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Kinesiology and Physical Education

Administration and Staff
Name Title Email Phone Office
Paul Wright Interim Department Chair, Board of Trustees Professor, Physical Education Pedagogy pwright@niu.edu 815-753-9219 Anderson 223
Tony Calderala Academic Advisor acalderala@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 215
Joe Curran Academic Advisor jcurran2@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 214
Heather Gerken Office Administrator hgerken@niu.edu 815-753-8283 Anderson 223
Janet Foster Office Support Specialist jfoster5@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 221
KNPE Faculty and Instructors
Name Title Email Phone Office
Michael Belbis Assistant Professor, Exercise Physiology mbelbis1@niu.edu N/A Anderson 223
David Benner Instructor, Gerontology dbennerjr@niu.edu 815-753-7152 Anderson 125
Victoria Austin Books Instructor, Kinesiology vbooks@niu.edu 815-753-1412 Anderson 125
Clayton Camic Professor, Exercise Physiology ccamic1@niu.edu 815-753-3415 Anderson 204
Rodney Caughron Associate Professor, Sport Management rcaughron@niu.edu 815-753-3907 Anderson 236
Wonock Chung Assistant Professor, Sport Management wchung@niu.edu 815-753-0592 Anderson 229
Todd Gilson Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Resources and Innovation tgilson@niu.edu 815-753-9399 Graham 320
Shauna Havener Instructor, Physical Education Teacher Education shavener1@niu.edu 815-753-5498 Anderson 139
Shaine Henert Associate Professor and Kinesiology Program Director, Sport and Exercise Psychology shenert@niu.edu 815-753-6358 Anderson 226
Steve Howell Professor, Sport Management showell2@niu.edu 815-753-1157 Anderson 233
Farah Ishaq Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Sport Management fishaq@niu.edu N/A Anderson 235
Jenn Jacobs M. Nadine Zimmerman Endowed Professor, Sport and Exercise Psychology jmjacobs@niu.edu 815-753-1408 Anderson 230
Gail Koehling Instructor and Program Coordinator, Physical Education Teacher Education gkoehling@niu.edu 815-753-0617 Anderson 139
Rachel Kowal Instructor and Lab Coordinator, Kinesiology rkowal1@niu.edu 815-753-1875 Anderson 205
Jim Ressler Professor, Physical Education Teacher Education jressler@niu.edu 815-753-5639 Anderson 228
David Serowka Instructor, Sport Management dserowka2@niu.edu 815-753-1844 N/A
Neal Ternes Assistant Professor, Sport Management nternes@niu.edu 815-753-1407 Anderson 223
Zachary Wahl-Alexander EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor, Physical Education Teacher Education zwahlalexander@niu.edu 815-753-3909 Anderson 224

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Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Anderson Hall 221
DeKalb, IL 60115
P: 815-753-1407
F: 815-753-1413
knpe@niu.edu

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