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Dear Faculty, Students, and
Alumni,
I am happy to officially an-
nounce that our Exercise and
Sport Sciences department
has a new name, "Kinesiology
and Sport Sciences"(KSS).
This name change brings our
department in line with other
institutions around the country
and provides an opportunity
for our department to be na-
tionally recognized and
ranked.
These are very exciting times
for our KSS department. We
have new faculty, new pro-
grams, and continue to place
students in strong research,
teaching, and administrative
positions throughout North
America! The direction of our
department is two pronged:
one is to continue to special-
ize in research and scholar-
ship focusing on innovative
research and community in-
volvement ; the other is to
focus on the more applied and
clinical side of our science.
The new Strength and Condi-
tioning/Fitness Entrepreneur-
ship Masters Degree program
is a perfect example of the
applied approach to our un-
derstanding of exercise physi-
ology. It is one of a handful of
graduate programs training
students to become experts in
the multidimensional aspects
of personal training! The new
Sports Medicine program with
a Concentration in Athletic
Training is another example of
the clinical direction that our
programs are taking. This
program works hand-in-hand
with our highly recognized and
CAATE-accredited under-
graduate Athletic Training
program. Certainly, our newly
acquired space in the first
floor of the Max Orovitz build-
ing will provide an opportunity
to integrate our specialty ar-
eas while providing some of
the most sophisticated equip-
ment available for training,
education, and research. It
also provides a tremendous
boost to our hands-on, practi-
cal approach to the study of
Sports Medicine and Exercise
Physiology.
We also have an" Integrative
Nutrition and Physiology
" graduate program in the
pipeline. This will help fill the
huge void in our understand-
ing of how nutrition, structured
exercise, and physical activity
dovetail with each other to
enhance health promotion/
disease prevention, as well
as, sport performance!
Last but certainly not least, is
the " Sport Administration"
program which continues to
be the largest undergraduate
and graduate program in our
department. Their focus on
"brand name marketing" and
"new media " places them in a
most unique position among
other sport administration pro-
grams across the country.
This coupled with a fabulous
internship program which
places students in a variety of
local sport franchises through-
out our community, makes for
one of the most exciting pro-
grams at the University of
Miami!!!
As a special note to our
alumni, we'd love to hear from
you, where you are working,
what you are doing, and any
anecdotes you would like to
share with us about your time
at the "U"!!! Please keep us
posted!!!
Stay Well, Stay Active,
Dr. Arlette Perry
KSS Chair
Message from the Chair...
Kinesiology & Sport Sciences in our Community
2
Strength & Conditioning 3
Exercise Physiology 3
Athletic Training 4
Sport Administration 4-6
KSS Out & About… 6
Alumni Updates 7
Inside this issue:
Fall 2010
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Volume 1, Issue 1
KSS INSIDER
The Department of Kinesiology and
Sport Sciences has always made an
effort to provide service to the commu-
nity that nurtures it. Recently, our
graduate students have been able to
incorporate community service into
their doctoral projects. Three current
doctoral candidate and one recent doc-
toral recipient have found the perfect
mix of science and service.
Elizabeth Edwards, doctoral candidate,
has recently completed a summer pro-
gram, called the Healthy Start Summer
Program (HSSP), for adolescents from
high schools in low-socioeconomic areas
around Miami-Dade. The program is
based on Dr. Arlette Perry's THINK
ideology - Translational Health in Nu-
trition and Kinesiology - which aims at
providing education about exercise and
nutrition in a very understandable and
applied method. Participants of the
seven-week program held on the Coral
Gables Campus were led by top-notch
team leaders from the Exercise Physiol-
ogy graduate and undergraduate pro-
grams. In addition to plenty of exer-
cise, students participated in learning
seminars on topics ranging from cardio-
vascular health to body composition to
nutrition, which were then followed up
with hands-on laboratory sessions that
reinforced the material they had just
learned. Additional activities included
literacy training, educational field trips,
professional training on topics such as
interviewing and resumes, and infor-
mation on finding financial aid and how
to get into college.
The HSSP was funded by The Chil-
dren's Trust, allowing the program to
be offered at no cost to the participants.
The Department of Kinesiology and
Sport Sciences also partnered with Mi-
ami-Dade County Public Schools in or-
der to be able to offer those students
who completed the program in entirety
one semester credit. The HSSP pro-
gram enrolled approximately 100 ado-
lescents in its second year and will be
offered again next summer.
Abigail Bedient, Phd. and Alessandra
Pluchino, doctoral candidate, teamed
up under the guidance of Dr. Joseph
Signorile, to explore the relationship
between risk of falling, balance, and
how people avoid falling and how we
might be able to reduce the odds of fal-
ling in aging citizens. This is a particu-
larly important topic given the rising
number of individuals reaching the age
where falls, and therefore hip fractures,
become a serious risk. The first compo-
nent, which served as Abigail Bedient's
dissertation project, looked at the dif-
ferences in scores on a battery of differ-
ent balance tests between individuals
with or without a history of falls. One
of these tests, which uses the a newly
developed device, Proprio 5000, allows
the research team to see how individu-
als adjust to maintain balance over a
two minute test in which the platform
shifts both more rapidly both to a
greater magnitude over the course of
the test. By tracking trunk movement
in six different planes throughout the
test, the team determined that those
older persons that did not have a his-
tory of falling moved in a more fluid
fashion then fallers when challenged to
maintain balance in a changing envi-
ronment.
Alessandra Pluchino headed the second
phase of the balance investigations.
Not satisfied with only identifying fal-
ling strategies, Alessandra imple-
mented various balance training pro-
grams, in an effort to identify which
program was most effective at improv-
ing individuals' ability to maintain bal-
ance. Participants in this study were
assigned to either a Tai Chi program, a
Nintendo Wii Fit balance program, or a
more traditional exercise program
aimed at improving balance. Results of
this study are currently being analyzed
to identify the effects of each program
on the participants' balance. While Tai
Chi and exercises which challenge a
person’s stability have already been
established as methods that are effec-
tive at improving balance, the Wii Fit
as a tool for improving balance has not
yet been proven. One benefit of the Wii
Fit balance program over Tai Chi and
the traditional balance program is that
it allows an individual to do these exer-
cises at home on their own, making it
more accessible to many individuals
than having to attend, and often pay
for, regular classes or appointments
with a Physical Therapist or Personal
Trainer. Participants of this program
enjoyed being able to work regularly
with trained professionals over the
eight week study at no personal cost.
As in the previous study, David Ed-
wards, doctoral candidate, provided the
opportunity for older individuals in our
community to participate in an eight-
week exercise program free-of-charge.
However, instead of balance, David was
interested in identifying ways to im-
prove overall functionality in his par-
ticipants. With age there is a reduction
in muscular strength and power. This
leads to decline in one's abilities of to
perform necessary everyday tasks, such
as going grocery shopping, getting up
out of a chair, and picking things up off
the floor. These kind of tasks, known
as Activities of Daily Living, and im-
proving individuals' abilities to perform
them are the primary focus of both Dr.
Joseph Signorile's and David's research.
For this study, participants were as-
signed to either a traditional aquatic
exercise program or an aquatic exercise
program specifically designed to target
functional tasks. Classes were held
twice a week for eight weeks at the
Herbert Wellness Center on the Coral
Gables campus. While thorough exami-
nation of the data is ongoing, prelimi-
nary findings indicate that both classes
led to an improvement in performance
on a battery of tests specifically de-
signed to represent Activities of Daily
Living.
Through these studies our graduate
students are contributing significantly
to the literature related to quality
health and wellness interventions in
two of the most important groups in our
nation, children and our ever-growing
older population. Additionally, the im-
plementation of their findings in clini-
cal and educational environments can
positively affect the health and well-
being of everyone in our community.
Kinesiology & Sports Sciences in our Community
Page 2 KSS INSIDER
Caption describing picture or
graphic.
The KSS department has expanded
its program offerings to include a
graduate strength and conditioning/
fitness entrepreneurship program
through a four plus one or two year
graduate degree. KSS undergrad
students can now take an addi-
tional year in the exercise physiol-
ogy program and earn their mas-
ters degree, specializing in either
clinical exercise physiology or
strength and conditioning. These
two paths fit seamlessly with the
exercise physiology undergraduate
program and reflect the forefront of
the fastest growing aspects of the
sports and medical fitness indus-
tries. The clinical track supports
the national move to prevention
supported by the “Exercise is Medi-
cine” shift away from treatment-
based care. This career path aligns
with a growing medical fitness in-
dustry providing UM graduates
excellent career positioning for jobs
in this expanding field. The
Strength and Conditioning program
is also heavily rooted in exercise
biological science, but focuses on
the requisite knowledge and skill
sets needed for successful NCAA
and Pro team Strength and Condi-
tioning careers. In addition, the
program includes coursework on
how to properly start a business
and manage a successful operation
for individuals looking for careers
in exercise program management
and fitness entrepreneurship.
The Strength and Conditioning pro-
gram is very unique to exercise
physiology programs. Branded
UPerformance, the emphasis of the
coursework is accelerating human
capabilities in sports. Students
master programming for sports and
put evidence based theory into
practice; engaging in Olympic
weightlifting techniques, as well as
speed, agility and quickness train-
ing, corrective exercise, triathlon
and marathon preparation and ad-
vanced programming techniques.
Through the generosity of UM Ath-
letics, our students have unparal-
leled, state-of-the-art resources to
enhance the practical objectives of
these courses. Through learn-by-
doing strategies students will en-
gage in the latest research findings
pertaining to athletic conditioning
during each class. “We challenge
traditional approaches, implement
cutting edge techniques, and test
research validity in a quest to find
ways to make athletes better.” Dr.
Biagioli, program coordinator.
“Expect to see more of our alumni
on the side lines, in the dugout, and
courtside in the coming years.”
Strength & Conditioning
“Expect to see more of our
alumni on the sidelines, in the
dugout, and courtside in the
coming years.”
Page 3 KSS INSIDER
Exercise Physiology
Dr. Kevin Jacobs, Dr. Sae Yong Lee &
PhD students in the Exercise Physiol-
ogy program recently presented at the
American College of Sports Medicine
Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Mary-
land from June 1-5, 2010. What follows
is a list of the presenters and topics:
Kevin A. Jacobs, Worth the Headache:
The Efficacy of Phosphodiesterase-5
Inhibitors at High Altitude, High-
lighted Symposium entitled "Into Thin
Air: Optimizing Exercise Performance
at High Altitude"
David Edwards, Surface EMG Median
Power Frequency Shifts as Indicators of
Quadriceps Synchronization Following
Whole Body Vibration, Free Communi-
cation/Poster Presentation
Elizabeth Edwards, Can a Transla-
tional Health Modular Summer Pro-
gram Positively Impact Minority Ado-
lescent Health and Wellness?, Free
Communication/Slide Presentation
Jochen Kressler, Sildenafil Does Not
Improve Peak Exercise Capacity Dur-
ing Acute Hypoxia in Trained Men or
Women, Free Communication/Slide
Presentation
Pete Lisman, Cervical Strength Train-
ing Does Not Enhance Dynamic Stabili-
zation of Head and Neck During Foot-
ball Tackling, Free Communication/
Poster Presentation
Daniel Serravite, Increased Postactiva-
tion Potentiation With Whole Body Vi-
bration, Free Communication/
Poster Presentation
Mark Stoutenberg, Sildenafil Does Not
Improve Performance at Simulated
High or Moderate Altitudes in Men or
Women, Free Communication/
Poster Presentation
Rich Viskochil, Men and Women Ex-
hibit Similar Declines in Peak Exercise
Capacity and Performance at Simulated
Altitudes, Free Communication/
Poster Presentation
The Commission on Accredita-
tion of Athletic Training Educa-
tion (CAATE) has voted to
award continuing accreditation
to the Athletic Training Educa-
tion Program (ATEP) at the
University of Miami. CAATE
established that our program
has met all of the nationally rec-
ognized Standards for Entry-
Level Athletic Training Educa-
tion that were established with
support of the following sponsor-
ing organizations: The American
Academy of Family Physicians,
The American Academy of Pedi-
atrics, The American Orthopedic
Society for Sports Medicine, and
The National Athletic Trainer’s
Association, Inc.
As a result of this award, our
next comprehensive review is
scheduled to occur during the
2018-2019 academic year. Thus,
the ATEP was awarded with the
maximum reaccreditation length
of ten years, an award only
given to programs that demon-
strate excellence in compliance
with accreditation standards. A
special thanks to all the admin-
istrators, clinical instructors,
students, alumni, faculty, physi-
cians, and staff that worked and
continue to work extremely hard
to keep the ATEP excelling
programs and sponsorships with vari-
ous sport organizations, including the
Kentucky Derby; the Indianapolis 500
Motor Speedway, and two minor league
baseball teams - the Louisville Redbirds
and the El Paso Diablos.
Dr. Mullane received her Ph.D. in
Higher Education/Sport Administration
ministration program coordinator at
the University of Houston for five
years.
Warren’s research, most of which has
focused on gender and organizational
issues within interscholastic athletics,
has been published in such journals as
Journal of Sport Management ; Interna-
tional Journal of Sport Management ;
Sport, Education, and Society , Interna-
tional Journal of Sport Management
and Marketing , and Sex Roles .
His professional background includes
over twenty years experience with three
global organizations – Hewitt Associ-
ates, KFC-USA, and Frito Lay, Inc. His
roles within those businesses were as
an Advanced Project & Process Consult-
ant, a Director of Restaurant Opera-
tions (1 of 16 in North America), and
Region Sales Manager respectively. In
each of the positions noted, he was in-
volved with coordinating promotional
We would like to introduce our Sport
Administration faculty for the 2010-
2011 academic year:
Dr. Whisenant joined the faculty at the
University of Miami in 2005 and cur-
rently serves as Associate Chair of the
Department of Kinesiology and Sport
Sciences. Prior to his move to Miami, he
was a faculty member and Sport Ad-
Sport Administration
Athletic Training
Page 4 KSS INSIDER
Dr. Warren Whisenant, Associate
Professor - Sport Administration, and
Associate Chair, Department of Kine-
siology and Sport Sciences Dr. Susan Mullane, Associate Profes-
sor, Sport Administration Program -
Department of Kinesiology and Sport
Sciences
from the University of Miami. A former
student-athlete and Associate Dean of
Students, Dr. Mullane has extensive
experience in leadership development
and training and student develop-
ment. In her 9th year on the School of
Education in the Department of Kinesi-
ology and Sport Sciences, Dr. Mullane
coordinates the Leadership minor and
is the director of the recently estab-
lished Sport Administration major,
leading to a Bachelor of Science degree
in Education. Dr. Mullane teaches both
undergraduate and graduate courses in
Sport Administration. In addition to
leadership and ethics, she has taught
courses in conflict management, moti-
vation, and research methods.
Dr. Mullane’s areas of expertise include
leadership, ethics, academic integrity,
and sport ethics, and she has published
and presented extensively in these ar-
eas. She was a founding member of the
University of Miami’s Ethics Consor-
tium, and has been coordinating on-
going symposia with the Law School’s
Center for Ethics and Public Policy en-
titled “Ethics in Education”. Most re-
cently, as Chairperson of the Ethics
Advisory Committee for the School
Board of Miami Dade County Public
Schools, Dr. Mullane co-authored a
Code of Ethics to be adopted by the Mi-
ami-Dade County School Board in Sep-
tember 2003.
Paul Dee served as University of Miami
Director of Athletics from 1993 to 2008.
Prior to his appointment, Dee served
the University as its Vice President and
General Counsel beginning in 1981.
During his tenure Dee focused the ef-
forts of the Athletic Department on four
major points of emphasis:
the success of its programs;
the development of its student-
athletes, both athletically and academi-
cally;
the quality of life of its staff;
improvement of facilities.
The department achieved success in
each of these areas.
During his nine years as Director of
Athletics, Dee was, and still is, active in
the NCAA and the BIG EAST Confer-
ence. Dee has served on several NCAA
Committees, including the Committee
on Certification, the Management
Council and currently is a member of
the Committee on Infractions. In the
BIG EAST, Dee has served on the Ex-
ecutive Television Committee and, for
two years, was Chair of the BIG EAST
Football Conference.
Windy Dees joined the Sport Admini-
stration faculty in August of 2010. She
is a graduate of Texas A&M University
where she received her doctoral degree
in Sport Management in December of
2007. Dr. Dees received a master’s de-
gree in Sport Management from the
University of Florida and a bachelor’s
degree in Psychology and Communica-
tions from Rollins College.
Prior to joining the Kinesiology and
Sport Sciences department at the Uni-
versity of Miami, Dr. Dees was an assis-
tant professor for three years at Geor-
gia Southern University. At GSU, her
primary teaching responsibilities in-
cluded courses in undergraduate and
graduate Sport Marketing and Sport
Law. She has also taught courses in
Sport Sociology, Sport Economics, and
International Sport Business.
Dr. Dees’s research focuses on corporate
sponsorship effectiveness and event
marketing strategies. Her research has
examined a multitude of variables re-
lated to effective event sponsorship and
marketing including brand awareness
and recognition, consumer attitudes,
image transfer, and purchase intent.
More recently, Dr. Dees has begun to
examine the roles that brand and event
personality play in formulating effec-
tive sporting events and corporate spon-
sorship campaigns. Dr. Dees has been
published in a variety of sport and tour-
ism research journals including Sport
Marketing Quarterly, Journal of Spon-
sorship, International Journal of Sport
Management, Event Management, and
the Journal of Tourism Insights. She
has also contributed as a co-author to
the widely used legal text, LAW for Rec-
reation and Sport Managers.
Paul Resnick joined the Sport Admini-
stration faculty in the Fall of 2009. He
has prior experience teaching Sports
Administration classes as an Adjunct in
the Fall of 2007 and the Spring of 2009
at the University of Miami. He re-
ceived a Master’s Degree from Saint
Sport Administration (cont.)
Page 5 Volume 1, Issue 1
Paul Resnick, Lecturer, Department
of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
Paul Dee, Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology and
Sport Sciences - J.D., University of Miami School of
Law, 1977 - Director of Athletics, University of
Miami, 1993 to 2008. Sport law and Governance
Dr. Windy Dees, Assistant Professor,
Department of Kinesiology and Sport
Sciences
Exercise Physiology had a very busy
summer with a conference in June
(group photo on left) and numerous
summer programs on campus. Below:
Participants of the healthy start pro-
gram & Participants in the aquatic ex-
ercise program in aging population.
Dr. Dees & Ty Martin headed out to
Dadeland Mall on Thursday, September
30 with Mr. Martin’s Intro to Sport Ad-
ministration Class to help out with
IZOD Indy Racing promo stop at the
mall. Students helped run various as-
pects of the event. This was all to help
with the promotion of the Cafes do Bra-
sil Indy 300 Race at Homestead-Miami
Speedway on Saturday, October 2.
KSS Out & About...
Tywan Martin, Lecturer, Department
of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
Thomas University in 2003 and a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Political Science in 2000,
also from Saint Thomas University.
Paul has six years experience working in
professional sports, all with the Florida
Marlins. In his first year with the Marlins,
he worked in Executive Affairs assisting
the executive staff and coordinating special
projects. He then moved up to Community
Affairs for the next five seasons. His duties
included overseeing the Florida Marlins
Speakers Bureau, Ballpark Buddies for
Youth, Community Booth, Arts Program,
and coordinating the team newsletter and
events calendar. He also worked very
closely with local and national not-for-
profits in building relationships and pro-
viding community assistance. Paul was
also a member of the 2003 World Champi-
onship team and helped organize events for
the post season as part of the Hospitality
and Entertainment Committee.
Paul also supervises USPORT with Tywan
Martin and SPORT with Dr. Windy Dees.
Tywan Martin is in his first year as a
member of the Sport Administration fac-
ulty. Prior to his arrival, he spent the last
several years at Indiana University work-
ing on his Ph.D. in Sport Management
with an emphasis in communication and
marketing. Tywan received a master’s de-
gree in Sport Management and a bachelor’s
of Social and Behavioral Sciences from
Indiana University.
Tywan’s professional experience includes
work in student affairs and in the sport
industry. He was an assistant director of a
university sponsored mentoring program
where he implemented specialized pro-
gramming, created a conference to address
the needs of underserviced and underrep-
resented students, and organized mentor
relationships between faculty and staff and
student-athletes. While working on his
doctorate, Tywan taught and guest lec-
tured in various Sport Management
courses. In addition, Tywan coordinated
and developed a number of professional,
college, and high school summer basketball
camps over the last 15 years.
Tywan’s research involves two interrelated
strands of sport management. Sport com-
munication is the focus of his primary re-
search strand. It involves analyzing the
coverage provided to niche (e.g., MMA) and
traditional sports across various media
platforms (e.g., magazines, television, video
games, social media, cellular phones).
Sport marketing is Tywan’s secondary
research strand. In particular, his research
in this area is to examine fan behavior in
spectator sports with the specific goal of
assisting sport practitioners in the develop-
ment of their strategic marketing plans.
Sport Administration (cont.)
Page 6 Volume 1, Issue 1
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