist in a special issue of The Nation magazine devoted to the role and impact of sports in U.S. culture.

In this month's issue, titled "Views from Left Field," Kane's column presents a compelling critique of sport media related to the portrayal of female athletes and the notion of "sex sells," complete with a slide show illustrating her arguments. Kane's analysis is based on a research study she conducted with her advisee, Heather Maxwell (Ph.D. '09), and published in the Journal of Sport Management in May 2011.

Additional historical background and a slide show of media portrayals is available on the website of the Tucker Center.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/08/kane_featured_in_special_issue.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/08/kane_featured_in_special_issue.html School of Kinesiology Monday, Aug 1, 2011 Kinesiology students presenting posters at TRIO/McNair Scholars event August 2 Two Kinesiology B.S. students, Jordan Langen and Angela Ziemer, are presenting their research and posters at the U of M TRIO Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program's Nineteenth Annual Poster Presentation and Reception. Jordan and Angela are two of twenty students from the U of M-Twin Cities and Carleton College who are conducting research this summer under the direction of distinguished faculty research mentors at the U of M. The gathering provides an excellent forum to display the research efforts of these exceptional McNair Scholars along with their faculty mentors.

Jordan, a senior, has been working with Dr. Stacy Ingraham and Dr. Jane Yank to present data from a marathon class offered in Kinesiology each spring. Angela, also a senior, is a pre-physical therapy student in the Clinical Movement Science subplan.

All are invited to attend the event on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Coffman Memorial Union - Mississippi Room. Refreshments will be served.


]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/two_kinesiology_bs_students_jo.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/two_kinesiology_bs_students_jo.html School of Kinesiology Thursday, Jul 28, 2011 APAL members attend Progress in Motor Control VIII conference APAL-Logo-02.gifMembers of Kinesiology's Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL) attended the Progress in Motor Control VIII conference, July 20-23, in Cincinnati. Those in attendance were PhD students Azizah Jor'dan, Sam Haag, Fu-Chen Chen, Yi-Chou Chen, and Yawen Yu; and Kinesiology movement science professors Tom Stoffregen and Michael Wade. Each of the attendees presented at least one poster, which are listed below:

Samuel Haag & Michael G. Wade. Changes in postural motion and heart rate responses in a gold putting competition

Azizah Jor'dan, Thomas A. Stoffregen, J. Riley Mccarten, & Michael G. Wade. Assessment of movement skills and perceptual judgment in older adults

Fu-Chen Chen & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Postural facilitation of a precision task at sea

Fu-Chen Chen, Michael G. Wade, Chia-Liang Tsai, & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Postural Responses to suprapostural tasks in children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder

Ken Yoshida & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Manual wielding and the dynamics of liquids

Yi-Chou Chen, Mitch Pajcic, Anthony M. Mayo, & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Visual vigilance tasks influence stance width

Yi-Chou Chen, Jason Dong, Jens Hagstrom & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Control of a virtual avatar influences postural activity and motion sickness

Yawen Yu, Hyun-Chae Chung, Lauren A. Hemingway, & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Postural sway and visual performance in women with and without morning sickness in pregnancy

Anthony M. Mayo, Michael G. Wade, & Thomas A. Stoffregen. Postural effects of the horizon on land and at sea

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/members_of_kinesiologys_afford.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/members_of_kinesiologys_afford.html School of Kinesiology Monday, Jul 25, 2011 Ingraham to teach course for American Physical Therapy Association IngrahamS-2011.jpgStacy Ingraham, Ph.D., lecturer in Kinesiology, has been invited to present a day-long course September 24 for the Minnesota chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. The course, "Today's Athlete and the Science of Sports Performance Meet on the Field," will address issues related to the current culture of sport and how training of the athlete has changed, along with factors to consider to fully restore function and productivity to the injured competitive athlete and weekend warrior.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/ingraham_to_teach_course_for_a.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/ingraham_to_teach_course_for_a.html School of Kinesiology Friday, Jul 22, 2011 Dr. Lesley Scibora awarded postdoc in Kinesiology Scibora-2011.JPGLesley Scibora, recent Ph.D. graduate in Kinesiology, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship for 2011-2012. Dr. Scibora will be working in collaboration with faculty and graduate students in three Kinesiology exercise science laboratories: Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Health, Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science, and Human and Sport Performance Laboratory. A significant part of her assignment will be to conduct research with and for colleagues in the U of M Medical School on a number of NIH grants. She will also teach Kinesiology classes in the exercise science area.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/dr_lesley_scibora_awarded_post.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/dr_lesley_scibora_awarded_post.html School of Kinesiology Friday, Jul 22, 2011 Tucker Center affiliated scholar participates in panel forum Kent Kaiser.jpgTucker Center Affiliated Scholar Kent Kaiser, Ph.D., participated in a panel forum entitled "Your Personal Brand" at the Minneapolis Hyatt on July 15. This was a special event sponsored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Minnesota Chapter. Kaiser talked about how individuals and organizations (like the Tucker Center) can and should communicate through social media and become "experts" in specific academic and professional topics thereby filling a niche, spreading knowledge, and attracting followers.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/tucker_center_affiliated_schol.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/tucker_center_affiliated_schol.html School of Kinesiology Wednesday, Jul 20, 2011 Kane quoted in Nation article KaneMJ-2005.jpgMary Jo Kane, professor of sport sociology in Kinesiology, was interviewed by Dave Zirin for an article in The Nation on "raunch culture" and the Women's World Cup soccer games. The term refers to women athletes appearing in seductive poses in men's magazines to "sell" their sport.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/kane_quoted_in_nation_article.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/2011/07/kane_quoted_in_nation_article.html School of Kinesiology Tuesday, Jul 19, 2011