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Faculty Profile

Minsoo Kang

Health, Exercise Sci & Recreation Mgmt
CHAIR OF HEALTH, EXERCISE SCIENCE & RECREATION MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSOR
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219 TURNER CENTER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
(662) 915-5844
kang@olemiss.edu
Joined UM: July 3, 2017

Areas of Expertise

  • EXERCISE SCIENCE
  • MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • RESEARCH METHODS
  • SPORTS ANALYTICS
  • STATISTICAL ANALYSES

Brief Bio

Dr. Minsoo Kang is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management (HESRM), earned both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Seoul National University in South Korea and his Ph.D. in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2004, Dr. Kang took a position of Assistant Professor at the Health and Human Performance Department at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), and in 2017, he joined the Department of HESRM at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Kang has published numerous papers on measurement and assessment issues in health, exercise science, and sports. Dr. Kang teaches courses on statistical analysis, research methods, meta-analysis, and measurement theories at the graduate levels. Dr. Kang is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a research fellow of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD; aka SHAPE America). Dr. Kang received the Distinguished Research Award at the Middle Tennessee State University. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sports and also a member of the Editorial Board for several leading journals in the field.

Degrees

PhD
Kinesiology
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN/URBANA,IL (2004)

Committee Memberships

Applied Sciences Curriculum Committee
Other Kind of Committee