The sport education model (SEM) is one of the most extensively studied curriculum models in physical education. The five core social–emotional learning (SEL) competencies are fundamental to students’ holistic development. The current systematic review with meta-analysis sought to map the connections between empirical research evidence on the SEM and the five competencies of SEL, as well as to investigate the effects of SEM-based interventions on SEL-related learning outcomes. A total of 45 studies met the inclusion criteria. A systematic review highlighted the impact of SEM-based interventions in enhancing five social–emotional competencies. A significant overall effect ( g = 1.18, 95% confidence interval [0.55, 1.80]); z = 3.69, p < .001) was detected. Moderate to large effects on each SEL competency were identified. School level, lesson duration, type of sport, and experimental design could potentially moderate the influence of SEM-based interventions. SEM-based curricula are effective in improving SEL competencies.

Mobility is often evaluated based on what a person can do in clinical settings, particularly in rehabilitation contexts. However, clinical assessments rarely capture real-world mobility or the environmental, psychological, and behavioral factors that shape it. Framed in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, in this paper I explore the dual role of movement, as both a target outcome of rehabilitation and a predictive biomarker of recovery and adaptation. Using spinal cord injury as a case example, current approaches emphasizing capacity are highlighted in how they fall short of understanding actual performance. Drawing on predictive modeling, pilot data, and engagement with individuals with lived experience, a conceptualization of mobility is presented that prioritizes context, choice, and real-life performance.

Replication can improve the scientific rigor in kinesiology and is a welcome advancement that we applaud. However, replication is frequently viewed as the gold standard of scientific research, and failures in replication are frequently perceived as a crisis. Given that this message is often repeated with little nuance or explanation, the goal of the current paper is to provide an in-depth and nuanced perspective on replication to a kinesiology audience. After establishing the value of replication efforts, we examine the replication movement across six interdependent areas: epistemic relevance (e.g., replication is not a universal scientific norm), disciplinary differences (e.g., exercise physiology, exercise psychology, and sport sociology), confirmation versus exploration work, research quality, methodological approaches (e.g., the limited engagement of qualitative researchers with replication), and alternative methods for establishing confidence in research findings (e.g., approaches beyond replication).

In this paper, I examine the ethical landscape surrounding tackle football, exploring the moral permissibility of the sport and the myriad ethical considerations it entails. This examination comprises the use of an ethical decision-making framework to analyze four key aspects: relevant empirical facts, affected parties, salient moral values/disvalues, and potential options. In pondering these aspects, I identify the ethical conflicts arising from factual disagreements, conflicting interests, and divergent values/disvalues concerning players’ decision to partake in gridiron football. In addition to emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressing such aspects and conflicts to devise potential solutions, I contend that ethical issues related to the permissibility of football ultimately stem from value-related conflicts, highlighting the necessity of examining and reconciling conflicting moral principles.

Kinesiology scholars have called for justice to be pursued, yet traction has been slow. Anti-Black racism remains a noticeable feature of kinesiology, despite advancements. Moving from performative gestures to collective contempt, kinesiology continues to gatekeep the movement for justice for Black people and other underrepresented groups. Employing a liberatory narrative approach, this essay aims to challenge members of the kinesiology community to advance the field by seeking truth and justice via radical intervention through liberatory praxis.

Some of the National Academy of Kinesiology’s heritage is missing. In this article, we address one such matter, the roster of Academy Fellows. In previous versions, elected Academy Fellows were missing. Through extensive searches of primary and secondary sources, we have identified 109 of them and now account for all known Academy Fellows ( N = 922). In this article all Fellows are identified, appropriately classified by their Fellow type, their year of induction, and, for those from outside the United States, the country they represent. Misspelled names and name variations have also been attended to, as were changes in a Fellow’s status (e.g., International to Active). With the Academy’s 100th anniversary approaching, it is important to appropriately account for all who have been inducted into this esteemed body. This new roster of Academy Fellows supersedes previous listings; it should be used as the basis for future additions, corrections, and updates.

Stepping into the role of department chair is both an exciting and a demanding transition. This article offers practical strategies for navigating the first year of academic leadership, with a focus on effective transitions, departmental governance, faculty and student engagement, and strategic planning. Emphasizing real-world challenges and solutions, we explore the essential functions of the chair, from managing budgets and promoting community partnerships to fostering alumni relations and supporting faculty development. Central to this process is the deliberate cultivation of trust—a foundation for successful leadership and departmental cohesion. While grounded in kinesiology, the insights offered here apply broadly across academic disciplines and aim to equip new chairs with the tools needed to lead with clarity, transparency, and purpose.

Graduate student enrollments have fluctuated since the COVID pandemic. Effective strategies for graduate school enrollment are crucial for students to successfully navigate the application process, select the right program, enhance chances for admission, and maximize success during degree completion. In this position paper, we focus on how graduate student recruitment and retention efforts can be improved by better understanding the students’ reasons for making choices. Specifically, we highlight how getting to know what graduate students want before and after they get to campus can provide strategic advantages. Major themes of the paper include addressing diverse professional goals, offering flexible and affordable program options, and investing in support structures that increase student success across graduate study timelines.

Drawing on almost a decade of immersive research with Black college football players, I argue that an anthropological and ethnographic approach to tackle football can complement studies in kinesiology by acknowledging the humanity, personhood, and lived experiences of athletes. In this article, I turn Zora Neale Hurston’s spyglass of Black feminist anthropology to football and center my disciplinary training to explain anthropology’s utility when studying this sport at the college level and the experiences of its Black participants. In particular, I highlight how my own positionality as a scholar mattered during my research experiences and how Black feminist anthropology provided me with the lens to consider care in football beyond just medical care performed to support the physical body. I make the case for how, through the spyglass of anthropological and ethnographic examination, the structural and the experiential of tackle football can be observed in tandem.

This narrative review will explore the evolution of the Exercise is Medicine on Campus (EIM-OC) initiative, in general, while focusing specifically on the EIM-OC program at a gold-level recognized university through three main research questions. Established in 2016, this referral-based program offers a physical activity assessment and promotion element that incorporates yearly EIM-OC-supported events aimed at positively affecting academics, retention, and other related markers of individual participants. Interdisciplinary and cross-campus partnerships support this program with referral pathways, wellness event collaborations, participant interventions, and financial support. This EIM-OC program seeks to expand beyond student health services and other entry areas toward a self-referral model supported by trained mentors. The EIM-OC program supports the educational and professional development of individuals training to be health professionals while inspiring participants to consider a positive view of aging through movement as a healthy, normal part of life.