Episode 164: Emily Jones & Ben Schwamberger

For the second year in a row, Sean is joined by guests from our recruitment and retention task force to discuss For the Love of Health and Physical Education (HPE) Week! Emily Jones is a Professor of Physical EducationTeacher Education, in the School of Kinesiology and Recreation at IllinoisState University. She is the current chair of the SHAPE America Recruitment andRetention Task Force and serves at the state level as the chair of the IAHPERDHigher Education Committee. At Illinois State she is program director for theundergraduate PE teacher education and coordinates the fully online master’s inPhysical Education Pedagogy sequence at ISU. Dr. Jones conducts researchrelated to recruitment into the field of physical education including the needto increase the diversity of those entering the teaching force. She alsoconducts research related to school- and community-based physical activityprograms and initiatives that enhance health and wellness.  Ben Schwamberger is an Associate Professor of Health andPhysical Education, in the Human Performance Department at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato (MSU, Mankato). He currently serves on the SHAPE AmericaProfessional Preparation Council as well as the Recruitment and Retention TaskForce and is an active member of his state association MNSHAPE. At MSU, Mankatohe is the undergraduate program coordinator for the Health and PhysicalEducation program. Dr. Schwamberger’s research interests relate to physicaleducation and physical activity of homeschool students. Prior to his positionin higher education, Dr. Schwamberger was an elementary and high schoolphysical educator and taught within the United States as well as abroad.