Faculty

Tommy Boone, PhD, MPH, MA, FASEP, EPC

Author of the book "Professional Development of Exercise Physiology" with The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd (2001).
Co-founder of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP); the professional organization of exercise physiologists.
Member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists.
Chair, ASEP Board of Certification; the Board that oversees the "Exercise Physiologist Certified (EPC) exam.
One of 67 Board Certified Exercise Physiologists in the United States.
Chair, ASEP Board of Accreditation; the Board that governs the accreditation of colleges and universities that seek undergraduate accreditation of the exercise physiology programs.
Founder of the electronic journal entitled "Journal of Exercise Physiology-online" - a research journal for exercise physiologists.
Founder of the electronic journal entitled "Professionalization of Exercise Physiology-online" - the only such journal like it in the world to discuss the professionalization of exercise physiology.
Publishes 15 to 20 professional papers and 2 to 4 research papers per year.
Author of the licensure bill for exercise physiologists in the state of Minnesota.
Organizes the ASEP annual meeting each year, and presents papers at the meeting.

John Dargan, MA

Published Master's thesis entitled "Warm-up and Physiological Responses"; 2000.
Presented Research Paper at ASEP's 6th Annual National Meeting entitled "Evaluation of Fitness Characteristics of Collegiate Soccer Players Before and After a Pre-Season Strength and Conditioning Program"; 2004.
Student mentor for McNair Research Program; 2005.
Presents talks regarding Exercise Physiology, Fitness and Health regularly to elementary, middle and high school students.
Stays physically active by kayaking on Lake Superior and in-line skating in the summer and cross-country skiing in the winter.

Larry Birnbaum, PhD

"Effect of Blood Donation on VO₂max." Birnbaum L, Dahl T, Boone T, has been accepted for publication (October, 2005) in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness.
"Physiologic Effects of Caffeine on Cross-Country Runners." Birnbaum L., Herbst J. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.8/04 (Vol. 18/#3), pp. 463-465.
"The Oxygen Cost of Walking With an Artificially Immobilized Knee With and Without a Shoe-Lift." Birnbaum L, Hedlund C. Journal of Exercise Physiology (online), 4/98 (Vol 1/# 1).
Numerous articles in JPEPonline and PEPonline.

Joe Warpeha, MA

MW Stevenson, JM Warpeha, CC Dietz, MR Giveans, AG Erdman. Acute Effects of Elastic Bands During the Free-Weight Barbell Back Squat Exercise on Velocity, Power, and Force Production. In press (as of September 2009): Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
MA Petit, JM Hughes, JM Warpeha (2010). Chapter 39: Exercise Prescription
for People with Osteoporosis. In: ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for
Exercise Testing and Prescription, 6th Edition. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins. ISBN: 978-0-7817-6906-8
VS Koscheyev, JM Warpeha, GR Leon, J-H Kim, B Fink, ML Gernhardt, NG Skytland (2009). The Advanced Design of a Liquid Cooling Garment Through Long-Term Research: Implications of the Test Results on Three Different Garments. Paper presented at the 39th International Conference on Environmental Systems (July 12-16, 2009; Savannah, GA). Paper Number 2009-01-2517.
GR Leon, VS Koscheyev, B Fink, Paul Ciofani, JM Warpeha, ML Gernhardt, NG Skytland (2009). Subjective Perception of Thermal and Physical Comfort in Three Liquid Cooling Garments. Paper presented at the 39th International Conference on Environmental Systems (July 12-16, 2009; Savannah, GA). Paper Number 2009-01-2516.
J-Y Lee, VS Koscheyev, JH Kim, JM Warpeha. (2009). Thermal Dynamics of Core and Periphery Temperature During Treadmill Sub-Maximal Exercise and Intermittent Regional Body Cooling. Journal of the Korean Society of Living Environmental System. 16(2):89-100.