Jason Shurley

Home: Georgetown, Texas

Degree Program: Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary Sport Studies

Previous Degrees:

• B.S.in Kinesiology, University of Texas - Austin, Texas?
• M.S. in Athletic Training, Stephen F. Austin State University - Nacogdoches, Texas

Research Interest/Dissertation Title:

• “Strength for Sport: The Development and Impact of the Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach.”

Career Goals: To work as a professor.

Other Interests: Powerlifting

Publications:

• Shurley, J and Todd, J, “The Strength of Nebraska”: Boyd Epley, Husker Power, and the Formation of the Strength Coaching Profession.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, in press.
• Todd, J, Shurley, J, and Todd, T, “Thomas L. DeLorme and the Science of Progressive Resistance Exercise.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research  26, no. 11 (November 2012): 2913-2923.
• Shurley, J. and Todd, J. “Boxing Lessons: An Historical Review of Chronic Head Trauma in Boxing and Football,” Kinesiology Review 1, no. 3 (September 2012): 170-184
• Shurley, J and Todd, J. “Joe Weider, All American Athlete, and the Promotion of Strength Training for Sport: 1940-1969,” Iron Game History 12, no. 1 (August 2012): 4-26.
• Shurley, J and Todd, J, “If anyone gets slower, you’re fired”: Boyd Epley and the Formation of the Strength Coaching Profession.”  Iron Game History 11, no. 3 (December 2010): 4-19.

Honors and Awards:

• “Thomas L. DeLorme” article was selected as the “Scientific Manuscript Excellence Honor: Dr. Gary A. Dudley Memorial Paper” for 2012.

Presentations at Meetings of Learned Societies:

• Shurley, J, “Commercialism, Academic Fraud, and Phony Majors:  Is There Any Value in Sports in Lutheran Higher Education?”  Association of Lutheran College Faculties Annual Meeting, October 8, 2011.
• Shurley, J, “Don’t Worry, You Just Got Your Bell Rung’: The Evolution of the Understanding of Chronic Head Trauma in Sports” Annual Convention of the North American Society for Sport History, May 27, 2011.
• Shurley, J, “Boyd Epley, Husker Power, and the Strength Training Revolution in Collegiate American Football” Annual Convention of the North American Society for Sport History, May 31, 2010.