The National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education's (NAHKE) efforts to connect professionals to share our strategies and passions for success within kinesiology are more valuable than ever before and developing emotionally intelligent leaders and administrators is very important. For the 30th Delphine Hanna Commemorative Lecture, the…

In the 40th Annual Dudley Allen Sargent Lecture, I dared the field of kinesiology with its various subdisciplines to be at the center of systematic and individual change in the values, behaviors, and functions of higher education. It is not meant to be a harsh critique of kinesiologists, but is rooted in the belief that the field of kinesiology is…

Thirty-nine years ago, Bain and Poindexter (1981) implored higher educators of kinesiology to develop curricula that prepare students to use what they learn in practical ways. Lay resource material, however, often fails to meet metrics for adequate-to-optimal readability, regardless of who produces them. Research suggests that many people trained…

The academic discipline of kinesiology is relatively new (1960s) and is devoted to the study of human movement. The knowledge base and subject of study continues to develop and now includes inquiry regarding the impact of physical activity on health, society, and quality of life. The purpose of this course content evaluation was to identify…