Undergraduate students have completed several research projects, many of them funded by the Honors College. Read about some of our outstanding students here! Of find their full theses on the COEHP Honors page. If you are a student interested in conducting research with the team, contact Dr. H at ekhowie@uark.edu.
Children’s Physical Activity
- Charles Rodgers (May 2022): A Cross-Cultural Study of Physical Activity during Recess: Comparing American and Senegalese Primary School-Aged Children
- Sarah Schwarz (May 2022): Determining the Protocol and Testing Feasibility and Intensity of the Burn2Learn interventions and measures in college students
- Katie Whitham (May 2022): Effects of Recess on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School Children
- Alexis Garner (May 2022): The Relationship Between Technology Use and Reported Pain in Elementary Age Students
- Delaney Henderson (Dec 2021): Arkansas School Nurses’ Opinions on How an Increase in Recess Time has Affected Recess-Related Injuries
- Payton Snyder (Dec 2021): A qualitative study of recess for special education students
- Shea Fitzgerald (May 2021): Playground Environment and its Impact on Physical Activity Levels in Children
- Mary Straessle (May 2021): Investigating the Difference in Physical Activity Levels for Males and Females in Elementary Schools
- Ashley Hensley (May 2019): Fitness Vs Fatness and Cardiovascular Health in Adolescents
Exercise Is Medicine
- Makayla Carney (Dec 2021): Determining a relationship between musculoskeletal pain, mood disorders, physical activity, and sleep in 18-29 year olds
- Caroline Goehring (May 2021): The Influence of Dietary Habits
- Ariston Gray (May 2021): The Health Benefits of Increasing Percent Protein Intake on Body Composition, Sleep, and Physical Activity
- Lindsey Herberger (May 2021): The Association Between Diet and Academic Performance in Students at the University of Arkansas
- Zachary Parisi (May 2021): How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected physical activity, sleep and mental health in university students, faculty and staff and to examine the relationship between these variables
- Jessica Gilmore (Dec 2020): Ensemble Learning with Recursive Partitioning Methods to Explore Relationships between Mental Health and Physical Activity
- Jared Collier (May 2020): Sleep Duration and the Effects on Cholesterol Levels in College Students
- Trey Deal (May 2020): Effects of Asthma on Lung Function, Aerobic Fitness, and Physical Activity in Young Adults
- Rebecca Eberle (May 2020): The Relationship Between Glucose Levels and Physical Activity
- Sarah Schwartz (May 2020): An Analysis of Perception vs. Reality in Physical Fitness and the Effect of Fitness Testing on Physical Activity in College Students
- Lindsay Spitaletto (May 2020): Hunger regulation before and after a bout of exercise
- Jordan Means (Dec 2019): Does macronutrient consumption affect aerobic capacity?
- Lauren Deems (May 2019): Recruitment Study – Exercise is Medicine On Campus at The University of Arkansas (UARK EIMOC)
- Makayla Goggins (May 2019): Association of dietary behaviors, macro-nutrients, and energy intake with body fat percentage and bone mineral density
