Health and Kinesiology

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Dan Chilek

Department: Health and Kinesiology

Assistant Professor

Email: drchilek@lamar.edul

Research interests: 

  • Exercise physiology and statistics

Dr. Jeff Forret

Department: Health and Kinesiology

University Professor

Email: forretjp@lamar.edu

Research interests: 

  • Study of slavery
  • The South
  • Nineteenth-century history

Shannon Jordan, Ph.D.

Department: Health and Kinesiology

Email: sjordan5@lamar.edu

Link to faculty web page: http://www.lamar.edu/education/health-kinesiology/faculty-staff/jordan-shannon/index.html

Research interests: 

  • Inflammation, specifically related to obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes
  • Ergogenic aids, specifically supplements

Appropriate majors:

  • Health and Kinesiology
  • Biology
  • Chemistry

Mrs. Jeanne Mullican

Department: Health and Kinesiology

Clinical Instructor

Email: jlward@lamar.edu

Research interests: 

  • PETE programs
  • Elementary physical education
  • Childhood obesity
  • Assessment and training of PETE students
  • Student-learning/living-learning communities
  • Professional learning communities in physical education
  • Improving the secondary physical education experience