Resume

• 2003

  Shandong University

  University of Nevada Las Vegas

  Jinan City

  China

  Taught courses in Motor Behavior

  Motor Learning

  and Sport Management to both undergraduate and graduate students. These were full 45 hour courses taught over a 3 week period. I would travel to China during my Christmas and Summer holidays and teach these courses. They were fully registered courses and students had to pass the final exams administered in English.

  Visiting Professor

  Shandong University

  Fort Bliss

  TX

  Performance Enhancement Specialists provide individual and group training in topics such as Confidence Building

  Resilience Training

  Goal Setting

  and Performance Enhancement. Training to the participants is conducted through PowerPoint

  role-playing activities and workbooks.\n\n\tMatriculated over 1000 Warriors in Transition [Wounded Warriors] through a 16-hour Performance Enhancement and Resilience Training Program.\n\tGuided 6000 pre-deployed and post-deployed soldiers through a 4-hour Goal Setting program with a success rate of 98% on creating fully visualized goals written.\n\tAchieved a 96% favorable rate on presenting the topic of Resilience to 6000+ pre-deployed and post-deployed soldiers through an 8-hour course.\n\tAchieved the certification ranking of Master Resilience Trainer after completing 280 hours of training.

  Performance Enhancement Specialist & Master Resilience Trainer

  SAIC

  Vermillion

  SD

  This was a 1-semester contract to teach Adapted Physical Education

  Sport Psychology

  Ethics and Motor development in the College of education.

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  The University of South Dakota

  As Program Chair I was responsible for soliciting all conference presentation proposals and developing a 3-day conference for approximately 1000 professionals.I scheduled speakers

  assigned conference rooms

  and created a conference handbook for all participants.

  Program Chair for the National Adapted Physical Education Conference

  California Association for Health

  Physical Education

  Recreation and Dance

  As President I coordinated the efforts to support Physical Education and Health Teachers

  and sport Coaches across the State in advancing their knowledge and professional growth.

  President (5 years

  re-elected)

  Nevada Association for Health

  Physical Education

  Recreation and Dance

  As Vice-President I was responsible for arranging all aspects of the annual conference in 2007.

  President

  Western Society for Kinesiology & Wellness

  English

  Innovation in Teaching Award

  The Innovation in Teaching Award is presented to a faculty member that has demonstrated superior innovation in teaching that enhances the teaching profession and results in higher student performance.

  UNLV Department of Educational Leadership

  Program Excellence Award

  Youth Sports Festival. Award of Excellence given to YouthFirst program on behalf of nomination by the City of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department for arranging and hosting the first gathering of sport organizations

  companies

  sport leagues and university sport teams to offer sport activities for children of all ages all free of charge.\n

  Nevada Recreation and Park Society

  Certified Adapted Physical Educator

  Certified Adapted Physical Educator (CAPE

  2005-2018)\n\tNational Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities. Earned recognition through passing of national licensing examination and submission of portfolio documenting 5 years of experience teaching students with disabilities

  and 3 years of supervision of university students in practicum placements teaching students with disabilities.\n

  National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities.

  College of education Collaboration Award

  The program YouthFirst arranged a meeting to form The Southern Nevada Consortium for Youth Sports to bring together all stakeholders in the region to establish community-wide standards for youth sport to build a fun and supportive environment for all children. \n

  The University of Nevada Las Vegas

  Presidential Award

  Presidential Award (Jan. 2007)\n\tSouthwest District of the American Alliance for Health

  Physical Education

  Recreation and Dance. Presented by district president for my continued service and advocacy for individuals with disabilities. It is the highest award granted by the professional organization.\n

  Southwest District of the American Alliance for Health

  Physical Education

  Recreation and Dance.

  Art Broten Young Scholar Award

  I developed a series of Disability Infusion Learning Modules for a physical education core curriculum. A research paper was presented at the 48th Annual meeting of WCPES as part of the award ceremony.\n\t\n

  Western Colleges of Physical Education Society

  Program Excellence Award

  Nevada Recreation and Park Society. YouthFirst. Award of Excellence given to YouthFirst program on behalf of nomination by the City of Henderson (Nevada) Parks and Recreation Department. YouthFirst is a parent and coach orientation program to teach participants how to best behave at youth sport events and foster a fun and supportive environment for their children.\n

  Nevada Recreation and Park Society

  College of Education UNLV Distinguished New Faculty Award

  The UNLV College of Education presents an annual award to a new faculty member that achieves the highest rating of Scholarship

  Teaching and Service from all the new faculty whom have been at the university less than 6 years.\n

  The University of Nevada Las Vegas

  Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award

  The National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education offers a competitive research opportunity for new faculty from across the country. I submitted a new curriculum program for parents and coaches called the Youth Sports Parent Behavior System

  and the paper was presented at the annual meeting as part of the award ceremony.\n

  National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education

• 2001

  YouthFirst

  Platform to Employment (P2E)

  As a Visiting Professor I traveled to Beijing

  China during my holidays from The University of Nevada Las Vegas to teach Motor Behavior courses. I was the very first foreign professor to teach a regularly student registered course to students at the university.

  Visiting Professor

  Beijing City

  China

  Beijing Sport University

  The WorkPlace developed Platform to Employment (P2E) to address the need for the long-term unemployed to return to work and the employer need to recruit skilled workers. The program is a public-private partnership which gives businesses a risk-free opportunity to evaluate and consider hiring participants during an eight-week work experience program.\n\nWe offer individuals a five-week preparatory program

  including skills assessment

  career readiness workshops

  employee assistance programs

  coaching and more. Upon program completion

  we assist participants find open positions at local companies. Placements are made on a trial basis

  paid for by The WorkPlace. The expectation is that if the company is satisfied with the performance of the candidate

  a full-time job will ensue.

  Focus Group Member

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  Platform to Employment (P2E)

  \tDeveloped an online resource website for parents and coaches involved with youth sports to include over 6000 informational newsletters divided by age and gender and specific sport.\n\tPersonally provided over 3000 1-hour parent/coach presentations on how to positively reinforce the youth sporting experience.\n\tServe as Editor and Publisher of The Journal of Youth Sports which is a blind peer-review professional journal that centers content on issues related to youth sports.\n\tDeveloped an online 2-hour parent and coach training program (E-Learning) which is self-contained and completed by adults across the country in their quest for being YouthFirst Certified.

  Freelance E-Learner Developer and Trainer

  Owner

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  YouthFirst

  Lubbock

  TX

  •\tServed 225 students weekly in a variety of settings from home-based

  school site

  hospital setting and throughout the spectrum of service from daily to once a week consultation.\n•\tEstablished strong communication relationships with teachers and parents of each student.\n•\tCompleted weekly reports and submitted 6-week progress reports on each student.\n•\tConducted yearly standardized assessment tests on each student.\n•\tAttended and actively participated in each student’s IEP and IFP plan.

  Adapted Physical Education Specialist

  Lubbock Independent School District

  Completed my Ph.D. in Human Performance (minor in Neuroscience) from Department of Kinesiology in School of Health

  Physical Education and Recreation. Dissertation topic: Evaluating a Lower Extremity Reaction Time Test as a Secondary Outcome Measure for Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis. Was a recipient of the Indiana University Chancellor's Minority Fellowship Award 1996-2000.This Fellowship was worth a little over $200

  000.00.

  Doctoral Student/ Research Assistant

  Bloomington

  Indiana Area

  Indiana University

  Professor; taught courses in Adapted Physical Education

  Motor Development

  Research Methods

  Sports Management

  and Leadership to undergraduate and graduate students.\n\tIncorporated E-Learning modules in each course taught from 2000-2008.\n\tDeveloped 27 Distance Education courses through University Learning Management System.\n\tRanked among the top 4% of all university professors on teaching evaluations

  research and service for merit pay increase for 8 consecutive years.\n\tAuthored 81 peer-reviewed research articles

  and conducted 165 professional conference presentations both nationally and internationally.\n\tReceived numerous awards for Teaching and Contributions to Students: \n Program Excellence Award (2003

  2007) \t Innovation in Teaching Award (2003)\n Art Broten Young Scholar Award (2003) COE Distinguished New Faculty Award (2004) \n Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award (2004) COE Collaboration Award (2005)\t\t \n Program Excellence Award (2005) \t Presidential Award (2007

  2008)

  Assistant Professor

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  University of Nevada Las Vegas

• 1996

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Received The IU Chancellor's Minority Fellowship based upon my academic accomplishments and work history since my studies in engineering; which was a $200

  000.00 support covering tuition

  fees

  books and monthly stipend for 4 years. I was a strong advocate for minority student education and personal rights.

  Human Performance (Motor Behavior and Neuroscience)

  Latino Alumni Association

  La Casa

  Latino Graduate Student Association

  IUSA

  Commission on Multicultural Understanding

  Student Coalition

  Diversity Task Force (Founding member)

• 1994

  Master’s Degree

  Studied under Dr.Robert Weber and worked at Lubbock Independent School District as an Adapted Physical Education Specialist.

  Adapted Physical Education

  I was involved with the Special Olympics program where I coached Bowling and Track and Field.

  Certified Adapted Physical Educator

  National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disability

  Master Resilience Trainer

  The United States Army & The University of Pennsylvania

  Performance Enhancement Specialist CSF-PREP Level 1

  CSF Performance and Resilience Enhancement Program; United States Army

• 1980

  Bachelor’s Degree

  Metallurgical Engineering

  ASM

  AWS

  AFS

  Initiated into Texas College of Mines Society 1982.

• YouthFirst | Parents Learning About Youth Sports

  YouthFirst was developed to provide practical suggestions and training to help everyone truly enjoy the youth sport experience. This program offers insights to the dynamics of youth sports and provides proven (researched and studied) strategies that immediately change the atmosphere into one that is positive and FUN for everyone. This website hosts thousands of newsletters to help athletes

  parents and coaches become better participants.

  Engineering

  Welding

  Kinesiology

  Failure Analysis

  Curriculum Development

  Research

  Physics

  Optimizations

  Minitab

  Quality Assurance

  Manufacturing

  Algorithms

  Courses

  Statistics

  Higher Education

  Teaching

  Microsoft Word

  Public Speaking

  Training

  Laboratory

  Evaluating Effectiveness of an Infusion Learning Model on Attitudes of Physical Education Majors

  Terry Rizzo

  The purpose was to evaluate the effect of an infusion curriculum model on attitudes of physical education majors toward teaching students with disabilities.

  Evaluating Effectiveness of an Infusion Learning Model on Attitudes of Physical Education Majors

  Porter Troutman Jr.

  Maria G. Ramirez

  The Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education is a peer reviewed professional publication centered on multicultural education and awareness in education from elementary school through university and workforce education. As the Founding Editor of this publication I am thankful for the full support of members of my college in getting this journal up and going.

  The Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

  This study assessed the effectiveness of an activity-based intervention program and a direct instruction program for preschool children with disabilities.

  Activity-Based Intervention in Motor Skill Development

  The Journal of Youth Sports is a peer-reviewed professional journal covering all areas of youth sports. I am both Editor and Publisher of this journal and have fostered an increased interest in the area of youth sport.

  YouthFirst

  YouthFirst is dedicated to enhancing the sport experience for young athletes

  their parents and their coaches. YouthFirst was developed to provide practical suggestions and training to help everyone truly enjoy the youth sport experience. There is a YouthFirst Parent/Coach Training Program that all sport leagues should encourage if not require every parent and coach to undertake. This program offers insights to the dynamics of youth sports and provides proven (researched and studied) strategies that immediately change the atmosphere into one that is positive and FUN for everyone. This website hosts thousands of newsletters to help athletes

  parents and coaches become better participants. The major goal of YouthFirst is to create community atmospheres where youth sports is a FUN and positive experience that encourages young children and teenagers to enjoy leisure activity

  learn and improve their sport skills and to advance upwards in competition as they are prepared. Everyone is encouraged to use this website and its resources as a guide to enhancing the youth sport experience.

  Apache Motor Skills Assessment Test

  AMSAT is a norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment test for students ages 10-19 years. It is used as a standardized test to evaluate progress in motor skill development in children with and without disabilities. This test was created by videotaping 6000+ children performing many different advanced motor skills and then evaluating each video segment and performing an extensive date analysis to formulate working tables by age and gender. AMSAT is used by Adapted Physical Education Teachers across the country as part of school regulations via Federal Law IDEA.

  Apache PhD CAPE

  R R Goyakla

  Apache PhD CAPE

  Indiana University

  SAIC

  The University of South Dakota

  Lubbock Independent School District

  Beijing Sport University