Shelby E. Ison, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Physical Education

Department

Kinesiology and Physical Education

Education

• Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Kinesiology
• M.S., Indiana University, Kinesiology: Physical Activity, Fitness and Wellness
• B.S., East Stroudsburg University, Health and Physical Education
• B.S., East Stroudsburg University, Physical Education

Research Interests

Primary research interests include understanding K-12 students' psychological experiences in health, physical education, and after-school wellness programs with emphasis on serving underrepresented communities through evidence-based practices and interventions. Specific research interests include:

• Designing and implementing youth physical activity and wellness (i.e., nutrition, social and emotional learning, sleep) extracurricular preventive interventions to examine the reach, dose, and fidelity to achieve significant positive psychophysiological outcomes
• Evaluating existing health and physical education K-12 written curriculum and taught curriculum to understand curriculum’s effects on student learning, psychological well-being, and health behavior outcomes
• Collaborate with K-12 schools and youth community programs to create unique curricula which meets their students physical, social, emotional, and academic needs

Recent Publications

Ison, S. E., Richards, K. A. R., Hemphill, M. A., and Templin, T. J. (2022). A content analysis of qualitative research in the JTPE from 2009-2019. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.

Ison, S. E., Graber, K. C., and Richards, K. A. R. (2022). ​​Impact of a Self-Determination Theory-informed training on youth wellness program staff. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.

Richards, K. A. R., Graber, K. C., Woods, A. M., and Ison, S. E., and Killian, C. M. (2022). U.S. PETE faculty members’ workplace perceptions across gender and institution type. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 41, 11-22.

Richards, K. A. R., Ison, S. E., Graber, K. C., Woods, A. M., Walsh, C., and Wilson, W. J. (2022). Understanding U.S. PETE faculty stress in the sociopolitical environment of higher education. European Physical Education Review, 28, 446-462.

Richards, K. A. R., Ison, S. E., Graber, K. C., Woods, A. M., and Walsh, C. (2022). U.S. PETE faculty stress and the sociopolitics of higher education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.

Courses Taught

• KNPE 335: Developmental Skill-Based Approach to Teaching
• KNPE 340: Growth and Motor Development
• KNPE 344: Early Field Experience
• KNPE 577: Physical Education in the Elementary School