Past Raymond A. Weiss Research Lecturers

Programs & Events

The Raymond A. Weiss Lecture

Rosalee G. Weiss, Ph.D. established the Raymond A. Weiss Lecture Series to honor her husband. Raymond A. Weiss is a former department chairperson and head of the Division of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, New York University. He retired in 1981 following 33 years of teaching, administration, and research at that institution.

The purpose of the Raymond A. Weiss Lecture is to support a scholarly presentation by an individual in the arts and sciences who is an outstanding leader and who has made an important contribution to his or her field, and who has ties to one or more of the fields of HPERD.

Past Raymond A. Weiss Research Lecturers
2011	Daniel Gould, Michigan State University Enhancing Youth Leadership through Sport and Physical Education
2010	Ross Brownson, Washington University in St. Louis Environmental and Policy Influences on Physical Activity
2009	Jay Coakley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Emeritus The Implosion of Neoliberalism: New Opportunities to Reclaim Physical Activity and Sports for the Common Good
2008	Beverly D. Ulrich, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Translational Science—A Roadmap to Healthy Activity for All
2007	R. Scott Kretchmar, Penn State University-State College A Research Conundrum in the 21st Century: What to Do With Meaning?
2006	Barbara E. Ainsworth, San Diego State University Assessment of Physical Activity in Health and Surveillance Settings: What Have We Learned in the Past 50 Years?
2005	Maureen R. Weiss, University of Virginia Understanding Youth "Physical Activity:" Social, Developmental, and Psychological Considerations
2004	Thomas L. McKenzie, San Diego State University Environment, Youth, and Physical Activity
2003	Priscilla M. Clarkson, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Study of Muscle Soreness—From Microtears to Microarrays
2002	Stephen Silverman, Teachers College, Columbia University Research and Professional Practice: An Unrequited Love
2001	Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Going Beyond the Physical—The Role of Physical Activity in Successful Aging
2000	Waneen W. Spirduso, University of Texas at Austin Strategies of the 21st Century to Prevent Premature Physical Aging
1999	Carole A. Oglesby, Temple University Significance In Science: A Kurtotic View
1998	Charles B. Corbin, Arizona State University Self Esteem and Intrinsic Motivation: The Keys to Promoting Physical Activity in Youth
1997	Michael Pratt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Physical Activity in America: Who, Why, and What Can We Do About It?
1996	Ronald A. Smith, The Pennsylvania State University Women's and Men's Models of College Sport from the 19th Century to Title IX: Maternalism and Paternalism
1995	James F. Sallis, San Diego State University Using Research to Promote Physical Activity in Children
1994	Margaret "Jo" Safrit, American University Measureability
1993	Bruce Simons-Morton, National Institute for Child Health and Human Children's Physical Activity and Fitness—Public Health Challenge
1992	Barbara L. Drinkwater, Pacific Medical Center, Seattle Development, NIH Osteoporosis—The "Silent Thief" of the Golden Years