Kim R. Beason is Professor of Park and Recreation Management, Coordinator of the Park and Recreation Degree Program, and Director of the Senior Adult Aquatic Program. Dr. Beason received his Ed.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1990. Dr. Beason began his academic career in 1989 at the University op Mississippi. Dr. Beason has presented […]
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi proudly feature the University of Mississippi’s RebelWell on both the Foundation’s website homepage and their fall news letter. Click links to visit Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation homepage and new letter.
Vinayak K. Nahar is a third year health and kinesiology doctoral student in the Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management. Nahar already holds a master’s degree in health promotion from UM. His primary research involves identifying relationships between psychosocial factors and skin cancer prevention behaviors across various population groups at risk. Nahar has published […]
The Health, Exercise Science, and Recreational Management Department begin the 2014-2015 year with four exciting hires. The new professors, many of whom arrived to University of Mississippi’s campus this fall, are considered some of the best young scholars in their respective fields. HESRM’s new faculty includes Drs. Yang-Chieh Fu, KoFan Lee, Jeremy Loenneke, and Paul […]
William Baggett, an Exercise Science student at the University of Mississippi, was one of six winners of the 14th annual John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards. CLEVELAND – The six winners for the 14th annual John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards were announced today by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the […]
Interdisciplinary team developing prosthetic as part of a complete treatment program OXFORD, Miss. — Drawing on one another’s expertise, a trio of University of Mississippi faculty members from different areas of campus has created a patent-pending device that could change the lives of people who stutter. Paul Goggans, an electrical engineering professor, developed the prosthetic […]
Webb Smith is a graduate student in the School of Applied Science’s Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management. He works as Senior Exercise Specialist, Epidemiology and Cancer Control, at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Abigail Gamble, believed to be the first doctoral student at UM to receive a prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dissertation fellowship, is using the award to study the physical activity of schoolchildren in the Delta. “We would like to determine how state, district and school-level policy, and the built environment of school recreational spaces […]