North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals

Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America)Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada)

The North American Society (NAS) recognizes outstanding professionals from within the allied professions of health education, physical education, recreation, sport and dance in North America.

2017 Fellows

Carol CiottoAssociate Professor/PETE Program CoordinatorCentral Connecticut State University, CT

Carol Ciotto has been a professor at Central Connecticut State University in the Department of Physical Education and Human Performance for the past 13 years. Prior to CCSU, she spent 22 years serving as a physical education teacher, an assistant principal and a principal in CT. She is the co-founder of PASS (Physically Actively School Systems) and co-author of the book titled, PASS: A Guide Book to Creating Physically Actively School Systems. Carol has published several articles and presented at various State, regional, national and international level conferences and is a member of the CT Cadre of Physical

Education Trainers.

Carol has served on the CTAHPERD Executive Board as VP for Physical Education and Dance and as President in 2012-2013. She has served the Eastern District as a VP of Physical Activity, a member of the Applied Strategic Planning Committee, Conference program Editor, Advocacy Committee Chair and as the current Eastern District Executive Director.

Carol has received the: 2016 SHAPE America Teacher Educator Honor Award, CCSU Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016 (Semifinalist) and 2010 (Honor Roll), EHPS Superintendent’s Service Award, Connecticut Association of Schools Program Award, CTAHPERD Elementary Teacher of the Year Award and Outstanding Program Award, Hershey’s National Excellence in Teaching and Service Awards and the CIAC Outstanding Coach of the Year Award.

Carol was instrumental in the CT Red Ribbon PASS Program Legislative House Bill (5467) being passed and signed by Governor Daniel Malloy in MAY of 2016. As co-founder of the

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CT PASS initiative, she is actively engaged in implementing PASS in several Connecticut school systems to help combat childhood obesity and improve learning through movement in her state. Carol has a true passion for teaching and learning and is committed to continuous service to the field of health and physical education.

Steven FurneyUniversity Distinguished Professor Texas State University, TX

Dr. Steven Furney is a University Distinguished Professor of Health Education at Texas State University. He came to Texas State in 1980 after teaching and coaching for three years in the public schools. Steve has served as the Director of Health Education since 1994. He received his baccalaureate degree from Texas A&M University, masters of education from the University of Texas School of Public Health and doctorate from the University of Tennessee. Steve has served in numerous leadership roles including president of Southern District and Texas AAHPERD.

In recognition of his contributions, he has received the AAHPERD, Southern District and Texas Honor Awards. In addition, Steve was selected as Health Educator of the Year and Administrator of the Year for AAHE, Southern District and Texas. He also received the David K. Brace Award and the Donna L. Dunaway Medal. He has provided contributions to the profession by serving as a member of more than thirty committees at the national, district and state levels. Steve is an AAHE Fellow, Fellow of the AAHPERD Research Consortium and has served on the AAHPERD Board of Governors and the AAHE Board of Directors. Steve has been married for 43 years and has three children and seven grandchildren.

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Jacqueline GoodwayAssociate Professor - KinesiologyThe Ohio State University, OH

Dr. Jacqueline D. Goodway is an associate professor in the Kinesiology area of the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University. Her research agenda focuses on issues associated with the evaluation and promotion of motor skill development and physical activity in young children who are economically disadvantaged as part of a larger agenda on obesity prevention. She has developed an evidenced-based SKIP (Successful Kinesthetic Instruction for Preschoolers) motor skill program. She has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles, 80 published abstracts, 8 book chapters, and over 170 international and national presentations in this area. She has co-authored one of the

leading textbooks in motor development in the USA and globally. Dr. Goodway has received the Lolas E. Halverson Young Investigator award from the Motor Development Academy of the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the Mabel Lee Award from the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).

Dr. Goodway is an inducted Research Fellow of the Research Consortium of AAHPERD. Dr. Goodway has also served on NASPE’s Professional Preparation & Research Steering committee and she chaired the writing of the “Active Start” national physical activity guidelines for the 0-5 year old age group. She has also served as a consultant on the development of Nickelodeon Fit, a Wii video game to promote physical activity for preschoolers. Dr. Goodway actively works to promote motor development and physical activity for young children in underserved communities across the world.

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Dolly LambdinClinical Professor (retired)University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX

Dolly Lambdin taught in the Department of Kinesiology & Health Education at the University of Texas for forty years concurrently teaching elementary school for 16 of those years. She earned an EdD and BS from the UMASS, Amherst and a MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Lambdin co-authored Putting Research to Work in Elementary Physical Education with Lawrence F. Locke and two Texty award winning series Fitness for Life Middle School and Elementary School with Chuck Corbin, Guy LeMasurier and Meg Greiner. She has been a keynote speaker at state and national conventions and served on advisory boards of NASPE, SHAPE America, Fitnessgram, It’s

Time Texas, PE Central, CASPER, UT Elementary School, HealthStart and Austin APER in addition to many national and state standards setting committees. Serving as president of NASPE (2004-05) and of SHAPE America (2014-15) were the highlights of her career.

Dolly delights in helping teachers focus on empowering their students with the skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be physically active and make healthy choices now, and for the rest of their lives. She retired in 2016 from UT Austin, and is excited about SHAPE America’s 50 Million Strong by 2029 commitment. “Fifty million” represents the number of studners in US schools, “strong” represents living a healthy physically active life and “2029” is the date when this year’s kindergartners will graduate from high school. In retirement she is committed to continuing to serve the profession and SHAPE America to help achieve this moon-shot goal.

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Joella MehrhofProfessor - HPEREmporia State UniversityEmporia, KS

Dr. Joella Mehrhof has an impressive record of teaching, scholarship, leadership, service, and research which validates why she is such a highly respected professional. Dr. Mehrhof’s numerious professional awards and honors demonstrate the level of esteem and admiration she receives from her colleagues, students, and administrators.

Joella is a consummate professional who exemplified the spirit of devoted service through her recognized visionary leadership skills. In fact, while serving on the NASPE Public Relations Committee, Dr. Mehrhof created the online NASPE Teacher Toolbox which still is in existence today. However,

her leadership is not the only piece of her dedicated professional life. Dr. Mehrhof is widely known as a highly regarded presenter. She has presented more than 100 times at national, regional, and state conferences and workshops, served as an invited speaker in 15 states, and conducted over 40 in-services for physical educators. Dr. Mehrhof’s scholarly efforts are also commendable, as she has received 16 grants, co-authored 15 books, and published numerous journal articles.

Affectionately described by her students as “Mama Mehrhof”, she is a devoted, kind, and committed professional. To observe her career contributions and leadership is to understand that she has never “worked” a single day of her professional life. Dr. Mehrhof loves what she does and smiles enthusiastically as she naturally, genuinely and passionately expresses her love for people and for the profession.

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Steven MitchellProfessor, Associate Dean for AdministrativeAffairs and Graduate EducationKent State UniversityKent, OH

Steve Mitchell has been at Kent State University in Ohio since 1992. He holds a PhD from Syracuse University and Bachelors and Master’s degrees from Loughborough University in England. He is currently a professor and the Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs and Graduate Education. He was formerly the Physical Education Professional Program coordinator in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies at KSU, teaching in undergraduate and post graduate teacher education. Prior to coming to the USA Steve taught secondary school physical education in England, also coaching numerous sports.

Steve has authored numerous articles and book chapters related to standards-based teaching, assessment, and tactical games teaching in Physical Education. He has co-authored (with Judy Oslin and Linda Griffin) two textbooks related to teaching games for understanding within public school physical education, including one that is now into its third edition having been previously translated into Japanese and Korean. A third recently co-authored (with Jennifer Walton-Fisette) book is The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education, published in collaboration with SHAPE America.

Currently, Steve is a Past President and Advocacy chair of the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (OAHPERD), a member of the SHAPE America Board of Directors and of the PE Metrics revision task force, and a member of the Board of Examiners of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). He was also the last NASPE President-elect.

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Marjorie WuestnerExecutive Director of Health, Safety,Physical Education and Sports AdministrationSchool District of Philadelphia (retired)Philadelphia, PA

Marjorie Wuestner feels very blessed to have worked with students, families, educators, coaches, administrators and community groups in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) for 42 years.

Being able to make a difference in many young lives, and seeing the joy of accomplishment and gratification propelled Marjorie to give children, teachers and coaches, the best programs she could in health, physical education and athletics.

In her last position, as an Executive Director for Health, Safety, Physical Education and Sports Administration, she provided children with state-of-the-art athletic and physical education facilities, similar to those seen in affluent suburban schools. Lots of planning, negotiating, stubbornness, pleading and praying led to her school superintendent agreeing to float a bond, so that she could budget an additional $30,000,000 for new construction and restoration of gymnasiums and fields.

Marjorie consistently held herself and others to high standards. She maintained…“If you have high expectations for yourself, your students or athletes, you can achieve anything.”

Having such high expectations led to a 400% increase in college scholarships being offered to SDP minority student-athletes from 2004 to 2007. Marjorie rebuilt the existing historical, 109 year-old SDP athletic infrastructure, to support a new initiative to join the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), for the very first time in history. Hiring a NCAA Compliance Officer, recruiting coaches, and working to increase media awareness, led to these successes. Consequently, student-athletes and their families became aware that, with lots of effort and determination, they could look forward to new opportunities in life…and the sky was the limit!