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Kerry R. McGannon
Assistant Professor
Health Psychology |
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University of Iowa
Dept. of Health and Sport Studies
E124 Field House
Iowa City, IA 52242-1111
319-335-8455 voice / 319-335-6669 fax / kerry-mcgannon@uiowa.edu
Interests
- Adherence to exercise and physical activity
- Critical interpretations of exercise and physical activity
- Social theory and its applications to exercise and physical activity
- Self and identity
- Qualitative methodologies (e.g., narrative, discourse analysis, grounded theory)
My research program provides a “bridge” between traditional epidemiological approaches and cultural studies approaches, to understand physical activity participation. The goals of this research are to produce knowledge that (1) contributes toward helping people adhere to lifestyle behavior guidelines to prevent disease occurrence (i.e., primary prevention), and recurrence (i.e., secondary prevention), and (2) improve individuals’ overall quality of life through physical activity participation. I study the foregoing within marginalized populations, with a focus on women using Social Theory (e.g., post-structuralism) and alternative qualitative research methodologies. In practice this means that my research transcends traditional distinctions between micro and macro-level phenomena with both being seen as the product of similar underlying social practices.
Education
Ph.D. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2002
Physical Education and Recreation
Areas of emphasis: Psychology of Health and Exercise
M.A. University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1996
School of Physical Education
Areas of emphasis: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
B.A. University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1993
Major: Psychology (with First Class Honors)
Selected Publications
McGannon, K.R., Johnson, C.J. & Spence, J.C. (forthcoming, 2010). I am (not) BIG…it’s the pictures that got small: Examining cultural and personal exercise narratives and the fear and loathing of fat. In P. Markula & E. Kennedy (Eds.), Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism. London: Routledge research series in Sport, Culture and Society.
McGannon, K.R. & Metz, J.L. (in press). Through the funhouse mirror: Understanding access and (un)expected selves through confessional tales. In R.J. Schinke (Ed.) Contemporary Sport Psychology (pp. 153-170). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Blanchard, C.M., Reid, R.D., Morrin, L., McDonnell, L., McGannon, K., Rhodes, R.E., Spence, J.C. & Edwards, N. (in press). Demographic and clinical determinants of moderate to vigorous physical activity during home-based cardiac rehabilitation: The HOme-based DeterMinants of Exercise (HOME) study. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.
McGannon, K.R. & Spence, J.C. (2010). Speaking of the self and physical activity participation: What discursive psychology can tell us about an old problem. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 2, 17-38.
McGannon, K.R. & Busanich, R. (2010). Rethinking subjectivity in sport and exercise psychology: A feminist post-structuralist perspective on women’s embodied physical activity. In T. Ryba, R.J. Schinke & G. Tenenbaum (Eds.) The Cultural Turn in Sport and Exercise Psychology (pp. 203-229). Morgantown, West Virginia: Fitness Information Technology.
Baird, S.M & McGannon, K.R. (2009). Mean(ing) to me: A symbolic interactionist approach to aggression in sport psychology. Quest, 61, 377-397.
McGannon, K.R. & Johnson, C.R. (2009). Strategies for reflective cultural sport psychology research. In R.J. Schinke & S.J. Hanrahan (Eds.), Cultural Sport Psychology (pp. 57-75). Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics Inc.
Blanchard, C.M., Reid, R., Morrin, L., McDonnell, L., McGannon, K., Rhodes, R.E., Spence, J.C., & Edwards, N. (2009). Does protection motivation theory explain exercise intentions and behaviour during home-based cardiac rehabilitation? Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 29, 188-192.
Bengoechea, E.G., Spence, J.C., & McGannon, K.R. (2005). Gender differences in perceived environmental correlates of physical activity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2:12, 1-32.
Spence, J.C., McGannon, K.R., Poon, P. (2005). The effect of exercise on global self
esteem: A quantitative review. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 27, 311-334.
Blanchard C.M., McGannon, K.R., Spence, J.C, Rhodes, R.E., Nehl, E., Baker, F. & Bostwick, J. (2005). Social ecological correlates of physical activity in normal weight, overweight, and obese individuals. International Journal of Obesity, 29, 720-726.
Plotnikoff, R., Poon, P., Prodaniuk, T.R. & McGannon, K.R. (2004). Can workplace active living work?: A perspective from the workplace. Avante, 10, 57-70.
Raphael, D., Anstice, S., Raine, K., McGannon, K.R., Rizvi, S.K., & Yu, V. (2003). The social determinants of the incidence and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Are we prepared to rethink our questions and redirect our research activities. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 16, 10-20.
McGannon, K.R. & Mauws, M.K. (2002). Exploring the exercise adherence problem: An integration of ethnomethodological and poststructuralist perspectives. Sociology of Sport Journal, 19, 67-89.
McGannon, K.R., & Mauws, M.K. (2000). Discursive psychology: An alternative approach for studying adherence to exercise and physical activity. Quest, 52, 148-165.
Grant Funding
Principal Investigator, Understanding gender differences across life stages in physical activity participation from a social ecological perspective: A qualitative study, $15,000. Agency: The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center Pilot Grant Program, funding through the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research (CDC). Pilot grant, 2008-2009.
Co-Investigator, Explaining gender differences during and after pulmonary rehabilitation using a mixed-methods social ecological approach, $146,000. Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Chris M. Blanchard, Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine. Standard Research Grant, 2008-2010.
Co-Investigator, Understanding gender differences in exercise from a social ecological perspective during and after cardiac rehabilitation: A multi-site trial, $348,668. Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Chris M. Blanchard, Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine. Operating grant, 2007-2010.
Co-Investigator, Why aren’t women engaging in as much exercise during and after cardiac rehabilitation as men? A social ecological perspective, $142,192. Agency: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, Canada. Chris M. Blanchard, Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. 15% effort. Grant in aid, 2007-2010.
Co-Investigator, Social ecological determinants of exercise during home-based cardiac rehabilitation: Should gender be considered? $150,000. Agency: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Chris M. Blanchard, Principal Investigator, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 15% effort. 2005-2007
Co-Investigator, Understanding Influences of the Media on Physical Activity and Nutrition: An Ecological Approach, $83,600, Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). John C. Spence, Principal Investigator, University of Alberta, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation. 25% effort. 2004-2005.
Investigator, Understanding Influences of the Media on Physical Activity and Nutrition: An Ecological Approach, $6,000. Agency: Old Gold Summer Research Fellowship, University of Iowa. Summer, 2005.
University of Alberta Travel Grant to present data from my dissertation to the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology Conference, Montreal, Canada. October, 2000.
University of Alberta Doctoral Research Grant to collect dissertation data. Summer, 2000.
Courses Taught at the University of Iowa
- Physical Activity Through the Lifespan
- Health In Everyday Life
- Health Promotion Theory and Practice
- Graduate Seminar in Health and Physical Activity Behavior
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