College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Faculty

Dunja Antunovic Dunja Antunovic

  • Associate Professor, Sport Sociology; Honors Faculty Representative; College Consultative Committee
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-310-0421
  • dunjaant@umn.edu

Dunja Antunovic (PhD) is an Associate Professor in Sport Sociology. She teaches courses on the cultural, historical and philosophical dimensions of sport.

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Emmanuel Bonney Emmanuel Bonney

  • Assistant Professor, Biomechanics and Neuromotor Control
  • 612-626-9442
  • ebonney@umn.edu

Emmanuel Bonney, PhD, is an assistant professor at the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.

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Daniel Craighead Daniel Craighead

My research revolves around understanding why the cardiovascular system becomes dysfunctional with aging and disease, and testing potential therapies for improving cardiovascular function.

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Donald Dengel Donald Dengel

Graduate Education Faculty Professor, School of Kinesiology Director, Human Performance Core and Densitometry Services, University of Minnesota, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Director, Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology…

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Alex Garn Alex Garn

  • Professor, Sport and Exercise Psychology; Director, School of Kinesiology
  • garn0079@umn.edu

Alex Garn, PhD, is a professor and the director of the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on psychosocial determinants of physical activity with an emphasis on achievement motivation and behavior change.

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Sarah Greising Sarah Greising

  • Associate Professor, Exercise Physiology; Associate Director for Research and External Funding
  • 612-626-7890
  • grei0064@umn.edu

Research Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory Current research interests and long-term scientific goals of the laboratory revolve around the plasticity and regeneration of skeletal muscle, in efforts to mitigate the devastating…

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Rachel Hawe Rachel Hawe

  • Assistant Professor, Biomechanics and Neuromotor Control
  • she, her, hers
  • rhawe@umn.edu

My overall research goal is to maximize recovery following a neurologic injury such as stroke.

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Candace Hogue Candace Hogue

  • Assistant Professor, Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • she, her, hers
  • chogue@umn.edu

Candace M. Hogue, PhD, is an assistant professor of Sport & Exercise Psychology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

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Li Li Ji Li Li Ji

  • Professor, Exercise Physiology; Director, Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science
  • 612-624-9809
  • llji@umn.edu

Effect of exercise, nutrition, and aging on skeletal muscle health Cellular and molecular mechanisms of adaptation of muscle and heart to acute and chronic exercise Role of special transcription factors and signaling pathways in muscle atrophy Pro…

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Lisa Kihl Lisa Kihl

  • Professor, Sport Management; Director, Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations (GIRSO)
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-624-3150
  • lkihl@umn.edu

Sport management ethics, governance, & policy: Sport social responsibility Sport integrity Corruption in sport Athlete respresentation and sport governance My research interest in the intersection of sport management ethics, governance and policy has…

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Kevin King Kevin King

Kevin King is a teaching specialist in the sport management program in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities.

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Juergen Konczak Juergen Konczak

  • Professor, Biomechanics and Neuromotor Control; Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)
  • 612-624-4370
  • jkonczak@umn.edu

Director, Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory Director, Center for Clinical Movement Science Faculty, Center for Cognitive Sciences Faculty, Graduate Program in Neuroscience Adjunct Professor of Neurology Director, Human Sensorimotor Control…

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Emily Kringle Emily Kringle

  • Assistant Professor, Physical Activity and Health Promotion
  • she, her, hers
  • ekringle@umn.edu

Research Dr. Kringle directs the Disability and WELLness (DWELL) Laboratory, where her research program focuses on health promotion among adults with disabilities and neurological disorders.

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Nicole M. LaVoi Nicole M. LaVoi

  • Senior Lecturer, Sport Sociology; Associate Director for Innovation and Professional Development
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-626-6055
  • nmlavoi@umn.edu

Graduate education faculty Director, Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport Twitter: @DrSportPsych Connect with Dr. LaVoi on LinkedIN Read Dr. LaVoi's blog, One Sport Voice Dr.

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Brianna N. Leitzelar Brianna N. Leitzelar

Brianna Leitzelar, PhD uses community-engaged and mixed methods (observational, qualitative, quantitative) to develop accessible and effective movement-based interventions to improve quality of life and reduce long-term symptoms for cancer survivors,…

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Beth Lewis Beth Lewis

  • Professor; Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
  • she/her/hers
  • 612-626-9545
  • blewis@umn.edu

My research broadly focuses on examining the efficacy of behavioral interventions for increasing physical activity among sedentary adults. My work has included the examination of which mediating variables (e.g.

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Christopher Lundstrom Christopher Lundstrom

  • Senior Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Science; Director, Sport and Exercise Science MEd & Physical Activity and Health Promotion MEd
  • lund0982@umn.edu

My research interests center on endurance exercise training and performance. Specifically, I am interested in running economy, aerobic capacity, metabolic substrate utilization, and heart rate variability.

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Mitchell McSweeney Mitchell McSweeney

Expertise McSweeney’s research usually revolves around three guiding questions: (1) How may sport and physical activity contribute to or hinder ‘development’ (e.g., gender equality, economic empowerment, etc.

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Vicki Schull Vicki Schull

  • Senior Lecturer, Sport Management; Director, Sport Management MEd
  • 612-625-5300
  • schu1850@umn.edu

Vicki Schull is a Lecturer in sport management in the School of Kinesiology and an affiliated scholar with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport.

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Katie Schuver Katie Schuver

Katie Schuver, PhD, is a lecturer in physical activity and health promotion in the School of Kinesiology and lead graduate faculty for the Yoga Focus Area at the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing.

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Tom Stoffregen Tom Stoffregen

Director, Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory Member, Center for Cognitive Sciences Graduate faculty, Department of Psychology Graduate faculty, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering Graduate faculty, Human Factors/Ergonomics Graduate…

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Chelsey Thul Chelsey Thul

Chelsey Thul, PhD, is an student-centered educator and award-winning scholar on the topics of health equity and justice, youth empowerment, positive youth development, community-centered research, and physical activity.

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Diane Wiese-Bjornstal Diane Wiese-Bjornstal

BIOSKETCH *NOTE: With my apologies, but I do not anticipate accepting new graduate student advisees for Fall 2024 admission. Diane M.

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Bo Yu Bo Yu

Bo Yu, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on how innovative technology, such as esports, social live streaming services, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, empowers athlete branding and…

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