Applied Motor Learning in Physical Education & Sports

Jin Wang, PhD, is a tenured professor in health and physical education at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. He teaches motor learning, motor development and sport psychology. Dr. Wang graduated from the University of Minnesota with a PhD in kinesiology. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and made more than 130 presentations at conferences, congresses, and symposiums. Dr. Wang is a certified sport psychology consultant for the Association of Applied Sport Psychology; a registered sport psychology consultant for the United States Olympic Committee Registry; a research consortium fellow of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD); and a member of the Scientific-Technical Committee of Football in Spain. Dr. Wang was the Chair of the Sport Psychology Academy of AAHPERD, and the Director of Sport Psychology at the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Dr. Wang was a recipient of the distinguished scholarship award at the Southern District of AAHPERD and the College of Health and Human Service at Kennesaw State University. He also received the R. Tait McKenzie Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Dr. Wang has been invited to many different countries as a technical and sport psychology consultant to provide his consultations to world-class, Olympic, professional athletes and coaches. He is an invited speaker and consu, Shihui Chen, PhD, an associate professor at the Health and Physical Education Department at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, earned an MS in Adapted Physical Education from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, and a PhD in Adapted Kinesiology from the University of New Mexico, USA. He is the current director (HK) of the Asian Society of Adapted Physical Education, as well as the Secretary General of Asian Council of Exercise and Sports Science (ACESS). Dr. Chen was a tenured associate professor at the University of Texas Pan American, and had taught motor learning and development, motor development of children with disabilities, and adapted physical education for undergraduate and graduate programs. Dr. Chen is also the program leader of the sports science program, and the MEd and EdD program coordinator at HKIEd. Dr. Chen is the APE section editor for APCESS journals (AJESS). He is a certified Adapted Physical Educator (CAPE). Dr. Chen was the Research Fellow of the Research Consortium under AAHPERD; he has successfully received more than 20 research, teaching development, and knowledge grants, and has conducted many public seminar and workshops for HK school teachers. Dr. Chen has published approximately 60 research articles in referred journals.