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Laurie Nelson Faculty Profile

Laurie Nelson

Professor of Physical Education
Natural Science Division, Seaver College
RAC 110

Education

  • BS, Physical Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 1969
  • MS, Exercise Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1973
  • PhD, Athletic Administration, University of Southern California, 1979

 

  • Dissertation: "A Comparison of AIAW and NCAA Organizational Variability"
  • Thesis: "Immobilization in Guinea Pig Skeletal Muscle"
  • Excuses, Excuses by Carol Jacobs with Laurie Nelson, Shape, 199
  • "Getting Strong," Shape, November 1981, pp. 83-87
  • AIAW Update, Women's Sports, February, 1980, p. 7
  • Faculty Member of the Year Award, 1994
  • Association of Biologists Using Computing
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • Association of Fitness Directors in Business and Industry
  • California Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • Ironman Triathlon Conference in Kona, Hawaii, October 1985
  • Women in Sport

Topics

  • "The Effects of Age on Self-concept and Motivation in Female and Male Ironman Triathletes," with Cathy Hamano (Seaver student), Fall 1988
  • The Psychological Effects on Aerobic dancing and Running in College Students, with Kamie Palmer-Guiessman, Winter 1987
  • Training Responses to Two and Three Days per Week Aerobic Dance and Jogging Programs in College Students, Winter 1987

Courses

  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Kinesiology
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Human anatomy
  • Freshman seminar