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Faculty & Staff
| Faculty | |
| Chairperson: | Deborah A. Sheehy |
| Graduate Coordinators: | Suanne Maurer-Starks for Athletic Training, Karen Richardson for Physical Education and Health |
| Professors: | Edward Braun, Lydia Burak, Robert Haslam, Joseph Huber, Kathleen Laquale, Amos Nwosu, Ellyn Robinson, Pamela Russell |
| Associate Professors: | Karen Richardson, Maura Rosenthal, Thomas Quimby, Ed.D. |
| Assistant Professors: | Robert Colandreo, James Leone, Mark Mattesi, Suanne Maurer-Starks, Tong-Ching Tom Wu |
| Staff | |
| Administrative Assistants: | Pam Humphreys, phumphreys@bridgew.edu |
Department Location: Adrian Tinsley Center, Room 232
Department Telephone Number: 531-1215
Meet Our Faculty:
Marcia K. Anderson, Ph.D., L.A.T., C.,
mkanderson@bridgew.edu
Dr. Anderson received her Bachelor's Degree in
Physical Education from Upper Iowa College, her Master's degree in Physical
Education from Indiana University, and her doctorate in Physical Education and
Sport Studies from the University of Iowa. She taught Physical Education in the
Jessup and West Union, Iowa public school systems. While at Indiana University,
she was the Director and Instructor of Sports Emergency Care for the Recreation
Department. Dr. Anderson joined Bridgewater State College in 1981 and served as
Director of the Athletic Training Program for 19 years. She served 6 years as
the Chairperson of the Department of Movement Arts, Health Promotion & Leisure
Studies, as well as the coordinator of the department's graduate programs. She
currently serves on the NATA Board of Certification (BOC) Board of Directors,
and is an on-site evaluator for the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic
Training Education (CAATE). Dr. Anderson is recognized as a nationally prominent
author in athletic training, having published Foundations of Athletic
Training: Prevention, Assessment and Management and Fundamentals of
Athletic Training, both widely used across the United States and Canada.
Samuel Baumgarten, Professor,
sbaumgarten@bridgew.edu
Professor Sam Baumgarten has been at Bridgewater State College since 1979. For twenty
years, through 1999, he was the physical educator at the Burnell Campus
Laboratory School. He developed a model elementary physical education program,
which, shortly after his departure, received recognition as the outstanding
program in Massachusetts. His area of emphasis in MAHPLS is Teacher Licensure
in Physical Education and Dance Education. He is the co-author of a textbook on
elementary physical education entitled, Elementary Physical Education:
Building a Solid Movement Foundation. During his tenure here at BSC, he
has received Teacher of the Year and Dance Educator of the Year awards from the
Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
and from the Eastern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance. He is an avid runner and competes in senior
track and road racing events.
Lydia Burak, Ph.D., CHES,
lburak@bridgew.edu
Dr. Burak joined the Bridgewater State faculty in 1998. She has also taught
at Plymouth State College, Worcester State College, and the University of
Oregon. Her prior experiences encompass more than 20 years in the fields
of domestic and international community health and community development. Former
positions include director of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Tobacco-Free
Worksite Project, director of Prevention ONE, the Massachusetts Department of
Public Health's western Massachusetts regional prevention center, and consulting
work for the American Cancer Society. Dr. Burak spent nearly ten years in Africa
working with Labat-Anderson, Inc., CHP International and the United States Peace
Corps. Her research interests are broad based: specific research studies,
publications and presentations have addressed women's health issues, AIDS
education, tobacco use and testicular self exams.
Edward A. Braun, Ed. D., ebraun@bridgew.edu
Dr. Braun received his Bachelor degree in Biology from Central Connecticut State
University, his Master's degree in Physical Education/Exercise Science from
Boston University, and his doctorate from Boston University in Physical Education/Exercise
Science. Dr. Braun joined Bridgewater State College in 1968 after teaching at Boston
University. He has served as Co-Director of the Human Performance Lab and Liaison
to the Exercise Science Concentration, as well as Chair for the Movement Arts,
Health Promotion and Leisure Studies Department (1982-84, Spring 2000). His
publications include a lab manual that is currently used in many of the Exercise
Science labs as well as a textbook, Commercial Fitness. In addition to his professional
education-related duties, Dr. Braun is also an avid fishing enthusiast and grows
unique and spectacular roses.
Robert
M. Colandreo, DPT, ATC, LAT, CSCS,
rcolandreo@bridgew.edu , Dr. Colandreo received his Bachelor's Degree in
Physical Education with a Concentration in Athletic Training from Bridgewater
State in 1995. He received his Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy in
2002 and his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2004 both from Sargent College
of Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University. After his graduation from
Bridgewater, he taught Physical Education and Health and was the athletic trainer
at Matignon High School in Cambridge, MA. He returned to BSC in the summer of
1998 as Assistant Athletic Trainer in the Athletics Department, a position he
held 3 years. In the fall of 2003 he joined the athletic training faculty as a
one-year temporary appointment and was appointed full-time in 2004. Bob teaches
courses in therapeutic exercise and therapeutic modalities. He is also the
clinical coordinator for the Athletic Training Education Programs. He remains
clinically active providing athletic training coverage for football and ice
hockey at Matignon High School. During the summer he provides coverage for the
New England Pro-Am Hockey League and its five internationally recognized junior
hockey tournaments. His extensive clinical experience has also included work
with the New England Patriots, Bay State Games, Gary Gray Physical Therapy, and
summer sport camps throughout the Boston area. Bob is nationally certified by
the Board of Certification as an athletic trainer (ATC) and is licensed in
Massachusetts as an athletic trainer and a physical therapist. He is also
certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified
Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He is an active member of the NATA,
ATOM, APTA and NSCA.
Robert W. Haslam, Ph.D., rhaslam@bridgew.edu
Dr. Haslam received his Bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Northeastern
University, and attended University of Maryland/College Park where he received
his Master's degree in Physical Education/Exercise Science and his doctorate
in Physical Education/Exercise Physiology. Dr. Haslam has taught at Georgia
Southern College, State University of NY-Brockport, and Syracuse University
as Director of Human Performance Lab before joining Bridgewater State College
in 1982. He is currently serving as the Department Chair, Director of the Human Performance
Lab, Liaison for the Exercise Science Undergraduate Concentration, Coordinator
of the Graduate Human Performance Program, and Graduate Comprehensive Administrator.
He is also a Consultant to Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers of Fitness.
Joseph H. Huber, Ph.D., R.T.R.S., C.A.P.E., jhuber@bridgew.edu
Dr. Huber received his Bachelor degree in Health and Physical Education from
West Chester State University, his Master's degree in Health and Physical Education
from the University of Maryland, and his doctorate in Adapted Physical Education
and Motor Learning from The Ohio State University. Prior to his joining Bridgewater State College in 1973, he was a Research Assistant
in the Children's Physical Developmental Clinic at University of Maryland, taught
Adapted Physical Education at Prince George's County Schools, and was Assistant
Chief of Adapted Physical Education at The Ohio State University. He developed
and has served as Director of the Children's Physical Developmental Clinic at
Bridgewater State College. The aim of the clinic program is to improve the "total
development" of children with disabilities by enhancing vital physical,
motor, and aquatic skills and patterns as well as self-esteem. One hundred BSC
students serve as clinicians and support staff each semester making the CPDC
the largest student organization on campus. Dr. Huber was a member of the Standards Committee related to National Adapted
Physical Education Certification and served, for 15 years, as Assistant Editor
of physical education and Department Editor of Issues for Palaestra: The Forum
of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation for the Disabled. Dr. Huber also
served as the local Event Coordinator for the Boston National Convention of
American Association for Leisure and Recreation of the American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Kathleen Laquale, Ph.D., klaquale@bridgew.edu
Dr. Kathleen Laquale is a Professor in the
Department of Movement Arts, Health Promotion Leisure Studies. She served as the
Program Director for the ATEP from the fall, 1998 to the spring, 2006 and
specializes in teaching assessment of sports related injuries, administration in
athletic training, and sports nutrition for the physically active. Prior to coming to BSC,
she served as the Head Athletic Trainer at Rhode Island College (1984-1997) and
Head Women's Athletic Trainer at
Providence College (1977-1984). She was an adjunct professor at Rhode Island
College for the physical education department (1984-1997) and at the University
of Rhode Island for the Department of Food Science and Nutrition (1993-1996). Dr. Laquale is a well-published author in sports nutrition,
dietary practices of collegiate wrestlers, ergogenic aids and nutritional
supplements, medical issues of the female athlete, flexibility and stretching
strategies. She has provided various lectures at numerous district, national and
international workshops, conferences and symposia. She is the Column Editor on
Nutrition for Athletic Therapy Today. Dr. Laquale is a member of the NATA Hall of Fame (2005) and
past District One Director to the NATA Executive Board of Directors (1998-2004).
James E. Leone, PhD, ATC, CSCS, *D, CHES
[James.Leone@bridgew.edu]
is an Assistant Professor of Health in the Department of Movement Arts, Health
Studies, and Leisure Studies at Bridgewater State University and joined the
Bridgewater community in 2008. He earned his Ph.D. in health education from
Southern Illinois University Carbondale; his M.S. from Indiana State University,
and a B.S. from Bridgewater State College. Prior to joining BSU, Dr. Leone held
faculty appointments at The George Washington University, Northeastern
University, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Serving many diverse
roles has been a highlight of Dr. Leones career; he served as Clinical
Education Coordinator and Program Director in the undergraduate athletic
training education program at SIUC, head athletic trainer and strength and
conditioning specialist at several high schools in Massachusetts, Illinois, and
Kentucky, and more recently as an educator, consultant, and author. Academically
passionate accurately describes Dr. Leone in terms of his role(s) in the
classroom and in the academic world. He has published numerous peer-reviewed
articles in well-known journals such as the Journal of Athletic Training,
Journal of School Health, Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Research, Body Image: An International Journal of Research,
Athletic Training Education Journal, and the Strength and Conditioning
Journal among others. In addition to his publications, he also has presented
his research well over 100 times in a variety of international, national,
regional, state, and local venues. Dr. Leones academic interests include: male
health, body image, drug abuse epidemiology (androgenic anabolic steroids),
celiac disease, and issues in professional development. He has written several
chapters for various textbooks in addition to his own book on male health
titled, Concepts in Male Heath: Perspectives across the Lifespan. He is
an active member of several national, regional and state professional
organizations and holds certifications and/or licensure in athletic training,
strength and conditioning and health education. Dr. Leone also serves on the
Executive Board for the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance (MAHPERD). Dr. Leone is an active member of the
American Public Health Association (APHA), American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), American College of Sports
Medicine (ACSM), Eta Sigma Gamma National Health Education Honorary Society, the
National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA),
and the National Strength and Conditioning
Association (NSCA). He also serves as a reviewer and associate editor for
various professional journals. On a personal note, Dr. Leone enjoys physical
activity (running, hiking, weight training, and softball), reading and writing,
traveling, and spending time with his black lab mix; he resides in Waltham, MA.
Dr. Mark
Mattesi, Dr. Mattesi received his Bachelor's of Science from the
University of Michigan in Biopsychology. He then went on to West Virginia
University where he received his Master's in Counseling and his Doctorate in
Sport and Exercise Psychology. After graduating with his doctorate he went on to
teach at the college level at William Patterson University, New Jersey, as a
History of Sport and Exercise Science professor; Raritan Valley Community
College, New Jersey, teaching coursework in Anatomy and Physiology; Saint
Francis College, New York, as a tenure-track assistant professor in Physical
Education; and SUNY- Ulster, New York, working as a Biology lab professor.
Professor Mattesi did his doctoral work in Sport Psychology and is currently a
Sport Psychology Consultant. Presently, he teaches History and Philosophy of
Sport, Philosophy and Principles of Physical Education, Sport Psychology, Sport
Sociology and Research Methods at Bridgewater State College. Outside interests
include being a sporty traveler!
Suanne Maurer-Starks, Ed.D,
suanne.maurer@bridgew.edu
Dr.Maurer-Starks completed her baccalaureate degree in Physical Education and
Athletic Training from the Canisius College, her masters degree in Deaf
Education from Canisius College, her CAS in Educational Administration from
Hofstra University and doctorate of education degree in Health from Columbia
University, Teachers College. Prior to joining the faculty at Bridgewater, Dr.
Maurer-Starks was on faculty at Northeastern University. She has also served as
a program director at Hofstra University's Athletic Training Program. She has
been a practicing athletic trainer and has worked with a variety of
intercollegiate athletic teams.
Suanne has been involved in the World Games for the Deaf medical staff and has
traveled to two International Games, including Sofia, Bulgaria, and Copenhagen,
Denmark. The courses she is responsible for teaching are predominately in the
field of athletic training. Dr. Maurer-Starks has spoken at district and
national conferences, including the Eastern Athletic Trainer's Association
annual meeting; the National Athletic Trainer's annual meeting and the American
Alliance for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance's annual meeting. She is
active in the Athletic Training profession and has been a test site
Administrator and currently serves on the Thomas Sheehan Scholarship Selection
Committee. Her current research efforts revolve around athletic training
pedagogy and issues surrounding diversity within the profession of athletic
training.
Dr. Amos O. Nwosu, Ph.D., CHES,
anwosu@bridgew.edu
Dr. Amos O. Nwosu has been teaching at Bridgewater State College since 1986.
He received his doctorate in Health Studies Department of Texas Woman's University
in 1985, his Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina's School of
Public Health in 1979. His B.Sc. (Honors) was received from the University of
Nigeria in 1975. He became CHES certified in 1998. As an editor and publisher,
he has authored several books including the award winning "Perspectives
in Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity". Nwosu specializes in Health Program
Planning, Health Counseling, Community Health Analysis and Cultural Diversity.
He has been involved in various academic and community organization activities
which facilitate and foster environment conducive to scholarly inquiry and academic
excellence.
Thomas Quimby, Ed.D.,
thomas.quimby@bridgew.edu
Dr. Quimby is currently serving in his second year at BSC directing the
recreation concentration, recreation and fitness club administration, and the
recreation minor. He is developing courses in adventure education and has
recently written an operations manual for the BSC Challenge program. He
received a Doctorate in Education degree from Boston University specializing in
adventure education, an MS in Health, Physical Education and Recreation from
Morehead State University, and a BS in HPER from Charleston Southern University.
From 2002-2005 he was the Assistant Department Chair and the Director of the
Hofstra University Adventure Education Program for the Department of Physical
Education and Sport Sciences (PESP). Teaching responsibilities included
undergraduate and graduate courses in physical education primarily focusing on
adventure education for teachers. In 2001 he served as the Director of
Operations for Outward Bound Professional on Thompson Island in Boston. During
the program season, he facilitated the design of over 50 custom adventure based
programs for our clients from major companies and institutions within the Boston
metro area. From 1980 to 1999 Dr. Quimby was a Professor at Plymouth State
University serving in many roles. He served as the Chair of the HPER Department,
a teacher/professor of outdoor recreation and physical education, and a varsity
athletic coach of three sports. He has extensive experience with
curriculum and program development, especially in Adventure/Experiential
Education, and has served as an external reviewer on a regional basis. He was
designated Associate Professor Emeritus of Health, Physical Education and
Recreation by the USNH Board of Trustees. He has been a certified National
Trainer for Project Adventure and High 5 Adventure Learning Center and is a
graduate of The National Outdoor Leadership School. Current research interests
are related to training issues for physical education teachers using the Project
Adventure model. He has been married for 37 years, has two grown children and two
grandchildren. He can be found on weekends in the oceans of the world looking
for surf. His passion for surfing has been growing since the
summer of 1965.
Karen
(Pagnano) Richardson, Ed.D.,
karen.richardson@bridgew.edu,
Dr. Richardson joined the department in 2003 in the area of physical education pedagogy. She currently teaches classes in
physical education methods, instructional strategies and curriculum.
Education - Dr. Richardson earned her B.S. in Physical Education from Springfield
College in 1988 and then taught physical education and health in a Maine high
school for 10 years. In 1998 she earned her M.S. in Physical Education at
Indiana State University. In 2004 she earned her
Ed. D. from the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
Recent publications include the following:
1) Pagnano-Richardson, K. & Henninger, M.L. (2007). A model for developing and
assessing tactical decision making competency during game play. Journal of
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
2) Henninger, M.L., Pagnano, K.B., Patton, K., Griffin, L.L, & Dodds, P.
(2006). Novice volleyball players knowledge of games, strategies, tactics, and
decision-making in the context of game play. Journal of Teaching in
Physical Education New Zealand, 39(1), 34-46.
3) Patton, K., Griffin, L.L., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R.,Gallo, A., Dodds, P.,
Pagnano, K.B., Henninger, M.L., James, A., & Bohler, H. (2005). Navigating the
mentoring process in a research based teacher development project: A situated
learning perspective. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 24(4),
302-325.
When not
at school Dr. Richardson can be found in her flower gardens in Rhode Island or
in Maine or running the roads of New England!
Ellyn Robinson, D.P.E., CSCS*D, CPT, USAW-Senior Coach
erobinson@bridgew.edu
Dr. Robinson received her Bachelor's and Master's
Degrees in Physical Education (Exercise Science) from Bridgewater State College,
and her doctorate in Physical Education/Exercise Physiology from Springfield
College where she had a full time Doctoral Fellowship in the Department of
Exercise Science and Sports Studies. Dr. Robinson worked at the Brigham and
Women's Hospital in Boston as a Clinical Cardiac Exercise Physiologist and
taught classes at Eastern Nazarene College, Springfield College and Quincy
College before returning to Bridgewater State College in September 2000. Dr.
Robinson was named in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2000. She is
recognized by the NSCA as a Coach Practitioner, Education Recognition Program
Director, and was awarded the 2007 NSCA Educator of the Year. In 2007-2008 she
was honored with the Bridgewater State College Presidential Fellowship Award.
Dr. Robinson is the head coach of Bridgewater's Weightlifting Team and is a
competitive weightlifter herself. She has won Gold medals at the Masters Pan
American Games (2006 & 2007), holds the American and New England records in
Olympic Weightlifting in her age and two body weight categories, and recently
won The 2007 World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Hungary.
Dr. Robinson is the program coordinator for the Masters Degree concentration in
Strength and Conditioning. She is very actively involved with research and is
currently working on the quantification of power in the Olympic lifts.
Maura
B. Rosenthal, Ph.D.
maura.rosenthal@bridgew.edu, Dr. Rosenthal joined the Bridgewater
State College faculty in 2005. She previously taught at Castleton State College
in Vermont. Dr. Rosenthal earned her PhD degree at the University of Minnesota
while studying under Dr. Mary Jo Kane and working with the Tucker Center for
Research on Girls and Women in Sport. She earned her Master's degree at
George Washington University and her BA at Emory University. Her area of
expertise is sociology of sport and her dissertation work was on women's ice
hockey. Dr. Rosenthal's current research interests include trash talking in
sports and ethical decision making in sport management. She was a collegiate
soccer player and is currently an avid ice hockey player and hiker.
Pamela J. Russell, Ph.D., prussell@bridgew.edu,
Dr. Russell is a Professor and the
Director of the Biomechanics Laboratory at Bridgewater State College. She became a certified physical education teacher (K-12) upon
receiving her Bachelor's degree in Physical Education from the University of New
Hampshire. After teaching secondary physical education in public school, she
taught as a graduate assistant at Washington State University while obtaining
her Master's degree in Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology. Following a brief
stay in the fitness industry, Pam pursued a Doctorate in Biomechanics from the
University of Maryland-College Park. While completing this degree, she taught
activity courses and the undergraduate biomechanics course. Upon graduation, Dr.
Russell worked in the Physical Education Departments at Howard Community College
and Marymount University and in the Physical Therapy Department at the
University of Maryland-Baltimore. She brings a variety of experience in
different educational settings to her work at Bridgewater State College. Dr.
Russell currently serves as the Research Fellow for Bridgewater State College,
yet continues to pursue her own research interests in the biomechanics of sports
injury mechanisms. Her most recent work addressed gender and developmental
differences in the biomechanics of landing as related to anterior cruciate
ligament injury risk. This research, funded by the National Athletic Trainer's Association (NATA), was presented at meetings of the NATA, International Society
of Electromyography and Kinesiology, and the International Society of
Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), and has been published in the Journal of
Athletic Training, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and the
Journal of Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology.
From
2003-2006 Dr. Russell was an Executive Committee member of the Biomechanics
Academy of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance, serving as President for one year. She currently serves on the Board of
Directors of the ISBS, on the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire
Musculoskeletal Institute, and on the Executive Committee of the New England
Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. At Bridgewater State College
Dr. Russell served as the Departmental Graduate Coordinator is currently the
Departmental Honors Chairperson. She teaches courses in applied functional
anatomy, undergraduate and graduate biomechanics, and graduate statistics.
Deborah A.
Sheehy, Ed.D.,
deborah.sheehy@bridgew.edu
Dr. Sheehy is currently serving as Chair
of MAHPLS.
Teaching Responsibilities: K-12 Pedagogy, Motor Development, Motor Learning,
Introduction to Teaching Physical Education in the Public Schools, Supervision
of Student Teachers. Recent Accomplishment/Publication: Gallo, A.M.,
Sheehy, D., Patton, K. & Griffin, L. (2006). Benefits and barriers to
assessment: What are YOU committed to? The Journal of Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance, 77(8), 46-50.
Favorite Hobbies: Horseback Riding, Cycling, Kayaking, Golf, Tennis, etc.!
Tong-Ching Tom Wu, Ph.D., twu@bridgew.edu
Last Modified: January 24, 2013
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