Graduate Faculty

Richard van Emmerik, Professor and Chair of the Department, B.S., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1984; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

John Sirard, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991; M.S., 1997; Ph.D., South Carolina, 2003.

Sofiya Alhassan, Professor, B.S., Stetson, 1996; M.S., Auburn, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.

Katherine Boyer, Professor, B.S., Queen's, Canada, 2001; Ph.D., Calgary, Canada, 2006.

Melanna Cox, Assistant Professor, B.S., Bowling Green State, 2015; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2017; Ph.D., 2023.

Edward Debold, Professor, B.S., Seton Hall, 1992; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1997; Ph.D., Marquette, 2002.

Wouter Hoogkamer, Assistant Professor, B.S., Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2003; M.S., 2006; M.S., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2010; Ph.D., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 2014.

Joshua Liddy, Research Assistant Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2008; M.S., North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010; Ph.D., South Carolina at Columbia, 2014. 

Douglas Martini, Assistant Professor, B.S., Augustana College, 2008; M.S., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010; Ph.D., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2015.

Mark Miller, Associate Professor, B.S., Colorado, 1992; M.S., 1994; Ph.D., Vermont, 2002.

Amanda Paluch, Assistant Professor, B.S., Ohio State, 2009; Ph.D., South Carolina at Columbia, 2014.

Dominika Pindus, Assistant Professor, M.A., Jagiellonian University, Poland, 2004; M.S., University of Bath, England, 2005; Ph.D., Loughborough University, England, 2015.

Katie Potter, Associate Professor, B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz, 2008; M.S., North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010; Ph.D., South Carolina at Columbia, 2014.

Sarah Roelker, Assistant Professor, B.S., Ohio State, 2012; M.S., 2015; Ph.D., 2017.

Christine W. St. Laurent, Assistant Professor, B.S., James Madison, 2003; M.S., 2005; MPH, Massachusetts at Amherst, 2019; PhD, 2019.

Adjunct Faculty

Michael A. Busa, Director, Human Testing Center, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Graham E. Caldwell, Associate Professor (retired), Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Edward C. Frederick, President, Exeter Research Inc., Brentwood, New Hampshire.

Paul M. Juris, Executive Director, Cybex Research Institute, Cybex International Inc., Medway, Massachusetts.

Rajakumar Nagarajan, Magnetic Resonance Physicist, Human Magnetic Resonance Center, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Christopher J. Palmer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Kinesiology; Chief Technology Officer, US Warfighter Systems, Revision Military, Canada.

Research Faculty

Stuart R. Chipkin, Research Professor, B.S., Emory, 1978; M.D., New York Downstate Medical Center, 1982.

Faculty Emeriti

Patty S. Freedson, Professor Emerita, 2017

Joseph Hamill, Professor Emeritus, 2016

Jane A. Kent, Professor Emerita, 2025