Director |
Phillip Ward Ph.D. Leads the Learning to teach physical education research program. He is a professor of Physical Education/Kinesiology in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State. Email: ward.116@osu.edu. His personal web site address is: https://u.osu.edu/ward.116/ |
Ohio State Faculty Co-investigators |
Weidong Li Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the Badminton Content Knowledge Study (BACKS and BACKS II) projects. He is an associate professor of Kinesiology in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State. li.832@osu.edu. |
Affiliated Co-investigators |
Bomna Ko Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the BACKS, BACKS II, VECKS and MICPTP projects. She is an assistant professor of Physical Education in the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina State University. Email: kob@ecu.edu |
Emi Tsuda is a team member leading several content knowledge projects in physical education teacher education in Japan and the USA. She is an assistant professor at West Virginia University Email: emi.tsuda@mail.wvu.edu |
Erhan Devrilmez is conducting a project related to BACKS at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey for his dissertation. Email:erhandevrilmez@gmail.com. |
Fatih Dervent, Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the MICPTP project and the lead investigator on the Intercultural Research project. He is an assistant professor in physical education at Marmara University in Turkey. Email: fatih.dervent@marmara.edu.tr |
Insook Kim Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the ICKS, BACKS, BACKS II, & VECKS projects. She is an assistant professor of Physical Education in the College of Education Health and Human Services at Kent State University. Email: ikim2@kent.edu |
Jihyun Lee Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the VECKS project. She is an assistant professor of Physical Education in the Department of Kinesiology at Sam Houston State University. Email: jlee@shsu.edu |
Jim Ressler Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the VECKS project. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Northern Illinois University. Email: jressler@niu.edu |
Jose Santiago. Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the VECKS project. He is an assistant professor of Physical Education in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Sam Houston State University. Email: jas083@SHSU.EDU |
Kyuil Cho is a graduate student at The Ohio State University. He has worked on several content knowledge projects and is conducting his dissertation on practice-based teacher education projects. Email: cho.915@osu.edu |
Matt Curtner-Smith Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the BACKS and BACKS II projects. He is a professor of Sport Pedagogy, and Chair of the department of Kinesiology in the University of Alabama. Email: msmith@bamaed.ua.edu |
Oleg Sinelnikov Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the BACKS and BACKS II projects. He is an associate professor of Sport Pedagogy, in the Department of Kinesiology in the University of Alabama. Email: osinelnikov@bamaed.ua.edu |
Paul Stuhr Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the VECKS project. He is an associate professor of Sport Pedagogy, in the Department of Kinesiology in California State University San Marcos. Email: pstuhr@csusm.edu |
Peter Iserbyt Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the BACKS II project and a PI on several projects conducted in Belgium. He is an assistant professor of Physical Education, in the Department at KU Leuven in Belgium. Email: peter.iserbyt@faber.kuleuven.be |
Scott Trainer. is a graduate student at The Ohio State University. He is a research team member on several practice-based teacher education projects. Email: Trainer, Scott W. trainer.48@buckeyemail.osu.edu |
Seung Ho Chang Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the VECKS project. He is a visiting professor of Physical Education in the Department of Kinesiology at Sam Houston State University. Email: shchang@shsu.edu |
Shiri Ayvazo Ph.D. conducted the first research study in the program and has been a consultant on BACKS and the research program. She is with the Behavioral Disorders Program, David Yellin College, Israel. Email: shiri.ayvazo@gmail.com |
Wonseok Chey is a graduate student at The Ohio State University. He is a research team member on content knowledge and practice-based teacher education projects. Email: chey.1@osu.edu |
Xiuye Xie is a team member leading several projects on practice based teacher education in physical education teacher education. She is an assistant professor at Missouri State University Email: XiuyeXie@MissouriState.edu |
Yaohui He has conducted several content knowledge studies in PETE and teaching. She is an assistant professor at East China Normal University. Email: zhenfei826@163.com |
Yun Soo Lee Ph.D. is a co-investigator on the ICKS, MICPTP, & VECKS projects. He is an assistant professor of Physical Education Department of Physical Education at Dankook University, South Korea. Email: yslee@dankook.ac.kr |