Physical Education Faculty

Program Coordinator
GLORIA NAPPER-OWEN
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Health, Exercise, & Sports Sciences

Office:  Johnson Center 1155A
Telephone:  505-277-8173
E-mail:  napperow@unm.edu 

Education:  Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado
Research Interests:  Developing effective and qualified physical educators through pre-service preparation and in-service induction mentoring.
Courses:  PEP 227, PEP 245, PEP 319, PEP 288, PEP 510, PEP 516, PEP 590

Biographical Information:  Gloria Napper-Owen is currently the chair of the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, as well as the program coordinator for the undergraduate Physical Education-Teacher Education Program and the graduate Curriculum and Instruction Program. She received her bachelor's degree in Physical Education Teacher Education from the University of Northern Colorado and then taught elementary physical education in Greeley, Colorado. She earned her masters degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Colorado-Boulder and was an adjunct professor at Metropolitan State College in Denver until she returned to the University of Northern Colorado to pursue her doctoral degree in Physical Education Pedagogy. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of New Mexico in 1995, Dr. Napper-Owen was on the faculty at Wichita State University for three years. Dr. Napper-Owen has held leadership positions within the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; the National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education; the Southwest District Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; and New Mexico Association for HPERD. She is a co-author of the text Classroom Teachers as Movement Educators, and she has authored numerous articles within scholarly publications. Dr. Napper-Owen's hobbies include her physical activity pursuits of walking, swimming, weight-lifting, and camping and canoeing with her husband. Her personal 'outside the office' passion is training her two Belgian Tervuren in their performance activities of conformation, agility, obedience, and tracking.

GLENN HUSHMAN
Assistant Professor

Office:  Johnson Center Room 126
Telephone:  505-277-5248
E-mail:  ghushman@unm.edu

Education:  Ph.D., Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science, University of New Mexico
Research Interests:  Teacher socialization, secondary physical education
Courses: Teaching Team Sports, Organization and Administration of Physical Education

Biographical Information:  My interest in Physical Education dates as far back as elementary school where I found movement activities and aspects of kinesiology very interesting. After high school, I decided to pursue a career in Physical Education by obtaining a bachelors degree at the University of Northern Colorado. When I obtained my teaching license, I taught for three years at the middle school level in California where I witnessed the utilization of inappropriate and ineffective practices by many physical education programs in the state. Upon further research, I realized there were many physical education programs across the country that incorporated similar inappropriate practice, which I found was directly related to the often disenfranchised feelings from the public about physical education. I decided I wanted to make a difference in the development of future physical education teachers and the practices they employed, which led me to the pursuit and attainment of my masters and doctoral degrees in the area of physical education. My current goals are to further encourage the shift of paradigm in physical education to assure appropriate and effective practice and theory are utilized in physical education. Furthermore, I hope to add to the literature base of teacher socialization and secondary physical education by conducting my own research on pre-service and first year physical education teachers.

ALFREDO MARTINEZ
Lecturer III

Office: Johnson Center Room1150E
Telephone: 505-277-3104
E-mail: alfredom@unm.edu

Education: Ph.D., Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science, University of New Mexico
Research Interests: Classroom and Behavior Management, Secondary Physical Education, Coaching Pedagogy
Courses: PEP 444, PEP 400, PEP 461, PEP 430

Biographical Information:  I am a New Mexico native whose wife is Becky and four children are Marquez, Aleah, Kayla, and Mekaio. I attained my undergraduate degree in elementary and secondary Physical Education with a minor in Health Education at the University of New Mexico, and I completed a master of arts degree in Sports Administration from the University of Northern Colorado before teaching and coaching in the public school system for 14 years. I am a tier III New Mexico state-licensed administrator and have tier III licenses in Physical Education, Health Education, Special Education and Coaching. I am currently a faculty member within the Physical Education Teacher Education Program, program coordinator of both the Physical Education Activity Program and the Coaching minor. At the University of New Mexico, I have instructed 24 undergraduate courses, which include 14 physical education professional and methods courses. I developed a course on classroom and behavior management within a physical education setting and supervised numerous pre-student teachers and senior level student teachers. My hobbies are family, coaching youth sports, camping, skiing, boating, tennis, racquetball, golf, and fishing.

CATHY TINGSTROM
Assistant Professor

Office:  Johnson Center 162D
Telephone:  505-277-8176
E-mail:  ctingstr@unm.edu

Education: Ph.D., Physical Education, Sports & Exercise Science, University of New Mexico
Research Interests: Anti-fat Bias in Physical Education, Adapted Physical Education
Courses: Adapted Physical Education, PEP 245, PEP 529

Biographical Information: I am a physical educator! I knew very early in my life that I wanted to become a physical educator and when I realized there was a job that combined my love of being active and being in the outdoors with helping others it became my goal to become a physical educator and coach. After graduating from St. Mary’s College of California, I began teaching high school physical education, coaching volleyball and basketball and contributing as an athletic trainer. I feel fortunate to have valuable teaching experience working with many diverse types of learners including students with special needs, cultural and language differences, and children of poverty. My teaching experiences include a small private school, a large multi-cultural high school in central California as well as teaching and coaching at the community college and university level.  I have worked for Special Olympics in the state of Washington coordinating inclusive programs for school districts and private sector programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities. In addition, my professional experiences include being the president/CPO of the Boys and Girls Club of Farmington, NM.