Curricula Vitae in Physical Education

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
An Vera De Meester Associate Professor	examines the precursors of overestimation	An De Meester is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education. The overarching aim of her interdisciplinary research is to provide practical information to physical education teachers, physical education students, physical activity practitioners, sports coaches and society by addressing underlying mechanisms that foster a physically active lifestyle. Her research focuses on the dynamic relationship between children’s and adolescents’ actual and perceived motor competence.
Sally A Miedema, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor		Sally Taunton Miedema, Ph.D.is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Education, College of Education.
Dr. Eva A Monsma Professor	Physical education, Athletic training	Developmental Sport Psychology: Interrelationships among human factors reflecting biological growth and maturation, physical self-perceptions and their role in talent identification, motor development and physical activity with an emphasis on adolescent females. 2. Imagery: The efficacy of imagery among injured and competitive athletes, developing imagery abilities, the effects of imagery in physical activity contexts, imagery measurement and its conceptual extensions.
Douglas Nave Clinical Instructor	Physical Education	Douglas Nave is the Director of the Physical Activities Program, Physical Education, and Athletic Training at the College of Education.
Danielle Nesbitt Clinical Assistant Professor	Physical Education	Danielle Nesbitt is a Clinical Instructor for the Department of Physical Education at the College of Education, University of South Carolina.
David Stodden Professor	Multijoint ballistic motor skills, Youth physical development	Dr. Stodden's research agenda focuses on promoting the acquisition and development of fundamental motor skills and the association of motor skill competence with physical activity, health-related physical fitness, perceived competence, and obesity across the lifespan. His research emphasizes the need to address and understand developmental mechanisms and casual pathways related to youth physical development and trajectories of physical activity and obesity.
Andrea Taliaferro Professor	teacher/instructor preparation and self-efficacy toward teaching individuals with disabilities, barriers and facilitators to inclusion, physical activity policy and related interventions within educational and community settings	Andrea Taliaferro, Ph.D., CAPE, is a Professor in the Department of Educational and Developmental Science. She is the Program Coordinator for the Physical Education Program, and also coordinates the Master’s in Adapted Physical Education Program. She holds a national certification from NCPERID as a Certified Adapted Physical Educator and has experience working with individuals with disabilities in a variety of physical activity/education contexts including school- and community-based programming