Adjunct Professor / January, 2023 — Present

Mentor for graduate students for their thesis and dissertation projects and scientific writing

Assistant-to-Full Professor (with tenure) / August, 2010 — January, 2023

• Provided in-depth scientific research and writing mentorship to undergraduate, MS, MPH, and PhD students and junior faculty members. • Taught in-person and online undergraduate and graduate courses in kinesiology and public health. • Created and directed the Functional Intensity Training Research Lab with a comprehensive research agenda resulting in >$2.6 million in research funding, 130+ presentations, and 45+ publications. • Provided expert testimony in litigation involving exercise-related injury claims, applying scientific evidence to support case strategy and outcomes.

Interim Department Head / July, 2021 — January, 2023

Managed 16 faculty/staff and a budget of >$1.9 million. Worked closely with development staff to secure additional funding, major gifts, and donations. Revised the faculty and staff annual review processes. Strategically planned for growing instructional needs.

Senior Researcher / January, 2023 — January, 2026

• Led the development and dissemination of flagship research outputs and applied publications, conducting data analysis and ensuring scientific accuracy, quality, editorial integrity, and strategic alignment with nonprofit impact goals. • Served as primary publications lead, overseeing manuscript development, peer review revision processes, conference presentations, digital publication planning, and distribution strategies. • Delivered research findings through written reports and presentations tailored to internal leadership, external partners, and decision-making needs under tight timelines. • Built high-impact scholarly content and knowledge resources in collaboration with internal and external authors and leadership. • Provided editorial and research mentoring and support to collaborators and contractors.

Assistant Professor / September, 2006 — July, 2010

• Developed and co-taught a graduate-level health promotion research course, guiding MPH students through applied data analysis, manuscript development, and the peer-reviewed publication process. • Served as the Head of the Social and Behavioral Sciences specialization within the MPH program, providing academic leadership and curriculum oversight. • Co-Investigator on the Healthy Hawai’i Initiative, collaborating with the Hawai’i Department of Health and county health departments to support nutrition and physical activity initiatives through research, evaluation, surveys, built environment assessments, RFP and contracts management, policy engagement, technical reports, presentations, and publications.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow / June, 2004 — July, 2006

• Led day-to-day operations for a large, multi-level community health study examining environmental and socioeconomic factors associated with obesity prevalence. • Recruited, trained, and supervised data collectors and coordinated field schedules, logistics, and quality control for data collection and data entry across 21 census block group areas. • Contributed to data analysis, interpretation, and visualization, integrating individual-level health indicators with neighborhood environmental measures. • Prepared study findings for internal and external presentations and co-authored peer-reviewed manuscripts disseminating results to academic audiences.