Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • Chad Killian is a certified K-12 Health & Physical Education teacher and an Assistant Professor for the Department of Kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire. He is committed to supporting quality physical education and physical activity opportunities for K-12 students. His focus is on physical education and physical activity policy implementation to understand student access, and to identify barriers related to the provision of these opportunities. Given the opportunity deficit many students encounter, Dr. Killian is also committed to exploring the design, use, and impact of various digital learning modalities and applications as innovative, practical solutions to addressing barriers to quality physical education and physical activity.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 Geographic and Grade-Level Disparities in Student Access to School-Based Physical Education and Physical Activity Opportunities Across 25 US States.Journal of Physical Activity and Health.  1-10. 2024
    2024 Toward a whole-of-virtual school framework for promoting student physical activity: a scoping review protocol.Systematic Reviews.  13:272. 2024
    2024 Unlocking Educational Potential: How Physical Education Teachers Can Thoughtfully Benefit From Using ChatGPT for Planning, Instruction, and AssessmentJournal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  95:32-41. 2024
    2024 Physical Education Access in U.S. Public Schools: A Multistate, Multiregion StudyJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  1-13. 2024
    2023 “Knock, Knock … Who’s There?” ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence-Powered Large Language Models: Reflections on Potential Impacts Within Health and Physical Education Teacher EducationJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  42:385-389. 2023
    2023 Beyond Wires and Lights in a Box: Online Physical Education is Necessary to Enhance Program ImpactJournal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  94:3-5. 2023
    2022 Flipping the Script: An Initial Exploration of Flipped Learning as an Enhanced Alternative to Traditional Physical Education Lessons.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  19:15188. 2022
    2022 Toward Quality Online Physical Education: Research Questions and Future DirectionsInternational Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education.  6:199-211. 2022
    2022 Flipped learning in physical education: A scoping reviewEuropean Physical Education Review.  29:125-144. 2022
    2022 Physical Education Participation and Student Anxiety, Depression, and/or Stress: A Scoping ReviewKinesiology Review.  11:209-219. 2022
    2022 Physical education students' usage and perceptions of a supplemental online health-related fitness knowledge curriculum (iPE)European Physical Education Review.  28:633-650. 2022
    2022 The PETE Collaborative: Established in Crisis, Sustained through CommunityQuest.  74:74-90. 2022
    2022 U.S. Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Members’ Workplace Perceptions Across Gender and Institution TypeJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  41:11-21. 2022
    2021 Teacher Beliefs and Changes in Practice Through Professional DevelopmentJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  40:606-617. 2021
    2021 INTEGRATING STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING INTO A HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM: A Case ExampleJournal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  92:18-26. 2021
    2021 Assessment Practices in K-12 Physical Education in the United States: A Scoping Review of Research, 2000-2020.Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.  92:248-258. 2021
    2021 Rationale for the Essential Components of Physical Education.Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.  92:202-208. 2021
    2021 Distance Learning in Physical Education: Hindsight Is 2020 - Part 3Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  92:18-21. 2021
    2021 How Do We Do This? Distance Learning in Physical Education - Part 1Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  92:5-10. 2021
    2021 How Do We Do This? Distance Learning in Physical Education - Part 2Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.  92:11-17. 2021
    2021 Evidence Supporting the Essential Components of Physical Education as a Measure of QualityResearch Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.  92:259-269. 2021
    2021 Physical Education in the COVID Era: Considerations for Online Program Delivery Using the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program FrameworkJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  40:327-336. 2021
    2021 Factors Associated With High School Physical Education Teachers’ Adoption of a Supplemental Online Instructional System (iPE)Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.  40:136-145. 2021
    2020 Chapter 4: Twitter as a Professional Development Platform Among U.S. Physical Education TeachersJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  39:454-463. 2020
    2020 Integrating Technology in Physical Education Teacher Education: A Socialization PerspectiveQuest.  72:260-277. 2020
    2020 My, How You Have Changed, PETE: An Updated Demographic Profile of U.S. Teacher Education FacultyJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  39:384-395. 2020
    2020 PETE Faculty Preferences and Responsibilities for Research, Teaching, and Service in the United StatesJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  39:396-406. 2020
    2020 State Lawmaker's Views on Childhood Obesity and Related School Wellness LegislationJournal of School Health.  90:257-263. 2020
    2019 Digital Instruction in Physical Education: An Avenue for AdvocacyStrategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators.  32:39-41. 2019
    2019 Online and Blended Instruction in K–12 Physical Education: A Scoping ReviewKinesiology Review.  8:110-129. 2019
    2019 Chapter 4: Studying Recruitment and Retention in PETE: Qualitative and Quantitative Research MethodsJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  38:22-36. 2019
    2019 Chapter 6: Recruitment in PETE: Interview Results and DiscussionJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  38:45-52. 2019
    2019 Chapter 8: Retention in PETE: Interview Results and DiscussionJournal of Teaching in Physical Education.  38:61-67. 2019
    2018 Expanding Learning Opportunities in Kinesiology Through the Use of Flipped InstructionKinesiology Review.  7:332-338. 2018
    Flipped Learning in Physical Education

    Book

    Year Title
    2022 Flipped Learning in Physical Education Opportunities and Applications 2022

    Chapter

    Year Title
    2022 Flipped Learning in (Physical) Education.  18-30. 2022
    2019 Quality physical education.  89-98. 2019
    2017 Elementary physical education in the United States: Policies and practice.  403-413. 2017
    2016 Professional socialization, teacher education programs, and dialectics.  63-78. 2016
    2016 Flipped instructional model in physical education.  102-111. 2016

    Teaching Activities

  • Intro to Health and PE Taught course
  • Middle/Sec PE Practicum Taught course
  • Motor Development and Learning Taught course
  • Supervised Teach in Health/PE Taught course
  • Intro to Health and PE Taught course 2024
  • Middle/Sec PE Pedagogy Taught course 2024
  • Middle/Sec PE Practicum Taught course 2024
  • Lifetime Sports Taught course 2023
  • Team Sports Taught course 2023
  • Middle/Sec PE Practicum Taught course 2022
  • Motor Development and Learning Taught course 2022
  • Education And Training

  • Ph.D. Kinesiology & Exercise Science, University of Illinois
  • Full Name

  • Chad Killian