The following information has been provided for students in the Master of Science in Health Sciences to better understand:

  1. What faculty members are available to serve as committee members on their thesis projects.
  2. What role or what capacity these individuals are allowed to provide.
  3. The areas of interest and expertise for each of these faculty members
Appointment Privileges Status / Requirements
L0 -Teaches undergraduate-level classes-Serve as reader or ex officio member of a student’s master’s thesis committee. Holds non-faculty position. Earned non-doctoral graduate degree. Has not completed thesis.
L1 -All the privileges of L0-May serve as active committee member of a student’s master’s thesis committee. Earned non-doctoral graduate degree. Has completed thesis.
L2 -All the privileges of L1-Teaches graduate-level classes-May serve as Chair of a student’s master’s thesis committee. Earned doctoral degree.

Annie Alameda, EdD

Faculty Name Graduate Appointment Expertise and Research Interests
Annie Alameda, EdD L2
  • Wellness education
  • Stress management
  • Nutrition education
  • Health behavior change
Tom Godar, EdD L2
  • Athletic injury prevention
  • Exertional heat stress
  • Sports concussion evaluation and rehabilitation
Susan Gustafson, MS Ed L1
  • Immune health and the athlete
  • Exercise induced bronchoconstriction
  • Cardiorespiratory and cardiovascular health
Patrick Harty, PhD L2
  • Sport nutrition
  • Body composition
  • Sports performance
  • Ergogenic aids and dietary supplements
Chad Kerksick, PhD L2
  • Sport nutrition and supplementation
  • Resistance training and performance
  • Body composition augmentation with diet and exercise
  • Strength and conditioning and performance
  • Muscle physiology / exercise biochemistry and molecular biology
Michael Reese, MS L1
  • Strength and conditioning of athletes
  • Performance protocol and test development
  • Predictors of athletic performance, power assessments, athlete profiling and athlete monitoring
Scott Richmond, PhD L2
  • General exercise physiology
  • Cellular and molecular considerations of exercise physiology
  • Sports performance
  • Ergogenic aids & nutritional supplementation
Cynthia Schroeder, PhD L2
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Athletic Training
Catherine Shoff, PhD L2
  • Quantitative design and analysis
  • Multivariate models
  • Geospatial modeling
  • Qualitative design and analysis
  • Research methods and design
  • Program development, implementation and evaluation

Kyle Sunderland, PhD

 L2
  • Aerobic exercise and performance
  • Exercise and nutritional interventions for health and performance
  •  Exercise and nutritional interventions for metabolic disease
  • Exercise biochemistry and molecular biology
Kate Tessmer, PhD L2
  • Statistical analysis
  • Research Design/Formatting
  • Perceptual aspects of exercise physiology
  • Specific populations