Dr. Beverly Ulrich is director of the Division of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. She completed her Ph.D. under the direction of Dr. Vern Seefeldt. Dr. Ulrich has been in the forefront of new approaches to the study and conceptualization of the development and refinement of motor skills in children and youth. Her work applies a dynamical systems approach to research in motor development. An important application of this approach is her work with children and youth with Down syndrome for which she has secured a number of large multi-year grants. Dr. Ulrich is president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity and received the Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award from that group. She has also been elected fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.