Performance in Motion, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2000

Student News

Graduate Student News

Dissertation Defenses

Leapetswe Malete (Spring, 2000). Psychological correlates of sport and physical activity participation among Botswana youths.  Director: Deborah Feltz.

Patricia Rowe (Spring, 2000). The use of focus groups to develop design guidelines for teacher in-service training in physical education:  A case study evaluation. Director: John Haubenstricker.

Philip Sullivan (Spring, 2000). The development and validation of the effective communication in sport scale. Director: Deborah Feltz.

Student Publications

Ellis, K., Butterfield, S.A., & Lehnhard, R.A. (2000). Grip-strength performance by 6- to 19-year old children with and without hearing impairments.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 279-282.

Eisenmann J.C. , P.T. Katzmarzyk, G. Theriault, T.M.K. Song, R.M. Malina and C. Bouchard, (2000). Cardiac dimensions, physical activity, and submaximal working capacity in youth of the Quebec Family Study.  European Journal of Applied Physiology 81:40-46.

Eisenmann, J.C., P.T. Katzmarzyk, D.A. Arnall, V. Kanuho, C. Interpreter, and R.M. Malina, (2000). Growth and overweight of Navajo youth: Secular changes from 1955 to 1997.  International Journal of Obesity 24:211-218.

Katzmarzyk, P.T., R.M., Malina, L. Perusse, T. Rice, M.A. Province, D.C. Rao, and C. Bouchard, (2000). Familiar resemblance in fatness and fat distribution.  American Journal of Human Biology 12:395-404.

Malete, L., & Feltz, D.L. (2000). The effect of a coaching education program on efficacy. The Sport Psychologist, 14.

 Other News

Sian Beilock, Ph.D. student, received an MA in Psychology from MSU in Spring, 2000.

Joey Eisenmann has accepted a faculty position in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at the University of Wyoming starting Fall, 2000.

Anthony Kontos received the Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the Graduate School in Spring, 2000.

Dawn-Kimberly Lewis received the Summer Accelerated Fellowship from the Graduate School for Summer, 2000. Dawn also has receive Thesis Award from Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology.  Her thesis, Cognitive and emotional processes during the rehabilitation of severe athletic injuries, was voted the best amongst her peers.  Dawn will be receiving the award at the AAASP Conference in Nashville, TN in October.  Congratulations, Dawn.

Michelle Magyar received a Spencer Research Training Fellowship from the College of Education in Spring, 2000.

Shannon Siegel received the 1999 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the College of Education for her dissertation titled, Patterns of sport participation and physical activity in Mexican youth. She also received the Academic Excellence Award for the Department of Kinesiology.

Philip Sullivan has accepted a faculty position at Brock University for Fall, 2000.

Jennifer J. Waldron received the 1999 Distinguished Thesis Award from the Graduate College at Bowling Green State University for her master’s thesis titled, Motivational climate and goal orientation in adolescent female softball players.

Undergraduate Student News

The MSU Sports Skills Program (the lab for KIN 465) hosted the local Special Olympics swimming competition at DeWitt High School on April 28, 2000.  Seventeen participants from the Sports Skills Program competed in the meet, while their parents, MSU students, and other volunteers staffed the meet.  Kinesiology seniors Kraig Conyer, Kathryn Figenshau, and Mike Nanzer will be coaches for the 10 Sports Skills participants who will advance to the Michigan Special Olympics Games on June 1-3 at Central Michigan University. Featured in the picture at the right with Sparty is Samantha Wood (swimmer) with her coach Shante` Burke.