Kinesiology and Health Education

Dr. Darla R. Smith recently retired from her full-time position as Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her primary area of research at UTEP was related to the modifiable risk factors associated with ACL injury in female athletes. She also did some work related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. She now lives in Austin where she enjoys tennis, golf, strength training and hiking and she is looking forward to working with the students, faculty and staff at UT!

1996, Texas Woman’s University, PhD in Physical Education with Biomechanics emphasis

Books: 

Smith, D. R. (2011). Instructor's Manual and Test Bank to accompany Basic Biomechanics (6^th ed.) by S. J. Hall. Dubuque: WCB/ McGraw-Hill.

Refereed Journal Articles:

Del Porto, H., Pechak, C., Smith, D. & Reed-Jones, R. (2012). Biomechanical effects of obesity on balance. International Journal of Exercise Science 5(4), 301-320.

Dorgo, S., Edupuganti, P., Smith, D. R., Ortiz, M. (2012). Effects of resistance training on the hamstring to quadriceps strength ratio in males and females. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport,83 (2), 143-151.

Kong, V., Candelaria, N. & Smith, D. (2011). Comparison of longitudinal biomechanical adaptation to shoe degradation between the dominant and non-dominant legs during running. Human Movement Science, 30, 606-613. 

Baker, U., Heath, E., Smith, D., & Oden, G. (2011). Development of Wingate anaerobic test norms for highly-trained women. Journal of Exercise Physiology online, 14 (2), 68-79.

• 2011 AAHPERD Pathfinder Award
• 2010 TAHPERD Pathfinder Award
• 2007 TAHPERD Honor Award
• 2004 Research Fellow for the AAHPERD Research Consortium  
• 2001 Outstanding CETaL Fellow – UTEP Center for Effective Teaching and Learning

Modifiable risk factors associated with ACL injury.

Scholarship of teaching and learning.

• Marathon Kids Advisory Board
• TAHPERD Finance Committee
• TAHPERD College Committee