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Sports Medicine/Athletic Training Site
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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.
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.
Barbara Blackstone
Assistant Athletic Trainer
E-mail: blackstb@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9415
Location: Weiden Annex
Fax: 768-9553
Education: B.S., University of Maine at Presque Isle, A.T.C.
Caroline Gentile
Associate Professor of HPER
E-mail: gentile@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9414
Location: 308 Normal Hall
Fax: 768-9433
Education: B.S., Sargent College; M.A., New York University.
Academic and professional interests: Teaching.
Alan Gordon
Lecturer/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.
Christoph Lienert
Assistant Professor in Physical Education
E-mail: lienertc@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9490
Location: 401 Normal Hall
Education: B.A., M.A., Free University of Berlin; M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., Texas Womenıs University.
Chris Smith
Coordinator of HEPE Equipment and Facilities
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.
Tim Speicher
Lecturer
E-mail: speichet@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9474
Location: Wieden Annex
Fax: 768-9476
Education: B.S., Athletic Training, Towson University; M.S., Physical Education and Health Sciences,
Marshall University.
Academic and professional interests: A.T.C., C.S.C.S
Sports Medicine/Athletic Training Site.
Christine Standefer
Associate Professor of ED/HPER
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
E-mail: stroblel@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9425
Location: 211 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.
Academic and professional interests: Dr. Stroble has experience in school health education at all levels and directed Project
SuperHeart, a cardiovascular health education program for grade K-6. Her research interests lie in assessment of school health
education programs, an area where she has been active on national and state levels. She has written and been awarded over $1M in
institutional and programmatic grants. She has published in national and state health education journals and presented papers at health
education conferences..
Areas of Research: Factors associated with School Health
Education.
Publications: ³Factors Associated with Fourth Grade Health Education Scores on the Maine Education
Assessment.² (Feb. 1997) Journal of School Health.
³Doing Health: How Maine College Students Perceive and Attend to Their Health.² Maine Journal of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance. (1994) 7(1), 25-35.
³A Comprehensive Evaluation of AIDS Education Program in a Rural Post-Secondary Institution.² (1994) Maine Journal of Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 7, 37-53.
"Think about Learning Through Relationships," In Champeau (1998) Great Ideas in Teaching Health. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Richard Ward
Coach/Lecturer
E-mail: wardr@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Phone: 207-768-9475
Location: Wieden Hall
Fax: 768-9553
Education: B.S., University of Wyoming; M.S., Indiana University;
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