The RQES Lecture

Established in 2006, the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Lecture provides for in-depth coverage of a research topic and an opportunity to give formal peer recognition to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the research represented in the sections of the RQES.

Past RQES Lecturers  

• 2016: Thom McKenzie, San Diego State University
  Understanding and Promoting Physical Activity: It Takes a Village, People!
• 2015: Melinda Solmon, Louisiana State University
  Optimizing the Role of Physical Education in Promoting Physical Activity: A Socio-ecological Approach
• 2014: Mark Fischman, Auburn University
  Motor Planning for Object Manipulation—Coming to "Grips" With the Problem
• 2013: Weimo Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Science and Art of Setting Standards (Cutoff Scores) in Kinesiology
• 2012: Weimo Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (CONVENTION CANCELLED)
• 2011: Russell Pate, University of South Carolina
  Does Physical Education Have a Long Term Public Health Impact?
• 2010: Patty S. Freedson, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  The Whys and Hows of Physical Activity Assessment
• 2009: James R. Morrow, Jr., University of North Texas
  Statewide Physical Fitness Testing: Big Waist or Big Waste?
• 2008: Barbara E. Ainsworth, Arizona State University
  Evidence-Based Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity
• 2007: Deborah L. Feltz, Michigan State University
  Efficacy Belief in Sport:  Research on Athletes, Teams, and Coaches
• 2006: Kathleen Williams, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  Where Are We Now?  Where Are We Going?