Professor, Kinesiology

Email

Preferred: emily.wughalter@sjsu.edu

Telephone

Preferred: (408) 924-3043

HFE Classes Offered

(not all classes are offered on a regular basis.)

KIN 266 - Principles and Concepts of Perceptual Motor Learning

Education

• Univ Of Georgia, 1982

Bio

Dr. Emily H. Wughalter teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Kinesiology. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Herbert H. Lehman College (City University of New York)in physical education, a Master of Science from the University of Colorado and a Doctor of Education from the University of Georgia emphasizing motor learning.

Dr. Wughalter is passionate about topics in motor learning research and scholarship, specifically focusing on aspects of practice that affect learning, memory, and performance of motor skills. She is committed to assisting students as they gain a critical perspective of scholarship, teaching the value of multidisciplinary approaches and interdisciplinary knowledge, and providing focus on application of knowledge as it relates to practice.

Dr. Wughalter has held numerous national and regional leadership positions in professional organizations such as President of the Research Consortium of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.