Dr. Deborah l. Feltz is University Distinguished Professor and Chairperson Emeritus in the Department of Kinesiology at Michigan State University. She earned her PhD in kinesiology from The Pennsylvania State University. She has devoted more than 37 years to researching the relationship between efficacy beliefs and physical activity, has written over 250 publications, and the book, Self-Efficacy and Sport. Her most recent scholarship has focused on group motivation gains in partnered exercise video games, which has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, and National Institutes of Health. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and National Academy of Kinesiology. |