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Seminar Series in Kinesiology

Fall 2026 Semester

Thursdays, 3:05PM - 4:20PM
127 Noll Laboratory

*Presenter will be on Zoom

Date	SPEAKER	Topic
August 27		Getting Started
September 3		Mentoring Discussion (RECR credit)
September 10	Katie Dry Research Manager Kinesiology Penn State	Research Road Trip: A Highlight of Important Administrative Pitstops in the Research Life Cycle
September 17	Tarkeshwar Singh Associate Professor Kinesiology Penn State University	AI as a Thought Partner, Not a Shortcut: A Guide to Thinking Harder, Not Less (RECR Credit)
September 24	Janet Branchaw Interim Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology School of Education University of Wisconsin–Madison	Student Centered Mentoring to Support Researcher Growth and Development
October 8	Panteleimon Ekkekakis Professor and Chair Kinesiology Michigan State University	Affective Responses to Physical Activity: 35-year Progress Report to Date
October 15	Brett S. Kirby Exercise Physiologist Nike, Inc	The Possibility and Physiology of a Women's Sub-4 Minute Mile
October 22	Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen Clinical Exercise Physiologist Yale-New Haven Hospital Associate Professor Teachers College Columbia University	Exercise is Medicine Lecture Effects of a Psychological Stress of Motivational Processes for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior
October 29	Scott McClean Chief Academic Officer & Dean of the Faculty Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair in Science Professor of Kinesiology Southwestern University
November 5	*Lucas Elliott Customer Experience Research Lead Google
November 12	Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
December 3	Timothy N. Welsh Professor Cognitive & Neural Motor Behavior Associate Dean of Research University of Toronto	I Move Therefore I Think: Multi-directional Influences Among Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Processes
December 10	Walter Herzog Professor of Kinesiology University of Calgary	Ricard Nelson Memorial Lecture

Fridays, 11:15AM - 12:05PM
127 Noll Laboratory

*Presenter will be on Zoom.

Date	Speaker	Topic
September 11	Amy Arnold Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics Penn State Neuroscience Institute	Beyond Blood Pressure: Renin-Angiotensin Signaling in Obesity
September 18	Blaine Arney Assistant Professor Kinesiology Penn State Altoona	Muscular Fatigability in Older Adults. Can Ergogenic Aids Help?
September 25	Patrick Drew Associate Director Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Professor Departments of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Neurosurgery Penn State University	Gut-Brain Hydraulics
Thursday, October 15 247 ECoRE Building	Brett Kirby Senior Principal Scientist Applied Performance Innovation Nike, Inc	The Possibility and Physiology of a Women's Sub-4 Minute Mile
October 23	Gerd Brunner Associate Professor of Medicine Penn State College of Medicine	Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Peripheral Artery Disease
October 30	Allen Redinger Postdoctoral Associate University of Pittsburgh
November 6	Philip Millar Associate Professor College of Biological Science Department of Human Health Sciences University of Guelph

Fridays, 3:45PM
127 Noll Laboratory or Zoom
Hosted by The Penn State Center for Movement Science & Technology

Date	Speaker	Topic
September 11	Ethan Buch Associate Scientist Human Cortical Physiology and Neurorehabilitation Section National Institute of Health	Action representation binding supporting fast skill learning in humans
October 2	*Jean -Jacques Orban de Xivry Associate Professor Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group KU Leuven	Cerebellar functions and organization are resilient to aging
October 9	Baxi Chong Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Penn State University	Legs Before Terrestrialization: the Role of Legs in Myriapod Aquatic Swimming
October 30	Nicholas Holowka Assistant Professor, Anthropology Penn State University	Evolutionary Function of the Unique Human Heel-Strike
December 4	Timothy N Welsh Professor Cognitive & Neural Motor Behaviour Associate Dean, Research University of Toronto	Cognitive and Neural Processes Underlying Motor Imagery
December 11	Maria Falikman Teaching Professor Psychology Sewanee, The University of the South

*Denotes Speaker will be on Zoom.

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