McCraw Lecture Calendar

All lecturers listed are affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin unless otherwise noted.

2012-13
September	Edward Coyle, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Physiology of the Marathon: How Fast Might They Go?"
October	Michael Cramer, J.D. Director, Texas Program in Sports and Media "Sports, Media, and American Culture"
November	Rosa Schnyer, D.A.O.M., Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy “Acupuncture in the Management of Chronic Pain"
January	Rick Neptune, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering “Improving Human Performance through Design Optimization"
February	Tim Lightfoot, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology Texas A&M University "Is Voluntary Physical Activity Really Voluntary?"
March	Juan Dominguez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology "Brain and Hormone Influence on Natural and Artificial Reward"
April	Lovett Distinguished Alumni Award Lecture Speaker and title TBD; Mary Steinhardt will announce at a later date

2011-12
September	Mark Regnerus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deptartent of Sociology “Sexual decision making and emotional health in emerging adulthood”
October	Scott Mclean, Ph.D., Associate Professor Deptartent of Kinesiology, Southwestern University “Research to Application: How do you take an idea from the lab to the pool?”
November	Liza Shapiro, Ph.D., Professor, Dept of Anthropology “Primate locomotion and the evolution of human bipedalism”
January	Steven Riechman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University "Cholesterol: When Bad Is Good and More Is Better."
February	Victor Convertino, Ph.D., Senior Research Physiologist U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research "From Space to Iraq: Physiological Research and Clinical Applications."
March	Matthew Brothers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor "Mechanisms of Impaired Blood Pressure Control in Heat stressed Individuals"
April	Tre' McCalister, Ph.D. "Impact of Worksite Health on Population Health" Honoring Dorothy Lovett Distinguished Alumni

2010-11
September	Verner Moller, Ph.D. Lance Armstrong & the Media: “Innuendo, the Athlete and Responsible Journalism”
October	Dr. William Cooke, Ph.D., Professor at the Department of Health and Kinesiology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “Humans Under Pressure: Studies of Autonomic Cardiovascular Control”
November	Dr. Andreana Haley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology Surviving Prosperity: “Metabolic syndrome and the brain”
January	Dr. Mark Hayward, Ph.D., Professor, Population Research Center, College of Liberal Arts “Marriage, Divorce, and Biological Risk: Does the Body Forget?”
February	Dr. Chandra Bhat, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering “On Jointly Analyzing the Physical Activity Participation Levels of Individuals in a Family Unit”
March	Dr. Guy Parcel, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “Intervention Mapping: Theory and Evidence-base Planning for Health Promotion Programs”
April	Dr. John Ivy, Ph.D., Department Chair, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “Regulation of Blood Glucose by Amino Acid Supplementation”

2009-10
September	Dr. Pamm Kellett,Ph.D., School of Management and Marketing Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Sports and Drought: “Managing the Physiological, Social & Governance Impacts”
October	Craig M. Kemper M.D., Translational Research in the Austin Medical Community “Ongoing neuroscience research at the brain and spine center and future directions of collaboration between UT and the medical community”
November	CANCELLED
January	John B. Bartholomew, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education Texas I-Can: “The Impact of Physically Active, Academic Lessons on Activity, Behavior, and Academic Outcomes”
February	Hirofumi Tanaka, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “Swimming and cardiovascular disease risks”
March	Jason Wilken Ph.D, MPT, Director, Military Performance Lab, Brooke Army Medical Center “Physical Performance Assessment in Highly Active Military Amputees”
April	Ben Carrington, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts “Sport and the Remaking of Race. Or, how Tiger became black”

2008-2009
September	Marlene Dixon, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “The Work Family Interface in Sport: A Multilevel Perspective”
October	Jan Todd, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “Size matters: muscles, drugs and sport”
November	Dr. Jaime Schultz, University of Maryland “Technologies of Gendered Athleticism in Twentieth Century, U.S. Womens Sports”
January	Louis Harrison, Ph.D., UT Curriculum and Instruction “Racial Influences in Sport & Physical Activity"
February	Dilip Karnik, M.D. Medical Director, Pediatric Neurology Department, Dell Children’s Hospital “Current Advances in the Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders”
March	H. W. (Bill) Kohl, Ph.D., Research Professor Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "On Outbreaks, Overload, Epidemics, and Specificity “Physical Activity and Public Health"
April	Christine Dolbier, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina "Promoting Resilient and Thriving Stress Responses" Honoring Dorothy Lovett Distinguished Alumni

2007-08
September	Deborah Rohm Young, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland-College Park "Physical Activity Interventions for Young Girls: Lessons Learned and Next Steps"
October	David R. Bassett, Jr., Ph.D., Professor Department of Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies, University of Tennessee-Knoxville "The Cycling World Hour Record"
November	Thomas P. Erlinger, M.D., Director of Clinical Research, Seton Family of Hospitals "Diet Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Eisk Factors"
January	Alexa K. Stuifbergen, Ph.D., RN, Professor, School of Nursing "Physical Activity for Persons with Chronic & Disabling Conditions"
February	Robert Malina, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Physical Activity: the Present in the Context of the Past"
March	Evangelos A. Christou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University "Aging and Learning Novel Fine Motor Tasks"
April	Laurence Chalip, Ph.D., Ed Coyle, Ph.D., Roger Farrar, Ph.D., and Jules Woolf, Ph.D. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Steroid use in sports: interdisciplinary approaches for ongoing problems"

2006-07
September	Peter Stone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences "RoboCup: The Robot Soccer World Cup"
October	Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering "New Tissue for Old Bodies: Engineering Approaches for Functional Nerve Regeneration"
November	James Flucky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Texas AM University “Regulation of Muscle Protein Synthesis: Effects of Resistance Exercise and/or Simulated Microgravity"
January	Michael Smolensky, Ph.D., Health Sciences Center at Houston "Circadian Rhythms in Human Physiology and Physical Performance"
February	Stephen Hursting, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences "Obesity, Energy Balance and Cancer: A Mechanistic Perspective"
March	Lisa Griffin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Neural Adaptations to Fatigue and Training: Applications to Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation"
April	Jeffrey J. Zachwieja, Ph.D., Gatorade Sports Science Institute "From Carbohydrate U to Carbohydrate Business with a little Sprinke of Protein in Between"

2005-06
September	(Cancelled due to Hurricane Rita)
October	No lecture
November	No lecture
December	Rafer Lutz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Baylor University "The thIN Crowd. Social Norms and their Impact on Exercise Participation"
January	Marcia G. Ory, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, Texas A&M University "What Translational Research Tells Us About Keeping Older Adults Physically Active"
February	Robert L. Helmreich, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology Dealing with Danger in Aviation and Medicine"
March	Allisa Carter, Ph.D., UT Volunteer and Service Learning Center "The UT service learning initiative: Incorporating community service into your classes."
April	Christopher Ellison, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology "Religion, Health, and Mortality: What We Know, What We Need to Know"

2004-05
September	John Hoberman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Germanic Studies "The Doping Mess After Athens: Where Are We?"
October	Waneen Spirduso, Ed.D, Jan Todd, Ph.D., Terry Todd, Ph.D. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education with Terry Christian, CAHPERD "We Remember… Dr. Lynn McCraw"
November	Richard Kreider, Ph.D., Professor Center for Exercise, Nutrition and Preventive Health Research, Baylor University "Overview of the Curves Women's Health Initiative"
January	George Cunningham, Ph.D., Professor, Sport & Sport Management, Texas A&M University "On Being Different: the effects of Diversity in Sports Organizations"
February	John Bartholomew, Ph.D., Laurence Chalip, Ph.D., Ed Coyle, Ph.D., Nell Gottlieb, Ph.D., John Ivy and Dolly Lambdin, Ed.D., Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Possible Causes and Cures for Obesity in Texas: a Multi-Discipline Program"
March	Lisa Leiden, Ph.D., VP for Research "Human Subjects - what you always wanted to know and needed to know"
April	Carla Costa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education Title being researched

2003-04
September	Debra Umberson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology "Marital Quality and Health"
October	Patricia Stout, Ph.D., Professor,Department of Advertising "Stigma and Media Depictions of Mental Illness"
November	Christine Green, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Understanding Sport Event Volunteers"
January	Jonathan Dingwell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Adventures in Variability: Examining How Coordination Changes Across Time"
February	Chandra Mueller, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology "Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement: Findings from a new national study"
March	Sharon Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Nursing "Overcoming a Genetic Predisposition for Diabetes: The Starr County Border Initiative"
April	Theresa Jones, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology "Neural Plasticity, Motor Learning and Brain Damage"

2002-03
September	Hirofumi Tanaka, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “Age-related reductions in physiological functional capacity in women”
October	Laurence Chalip, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education “Policy Legitimation in Sport and the Aims of Sport Management”
November	Martita A Lopez, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology “Exercise and Sleep Quality in Adults”
December	Lisa Beesley, Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorGriffith University, Australia “Formulating and disseminating research designed for application: Maximizing the utility of knowledge”
January	John Traphagan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies “Being a Good Roujin: Senility, Power and Self-Actualization in Japan”
February	Phil Stanforth, M.S., Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Forty Acres of FIT? Fitness Profile of Students in UT Conditioning Classes"
March	Jody Jensen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "The Puzzles of Motor Development"
April	Roger Farrar, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Designer Genes: More than Fashion"

2001-02
September	Dan Funk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "The psychological continuunm model (PCM): A conceptual framework for understanding an individual's psychological connection to sport"
October	Peter Cribb, Ph.D., Project Director for CATCH "CATCH: A Coordinated Approach to Child Health"
November	Rueben McDaniel, Ed.D., Professor, McCombs School of Business "Preventative Services in Family Practice Units"
January	Karen Coleman, Ph.D., Psychology Department "Program Evaluation in El Paso: Walk El Paso!"
February	No Lecture
March	Milton Jamail, Lecturer, Department of Government "Foul Ball: Inside Cuban Baseball"
April	Alexandra Loukas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Child and Adolescent Problem Behaviors: Examining Individual and Contextual Influences"

2000-01
September	David Warner, Ph.D., Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs "The Cost of Diabetes in Texas"
October	Jack Wilmore, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University "The HERITAGE Family Study"
November	Eric Stice, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Psychology "A Dissonance-based Eating Disorder Findings at Last"
January	Terry Todd, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "The Myth of Muscle Binding"
February	Dolly Lambdin, Ed.D., Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "Helping Teachers COPE II"
March	Bob Spina, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education "The Effects of Aging and Physical Activity on Vascular Stiffness"
April	Waneen Spirduso, Ed.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education: "Physical Function in the Elderly"

Last updated on September 19, 2012