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Kelley Named Health Sciences Chair
June 9, 2008
MACOMB, IL -- Mark Kelley, associate professor of health promotion and health promotion program director at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa (OSU-Tulsa), has been named chair of the department of health sciences at Western Illinois University, effective July 15, according to College of Education and Human Services Dean Bonnie Smith-Skripps.
Kelley replaces Diane Hamilton-Hancock, who has served as chair of the department since April 2005. Hamilton-Hancock will return to fulltime teaching in the department.
Kelley has been a faculty member in OSU-Tulsa's School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology since 2003. He has also served as a consultant for Trainer of Trainers and International Evaluation, training teachers, social workers and other professionals in Argentina, Belarus, Mongolia, Russia and other countries, since 1997. Prior to joining the OSU-Tulsa faculty, he served as associate professor and interim chair for the department of health education and health promotion and as director of the school health education graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for five years. Kelley has also served on the health studies faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Kelley's research experiences include childhood obesity, emergency life-saving and safety in schools, sexuality among college students and drug education. He has published numerous manuscripts, abstracts and book reviews, and has presented at several professional conferences and seminars. Kelley, a Certified Health Education Specialist, is a member of the American Association of Health Education, serving as chair and member of the research coordinating board, and the Centers for Disease Control Race and Ethnicity (R3) grant panel. He has been a member of the American Public Health Association, the American School Health Association and the Wisconsin Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Kelley received his doctorate in health science (1994) and his master's in exercise science (1987) from the University of Arkansas and his bachelor's degree in physical education (1983) from John Brown University.
"Dr. Kelley brings a record of exceptional experience to the University and the department of health sciences," Smith-Skripps said. "His expertise in various facets of health education will further enhance the health sciences department's outstanding reputation."
Posted By: Darcie Shinberger (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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