Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, Ed.D.

Professor, Movement Science
Kinesiology & Health Education

Office:
Bellmont Hall 822F
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712

Phone: (512) 471-4168; Fax: 512-471-0946
E-mail: spirduso@mail.utexas.edu
Website: www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/kin/faculty/spirduso/index.html

Educational Background

[With L. Locke & S. Silverman] Research Proposals That Work, (New York: Sage Pub., 1^st 4^th Editions, 2000)
[With L. Locke & S. Silverman] Understanding Research, (New York: Sage Pub., 1999).
Physical Dimensions of Aging, (Human Kinetics), 1995.

Spirduso, W.W. & Cronin, L. (in press, 2001). Exercise dose-response effects on quality of life and independent living in older adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Martin, J.C. & Spirduso, W.W. (in press). Determinants of maximal cycling power: Crank length, pedaling rate, and pedal speed. European Journal of Applied Physiology.
Martin, J.C., Brown, N.A., Anderson, & Spirduso, W.W. (2000). A governing relationship for repetitive muscular contraction. Journal of Biomechanics. 33: 969-974.
Martin, J. C., Farrar, R.P., Wagner, B.M., & Spirduso, W.W. (2000). Maximal power across the lifespan. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 55A (6), M311-M316
Francis, K. & Spirduso, W.W. (2000) Age differences in the expression of manual asymmetry, Journal of Experimental Aging. 26, 169-180.
Seiler, S., Martin, J.C. & Spirduso, W.W. (1998). Gender differences in rowing performance and power with aging. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 30:121-127.
Spirduso, W.W., & Asplund, L.(1995). Physical activity and cognitive function in the elderly. Quest, 47, 395-410.
Spirduso, W.W., Schoenfelder-Zohdi, B.G., Choi, J., & Jay, S.M. (1995). The effects of complexity and practice on repetitive finger tapping in older women. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 3, 360-372.

48,000 Hogg Foundation Developing an Applied Research Laboratory at Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE), 1999-2002
251,881 Relationships between aerobic fitness and cognitive function in the elderly. St. David’s Health Care Foundation, July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1997. $126,277 to O.S.P.; $125,604 in kind, from St. David’s.
200,584 Ethanol, aging, and an animal model of human reaction time. National Institutes of Health, for July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1989. (with Schallert, T.) NIAAA AA06761
109,965 Longitudinal effects of exercise on reactive capacity. National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIA/NIH) IR0l AGHD 02071-01A1, 1980-1983.
181,422 Dopaminergic regulation of movement initiation. National Institutes for Mental Health, April 1, 1984 to March 31, 1987. (with Wilcox, P.I.) NINCDS NS520827