
Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span
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Carol Leitschuh, PhD, is a consultant. She is a former faculty member of the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Kinesiology, where she taught in the doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degree programs. She was also coordinator of the UMN master's program in developmental and adapted physical education, affiliated with the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) and Center for Neurobehavioral Development (CNBD). Dr. Leitschuh received an Initial Career Award from the Office of Special Education Programs. She developed a tool that monitored the early movement skills of infants and toddlers. Twice she was a visiting scholar of the Erasmus Mundus Program in Adapted Physical Activity. As a Fulbright Scholar in child development, she was a lecturer in the Czech Republic. She received her PhD in human performance, focusing on movement studies in disability. She was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship at Juniper Gardens Children’s Program at the University of Kansas.
Marquell Johnson, PhD, is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (UWEC) and is the director of rehabilitation science and the director of the physical activity and recreation for individuals with disabilities in the university’s P.R.I.D.E. and P.R.I.D.E.4Adults outreach programs. He received his PhD in nutrition and exercise science, focusing on movement studies in disability. He has received the Dr. Ron Satz Teacher/Scholar Award (2017); an Excellence in Mentoring in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award (2016); the UWEC Excellence in Service-Learning as a Faculty Mentor Award (2014); and numerous other awards. His teaching focuses on adapted physical activity and motor development, rehabilitation science, research methods, research and creative activities, physical activity and health behaviors of individuals with disabilities, and related areas.
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