2024 E.C Davis Lecturer
We are absolutely thrilled to welcome back Professor Emeritus Bethany Shifflet, PhD as the EC Davis Lecturer. Having completed her Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Connecticut State College, Bethany pursued both a Master’s and Doctoral degree from the University of Iowa. She spent 13 years coaching gymnastics before moving into full-time academia. Her research and academic area of expertise is measurement & evaluation, which she used in service to others as a peer reviewer for conference papers and journal publications. She has also served on institutional accreditation review teams and held leadership positions, such as academic senator, board member for the San Jose State University and California State University retirement organizations. Her many honors and awards include the SJSU University and College Distinguished Service Award, the University Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, and the Young Scholar Award from the Western Physical Education Society. We look forward to hearing from Bethany as we take an historical look at our future.
2024 Keynote Speaker
Rachel earned a Master of Science in exercise physiology from Arizona State University in 1996, after a double major of journalism & political science and Slavic languages & literature from Indiana University in 1993. She has experience designing curriculum, starting and running an academic department, as well as teaching at the community college and university levels. She started at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus as a kinesiology lecturer in August 2018, and was previously a faculty member in the Athletic Training Department at Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, OH), United States Sports Academy (Malaysia program), Seven Centers Yoga Arts Teacher Training Program (Sedona, AZ), and the College of Micronesia-FSM, where she was also the founding chair of the Exercise Sports Science Division. Rachel is a certified yoga therapist and has completed an experienced registered yoga teacher, which requires completion of a 500-hour teacher training course. We are excited to hear what Rachel has to share with us this year!