Karin Volkwein-Caplan

Karin Volkwein-Caplan
  • Professor
  • Department: Kinesiology
  • Research Cluster: Nursing, Sports Medicine & Clinical Practice
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: KVolkwein@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Philosophy and Sociology of Sport, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1989
  • Graduate Degree (Staatsexamen) Dual Major– Sport Sciences, Religious Studies. Minor in Philosophy, University of Marburg, Germany, 1984

Research Interests

Healthy AgingGender and Racial DiscriminationSexual Harassment and AbuseHIV/AIDS in SportFitness and Well-BeingCross-Cultural Comparisons

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Open to Faculty Mentoring: Yes

Biography

Educating our students in a holistic sense– addressing physical, mental and spiritual needs, will prepare them for future challenges related to healthy aging and the impact of lifestyle choices on the community and the environment. In my research and participation in leadership positions at the University, as well as the community, nationally and internationally, I am an advocate for race and gender equality, and a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. I have taught physical and health education students, as well as exercise science specialists, in the general education and graduate studies programs at West Chester University.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2153

List of Publications

  • Aging, Physical Activity and Health – International Perspectives. Co-edited with J.T. McConatha. Routledge Publisher, England and New York (2018). Sport|Culture|Society. Workbook. Downingtown, PA: Dynamics Printing (2016). Sport|Fitness|Culture. Oxford, England: Meyer&Meyer Publishers (2014). Social Geography of Healthy Aging. Co-authored with J.T. McConatha. Maidenhead/UK: Meyer&Meyer Publisher (2012). Cultural Contours of the Body – Aging and Fitness. Co-authored with J.T. McConatha. Illinois/USA: Kendall/Hunt Publishers (2010). Sport, Culture, & Society. Illinois/USA: Kendall/Hunt Publishers (2009). Culture, Sport, and Physical Activity. Oxford, England: Meyer&Meyer (2004). Sexual Harassment in Sport – Impact, Issues, and Challenges. Co-authored with G. Sankaran. Oxford, England: Meyer&Meyer Publishers (2002). HIV/AIDS in Sport – Impact, Issues, and Challenges. Co-edited with G. Sankaran & D. Bonsall. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics (1999). Fitness as Cultural Phenomenon. Muenster, Berlin/Germany
  • New York/NY: Waxmann (1998).

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