Health & Sport Sciences Office Information
Department Chair: Dr. Joan Rocks
Location: Center of Health & Sport Sciences, 140 Center St.
Hours: Monday – Friday (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Contact: Jane Kidder, Academic Administrative Assistant
Phone: 614-823-3528
Email: otterbeinhss@otterbein.edu
Faculty
Robert Braun
Professor
Dr. Robert Braun completed his doctoral degree in Health Education at the University of Toledo. He earned his M.P.H. in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention from George Washington University and a B.S. in Allied Health Professions from The Ohio State University. He also holds the CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) credential and is a Registered Respiratory Therapist. His research is focused on health disparities among communities of color. He and his students have worked on many research projects which have been presented…
Megan Chawansky
Associate Professor
Megan Chawansky, Ph. D., is currently an assistant professor of sport management. At Otterbein University, she teaches courses on global sports, sport marketing, sport facilities, sport psychology and sport finance. Previously, she served as a lecturer and the Assistant Director of the Global Center for Sport Diplomacy at the University of Kentucky. She also worked at the University of Bath (UK) and the University of Brighton (UK), where she taught on the graduate program in sport for development. Her research…
Kristy McCray
Associate Professor
Kristy McCray, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Southern California before working as an academic advisor for athletes at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She later served as the Executive Director for a non-profit rape crisis center before earning her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in Kinesiology – Sport Management. Now, she combines her two previous work experiences to do research on sexual violence in sport, focusing specifically on sexual violence prevention in college…
Shelley Payne
Professor
Dr. Shelley Payne is a Professor and leads our Allied Health major at Otterbein. Dr. Payne is also a physical therapist and athletic trainer with over 20 years of sports medicine experience. She is actively engaged in teaching and research in the areas of lower extremity biomechanics and injury prevention. She also maintains a research interest in life-long learning and learner self-direction and is published in this area as well.
Joan Rocks
Professor & Department Chair
Although Joan has over 32 years of athletic training experience, her entire career has been focused on teaching and striving to be an effective educator. Her “biography” is therefore based on her teaching journey. It is Joan's educational belief that any instructor must establish the building blocks that create a strong foundation in the student’s learning processes. The basic building blocks that are taught at a young age include, trust, loyalty, friendship, and the ability to focus on future goals,…
Teri Walter
Professor
Dr. Teri Walter has been teaching at Otterbein University for over 30 years in the areas of physical education, health education, and sport management. Considered a “generalist,” she has taught over 45 different courses ranging from Event Management, Sport Marketing, and Sport Facility Design, to Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology, to Techniques of Teaching Team, Individual/Dual Sports, to Golf, Self Defense, and Pickleball. During her tenure, she has also been Otterbein’s Volleyball and Softball coach, Assistant Basketball and Cross Country coach,…
Joseph Wilkins
Senior Instructor & Clinical Coordinator
Joe Wilkins is an Instructor and serves as the Coordinator of Clinical Education for our Athletic Training major at Otterbein. Mr. Wilkins is also an athletic trainer with over 18 years of sports medicine experience. He is actively engaged in teaching in the areas of upper extremity biomechanics and injury prevention.
Staff
Jane Kidder
Administrative Assistant
Jane Kidder is a Columbus Ohio native. She is a graduate of St. Francis DeSales Highschool. After high school she went on to get her Managing Cosmetology License at Nationwide Beauty Academy. Unfortunately, Jane quickly changed careers due to an allergy to hair products. As luck would have it, the salon that she first worked in needed a Salon Coordinator. She accepted the position and took over marketing, advertising, and bookkeeping. Over the years her real-life education continued as she…
Danielle Kilboy
Interim Head Athletic Trainer
Danielle Kilboy is an Assistant Athletic Trainer with over 10 years of clinical experience. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Danielle has served as a part-time faculty member in HSS teaching a variety of courses.
Antioch University Affiliated Faculty
Ally Smith, PhD, LAT, ATC
Antioch University Affiliated Faculty and Founding Chair of Athletic Training at Antioch
Nadiya Ali Timperman, MS, MPH, RDN, LD
Antioch University Affiliated Faculty and Founding Chair of Master in Dietetics and Nutrition