Health Education and Physical Education
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Srijana Bajracharya
Associate Professor of Health Education
E-mail: bajra@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9436
Location: 201 Normal Hall
Fax: 768-9433
  • Education: B.Sc., M. Sc., Tribhuvan University of Kathmandu, Nepal; Ph.D., Auburn University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University.
  • Academic and professional interests: Dr. Bajracharya's academic interests include community health planning, program evaluation, human sexuality, and womenıs health, and she has been actively involved with various local community health education programs. She has presented papers at national professional meetings and has published research articles in several reviewed health education journals including Journal of School Health, Health Education, Journal of American College Health, and Health Values.
  • Publications: "Factors Associated with Fourth Grade Health Education Scores on the Maine Education Assessment." (Feb. 1997) Journal of School Health.; "An Assessment of Rural Undergraduate Studentsı Knowledge of HIV Transmission and Their Related Behaviors." (Presenting March 1997) AAHPERD National Convention, St. Louis, MO. (Co-authored paper with students) "A Retrospective Study of First Sexual Intercourse Experiences Among Undergraduates." (1995) Journal of American College Health. 43, 169-177.; "Doing Health: How Maine College Students Perceive and Attend to Their Health." Maine Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. (1994) 7(1), 25-35. "A Comprehensive Evaluation of AIDS Education Program in a Rural Post-Secondary Institution." (1994) Maine Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 7, 37-53.

    Suzanne Beaudet
    Professor of Physical Education/Department Coordinator
    E-mail: beaudet@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
    Phone: 207-768-9478
    Location: Wieden Annex
  • Education: B.S., University of New Hampshire; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland.

    Barbara Blackstone
    Assistant Athletic Trainer/Clinical Instructor
    E-mail: blackstb@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
    Phone: 207-768-9415
    Location: Wieden Annex

    Alan Gordon
    Men's Soccer and Women's Basketball Coach
    E-mail: gordona@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
    Phone: 207-768-9473
    Location: Wieden Annex
    Fax: 768-9476
  • Education: B.S., University of Maine at Presque Isle; M.S., Ithaca College.

    Chris Smith
    Coordinator of HEPE Equipment and Facilities, Fitness Center and Recreational Sports/ Cross Country Coach
    E-mail: smithc@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
    Phone: 207-768-9472
    Location: Wieden Annex
    Fax: 768-9476
  • Education: A.A., Applied Marine Biology and Oceanography, Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute; B.S., Physical Education, Non-teaching, and B.S. Physical Education Teaching University of Maine at Presque Isle.
  • Academic and professional interests: Currently enrolled in the Masters Degree in Exercise Science Program at University of Maine.
  • Areas of Research: Mr. Smith has done research on the kinematics of the lower extremities in distance running.

    Christine Standefer
    Associate Professor of ED/HPER, Faculty Athletics Representative
    E-mail: stand@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
    Phone: 207-768-9457
    Location: 208 South Hall
    Fax: 768-9553
  • Education: B.S., Moorhead State University; M.S., North Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign.

    Lucy Stroble
    Professor of Health Education / Director
    E-mail: stroblel@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
    Phone: 207-768-9425
    Location: 204 Normal Hall
    Fax: 768-9433
  • Education: Dipl., Genesee Hospital School of Nursing; B.S., M.S., State University of New York at Cortland; Ed.D., University of Maine.

    Updated: 5/27/01, 12:32 AM, by the Office of University Relations