Introduction to Kinesiology With Web Study Guide-4th Edition: Studying Physical Activity
Shirl J. Hoffman, EdD, is a professor of exercise and sport science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he served as department head for 10 years. He has served at all levels of education: elementary physical education teacher, college-level coach, and professor in both research university and liberal arts college settings.Hoffman has published extensively on a variety of topics, including sport philosophy and ethics, evangelicalism and religion in sport, sociology of sport, and motor learning and performance. He also has been a frequent commentator on problems in kinesiology and higher education. He has published widely on topics related to motor learning and control, qualitative analysis of movement, and sport philosophy, especially sport and religion. He was the charter executive director of the American Kinesiology Association and now is editor ofKinesiology Today, an online magazine.Hoffman is a fellow emeritus of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He is the author ofGood Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sport(2010) and was the project coordinator forCareers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise(2011), published by the American Kinesiology Association.Hoffman and his wife, Claude, reside in Greensboro, North Carolina and Boone, North Carolina.