Thomas McKenzie, ENS

Appointment year at SDSU - 1980

Contact Information

Office location: ENS 318
Telephone number: (619) 594-6413; fax 619-594-6553
E-mail: tmckenzie@sdsu.edu

Education

B.P.E., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1966, Physical Education
B.Ed., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1969, Education
M.S.C., Dalhousie University, 1972, Exercise and Sport Sciences
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1976, Pedagogy/Applied Behavior Analysis

Professional Memberships:

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE)
American Education Research Association (AERA)
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
International Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA)
http://abainternational.org/
International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) http://www.aiesep.ulg.ac.be/

Major Curricular Responsibilities

ENS 241 Physical Education for Children
ENS 347A Leadership in Physical Education
ENS 434 Promoting Physical Activity and Health Behavior
ENS 684 Behavior Change in Sport and Physical Education

Summary of Professional Activities:

Authored/co-authored: Over 140 refereed papers, book chapters, diverse curricular materials, and over 150 refereed abstracts on sport and exercise pedagogy and applied psychology.
Presented: Over 300 papers related to pedagogy, physical activity, exercise, sport, and psychology at International, National, and State meetings.
Elementary and secondary public schools: Six years as teacher, coach, and assistant principal.
Olympic Games Involvement: Performance Enhancement Consultant, US Women's Olympic Volleyball Team, 1985-1996; Sport Psychology Consultant, US Men's Olympic Volleyball Team, 1980-84; Member of USOC Sport Psychology Registry, 1985-1996.
Director: Summer residential treatment programs for obese and low-fit children, adolescents, and women. (1981-85)
Consultant: Numerous universities, grants and professional agencies.

Academic Interests

Physical activity and health promotion, particularly among youths; effects of environmental interventions on physical activity.

Grant Involvement (selected):

Co-Principal Investigator, Parks and Physical Activity in Diverse Communities.       (Grant R01-HL083869, NIH; 2007-2012; D. Cohen, PI, RAND)
Co-Principal Investigator, Validation of SOPARC and Use in Diverse Populations.       R01HL092569, NIH/NHLBI, 2008-12 (D. Cohen, PI).
Co-Principal Investigator, Discovering Obstacles to Physical Education (Do PE).       Active Living Research, Robert Wood Johnson. 2008-10 (M. Lounsbery, PI).
Co-Principal Investigator, Obesity Prevention in Recreation Centers.
      (Grant R01-DK72994, 2006-11; J. Elder, PI).
Co-Principal Investigator, Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) (NHLBI,       2000-2006; J. Elder, PI)
Co-Investigator, Obesity Prevention in Latino Home and Community       Environments. (Grant HL73776, NHLBI, 2002-2007; J. Elder, PI).
Co-Principal Investigator, Community Characteristics and Physical Activity
      among Adolescent Girls. (Grant HL 071244, 7/02-6/06; D. Cohen, PI,       RAND Corporation)
Co-Principal Investigator, The Role of Parks in Physical Activity and Health.
      (6/03-5/08, D. Coohen, PI, RAND Center for Population Health and Health
      Disparities).
Co-Principal Investigator, Middle School Physical Activity and Nutrition
      (M-SPAN). (NHLBI, 1996-2000; J. Sallis, PI)
Co-Principal Investigator and Intervention Director, Sport, Play, and Active       Recreation for Children (SPARK). (NHLBI, 1989-96; J. Sallis, PI )
Co-Investigator and Physical Education Director, CATCH: Child and Adolescent       Trial of Cardiovascular Health. (NHLBI, 1988-2001; P. Nader, PI)
Co-Investigator, Diet and Activity in Mexican-American and Anglo Children.       (NHLBI, 1988-2001; P. Nader, PI)
Co-recipient, Sports Psychology Research and Service Grants to USA National       Volleyball Teams (United States Olympic Committee, 1983, 1985-87).

Publications (since 1991, selected):

Sallis, J., & McKenzie, T. L. (1991). Physical education's role in public health. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 62, 124-137.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Patterson, T. L., Elder, J. P., Berry, C. C., Rupp, J. W., Atkins, C. J., Buono, M. J., & Nader, P. R. (1991). BEACHES: An observational system for assessing children's eating and physical activity behaviors and associated events. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 141-151.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F. & Nader, P. R. (1991). SOFIT: System for observing fitness instruction time. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 11, 195-205.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Nader, P. R., Broyles, S. L., & Nelson, J. A. (1992). Anglo- and Mexican-American preschoolers at home and at recess: Activity patterns and environmental influences. Journal of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, 13, 173-180.

Sallis, J. F., McKenzie, T. L., & Alcaraz, J. E. (1993). Habitual physical activity and health-related physical fitness in fourth-grade children. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 147, 890-896.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Faucette, N., Roby, J., & Kolody, B. (1993). Effects of an inservice intervention on the quality and quantity of elementary classroom teachers’ physical education classes. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 64, 178-187.

McKenzie, T. L., Strikmiller, P. K., Stone, E. J., Woods, S. E., Ehlinger, S., Romero, K. A., & Budman, S. T. (1994). CATCH: Physical activity process evaluation in a multicenter trial. Health Education Quarterly, Supplement 2: S73-89.

McKenzie, T. L., Alcaraz, J., & Sallis, J. F. (1994). Assessing children’s liking for activity units in an elementary physical education curriculum. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 13, 206-215.

McKenzie, T. L., Feldman, H., Woods, S. E., Romero, K. A., Dahlstrom, V., Stone, E. J., Strikmiller, P. K., Williston, J. M., & Harsha, D. W. (1995). Student activity levels and lesson context during third-grade physical education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 66, 184-193.

McKenzie, T. L., Nader, P. R., Strikmiller, P. K., Yang, M., Stone, E. J., Perry, C. L., Taylor, W. C., Epping, J., Feldman, H., Luepker, R. V., & Kelder, S. H. (1996). School physical education: Effect of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH). Preventive Medicine, 25, 423-431. (AERA SIG Exemplary Paper, 1997)

Sallis, J. F., McKenzie, T. L., Elder, J. P., Broyles, S. L., & Nader, P. R. (1997). Factors parents use in selecting play spaces for young children. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 51, 414-417.

Sallis, J. F., McKenzie, T. L., Alcaraz, J. E., Kolody, B., Faucette, N., & Hovell, M. F. (1997). The effects of a 2-year physical education program (SPARK) on physical activity and fitness in elementary school students. American Journal of Public Health, 87, 1328-1334.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Elder, J. P., Broyles, S. L., Berry, C. C., Hoy, P. L., Nader, P. R., Zive, M, & Broyles, S. L. (1997). Physical activity levels and prompts in young children at school recess: A two-year study of a bi-ethnic sample. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 68, 195-202.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Kolody, B., & Faucette, N. (1997). Long term effects of a physical education curriculum and staff development program: SPARK. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 68, 280-291. (AERA SIG Exemplary Paper, 1998)

Elder, J. P., Broyles, S. L., McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Berry, C.C., Davis, T. B., Hoy, P. L., & Nader, P. R. (1998). Direct home observations of the prompting of physical activity in sedentary and active Mexican- and Anglo-American Children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 19, 26-30.

Stone, E. J., McKenzie, T. L., Welk, G. J., & Booth, M. L. (1998). Effects of physical activity interventions in youth: Review and synthesis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 15, 298-315.

McKenzie, T. L., Alcaraz, J. E., Sallis, J. F., & Faucette, F. N. (1998). Effects of a physical education program on children's manipulative skills. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 17, 327-341.

Sallis, J. F., McKenzie, T. L., Kolody, B., Lewis, M., Marshall, S., & Rosengard, P. (1999). Effects of health-related physical education on academic achievement: Project SPARK. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 70, 127-134. (AERA SIG Exemplary Paper, 2000)

McKenzie, T. L., LaMaster, K. J., Sallis, J. F., & Marshall, S. J. (1999). Classroom teachers’ leisure time physical activity and their conduct of physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 19, 125-131.

McKenzie, T. L., Marshall, S. J., Sallis, J. F., & Conway, T. L. (2000). Leisure-time physical activity in school environments: An observational study using SOPLAY. Preventive Medicine, 30, 70-77.

McKenzie, T. L., Marshall, S., Sallis, J. F. & Conway, T. L. (2000). Student activity levels, lesson context, and teacher behavior during middle school physical education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 71, 249-259. (AERA Exemplary Paper Award, 2001)

Hoefer, W. R., McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Marshall, S. J., & Conway, T. L. (2001). Parental provision of transportation for adolescent physical activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21(1), 48-51.

McKenzie, T. L. (2001). Promoting youth physical activity: Focus on middle school environments. Quest, 53(3), 326-334. (The Academy papers)

McKenzie, T. L., Stone, E. J., Feldman, H. A., Epping, J. N., Yang, M., Strikmiller, P. K., Lytle, L. A., & Parcel, G. S. (2001). Effects of the CATCH physical education intervention: Teacher type and lesson location. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21, 101-109.(AERA SIG Exemplary Paper Award, 2003)

McKenzie, T. L. (2001). Back to the future: Health-related physical education. In P. Ward & P Doutis (Eds.), Physical education for the 21^st century (pp.113-131). Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska.

Levin, S., McKenzie, T. L., Hussey, J. R., Kelder, S., & Lytle, L. (2001). Variability of physical activity in physical education lessons across elementary school grades. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 5(4), 207-218.

McKenzie, T. L. (2002). The use of direct observation to assess physical activity. In G. Welk (Ed.), Physical activity assessments for health-related research (pp. 179-195). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Broyles, S. L., Zive, M. M., Nader, P. R., Berry, C. C., & Brennan, J. J. (2002). Childhood movement skills: Predictors of physical activity in Anglo- and Mexican-American adolescents? Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73, 238-244.

Mattingly, D. J., Prislin, R., McKenzie, T. L., Rodriguez, J. L., & Kayzar, B. (2002). Evaluating evaluations: The case of parent involvement programs. Review of Educational Research, 72(4), 549-576.

NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development Network. (2003). Frequency and intensity of activity of third grade children in physical education. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157, 185-90.

Sallis, J. F., McKenzie, T. L., Conway, T. L., Elder, J. P., Prochaska, J. J., Brown, M., Zive, M. M., Marshall, S. J., & Alcaraz, J. E. (2003). Environmental interventions for eating and physical activity: A randomized controlled trial in middle schools. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24, 209-217.

McKenzie, T. L. (2003). Health-related physical education: Physical activity, fitness, and wellness. In S. J. Silverman & C. D. Ennis (Eds.), Student learning in physical education: Applying research to enhance instruction (2^nd ed., pp 207-226). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

McKenzie, T. L., Li, D., Derby, C., Webber, L., Luepker, R. V., & Cribb, P. (2003). Maintenance of effects of the CATCH physical education program: Results from the CATCH:ON study. Health Education & Behavior, 30(4), 447-462.

Morgan, C. F., McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Broyles, S. L., Zive, M. M., Nader, P. R. (2003). Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in a bi-ethnic sample of adolescents. Pediatric Exercise Science, 15, 288-301.

McKenzie, T. L., Sallis, J. F., Prochaska, J. J., Conway, T. L., Marshall, S. J., & Rosengard, P. (2004). Evaluation of a 2-year middle school physical education intervention: M-SPAN. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, 36, 1382-1388.

McKenzie, T. L., Prochaska, J. J., Sallis, J. F., & LaMaster, K. (2004). Coeducational and single-sex physical education in middle schools: Impact on physical activity. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 75, 446-449.

McKenzie, T. L. & Kahan, D. (2004). Impact of the Surgeon General’s Report: Through the eyes of physical education teacher educators. Physical Education, Physical Activity, and Public Health: Learning from the Past, Building for the Future [Monograph]. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 23(4), 300-317.

Moe, S. G., Pickrel, J, McKenzie, T. L., Strikmiller, P. K., Coombs, D., & Murrie, D. (2006). Using school-level interviews to develop a multi-site PE intervention program. Health Education & Behavior, 33, 52-65.

McKenzie, T. L., Cohen, D. A., Sehgal, A., Williamson, S., & Golinelli, D. (2006). System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Communities (SOPARC): Reliability and feasibility measures. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1, S203-217.

McKenzie,T. L., Catellier, D. J., Conway, T., Lytle, L. A., Grieser, M., Webber, L. A., Pratt, C. A, & Elder, J. P. (2006). Girls’ activity levels and lesson contexts during middle school PE: TAAG baseline. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 38(7), 1229-1235. (AERA Exemplary Paper Award, 2007)

Cohen, D. A., McKenzie, T.L., Sehgal, A., Lurie, N., Golinelli, D., & Williamson, S. (2007). Contribution of public parks to physical activity, American Journal of Public Health. 97(3), 509-514.

Dowda, M., McKenzie, T. L., Cohen, D .A. Scott, M., Evenson, K., Bedimo-Rung, A., Voorhees, C., & Almeida, M. (2007). Commercial venues as supports for physical activity in adolescent girls. Preventive Medicine, 34, 163-168.

McKenzie, T. L. (2007). The preparation of physical educators: A public health perspective. Twenty-sixth D. A. Sargent Commemorative Lecture. Quest, 59, 346-357.

Reed, J. A., McKenzie, T. L., Hagan, S., & Harring, H. (2007). Using direct observation methodology to measure trail use. ICHPERD Journal of Research, 2(2), 33-39. (International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)

Sit, C. H. P., McManus, A., McKenzie, T. L., & Lian, J.(2007). Physical activity levels of children in special schools. Preventive Medicine, 45, 424-431.

Chow, B. McKenzie, T. L., & Louie, L. (2008). Children’s physical activity and environmental influences during elementary school physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 27, 38-50.

McKenzie, T. L., & Kahan, D. (2008). Physical activity, public health, and elementary schools. The Elementary School Journal, 101, 171-180.

Sit, C. H. P., McKenzie, T. L., Lian, J.,^,& McManus, A. (2008). Activity Levels during physical education and recess in two special schools for children with mild intellectual disabilities. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 25, 247-259.

McKenzie, T. L., Baquero, B., Crespo, N., Arredondo, E., Campbell, N. & Elder, J. P. (2008). Environmental correlates of physical activity in Mexican-American children at home. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 5, 579-591.

Chow, B. McKenzie, T. L., & Louie, L. (2008, in press). Physical activity and environmental influences during secondary school physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. (On line preview available 8.18.08)

McKenzie, T. L. & Lounsbery, M. A. F. (2009, accepted). School physical education: The pill not taken. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. (July)

Curricular Publications

McKenzie, T. L. & Rosengard, P. (2007). SPARK Physical Education, Grades 3-6. San Diego: SDSU Foundation. (32 sections, 297 pages)
Rosengard, P., McKenzie, T. L., & Short, K. (2008). SPARK Physical Education, Grades K-2. San Diego: SDSU Foundation. (17 sections, 215 pages)
Rosengard, P., McKenzie, T. L., & Strelow (2000). SPARK Active Recreation: Ages 5-14. San Diego: SDSU Foundation. (15 sections, 198 pages)
Goggin, K., Williston, J., Rosengard, P., Bernal, R., Sallis, J., & McKenzie, T. L. (1997). SPARK Self-Management, Level I. San Diego: SDSU Foundation. (116 pages)
Armstrong, C., Rosengard, P., Condon, A., Sallis, J., Bernal, R., & McKenzie, T. L. (1997). SPARK Self-Management, Level II. San Diego: SDSU Foundation. (97 pages)
Editor and contributor, (1998, 1995). CATCH Physical Education Guidebook: Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade and CATCH PE Activity Box, Grades 3-5. Torrence, CA: Griffin Publishing. (Guide and collection of developmentally appropriate activities for children, grades 3-5).

Selected Honors/Committees

Member, Science Board, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. (2006-2009)
Public Service in Behavior Analysis Award. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (Annual Meeting of the International Association for Behavior Analysis, 2009)
C. H. McCloy Research Lecturer Award, Research Consortium, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (April, 2009)
75^th Anniversary Invited Lecture, Southwest District AAHPERD Annual Meeting, Phoenix (2009, January)
Dudley A. Sargent Lecturer Award, National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE) (2007)
Honor Award, Curriculum and Instruction Academy, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (2006)
R. Tait McKenzie Award, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (2005)
Fellow, North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals (elected 2005)
Distinguished Scholar Award, National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE) (Tampa, January, 2004)
IOC President's Scientific Prize (International Olympic Committee), by the Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique (AIESEP). (Scholarly contribution to physical education and sport research and program development, 2003)
Thirteenth Annual Raymond A. Weiss Lecturer Award, AAHPERD Research Consortium (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March, 2004)
Commencement Address, San Diego State University, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, May, 2002.
AAHPERD Alliance Scholar, 2001-2002, American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
"Monty" Award (2001-2002), San Diego State University Alumni Association (Extraordinary contributions to the University)
Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) (1997)
Fellow (#370), American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (1996)
Fellow, Research Consortium, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (1986)
Scholar, Southwest District, AAHPERD, 1999-2000.
1997 Scholar Lecturer, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education SIG.
Represented the United States of America as a staff member of the USA Women's Olympic Volleyball Team at the Seoul Olympic Games (1988), Pan American Games (1987) and the World Championships (Czechoslovakia, 1986), and on various tours.
Co-Founder, SPARK Physical Education Programs. Validated as an exemplary program by the Program Effectiveness Panel, United States Department of Education (1994); distinction award, California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness (1993)
Invited Keynote Speaker-International: AIESEP World Congress, Israel (1995); International Congress on Physical Education and Sport, Greece (1997), International Congress, Porto, Portugal (1999), ACHPER, Melbourne (2000); European College of Sport Science, Cologne (2001); AIESEP World Congress, Madeira, Portugal (2001); International Promotion of Adolescent Health, Taiwan (2002); Young People, Sport and Physical Activity: Healthy Futures Conference, New Zealand, (2004); European College of Sport Science, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2004); European Society for Pediatric Work Physiology, Switzerland (2005); AIESEP World Congress, Finland (2006); Korea (2006); Denmark (2007); Bogota, Columbia (2008); ECSS, Oslo, Norway (2009)
Member, NASPE Task Force on Teacher Education, National Standards for Beginning Physical Education Teachers (1994-95)
Exemplary Paper Awards, American Education Research Association, SIG (2007; 2006; 2003; 2001; 1999; 1997)

The information on this page represents that of Dr. Thom McKenzie and not necessarily that of San Diego State University. Thom McKenzie takes full responsibility for the information presented.