Dr. Hamilton teaches advanced quant. research method courses and PETE graduate and undergraduate courses. Her research focuses are (a) measurement and assessment in physical activity settings; (b) fitness education and health-related fitness knowledge testing; (c) healthy lifestyle promotion among university students; and (d) technology in teaching physical education and physical activity promotion in college students.
Ph.D. in Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
B.S. in Education, Beijing Sports University
M.S. in Education, Beijing Sports University
Researches fitness education, physical activity promotion among k-16 students, and technologies related to physical education teacher education.
China-US Fitness and Health Research Center
Department of the State (Grant # SCH50016GR0040; OSP No. 201602385-001), 2016-2019. PI: Keating, X. D., Harrison, L. Jr., & Li., H. Worked on the design of the proposal; contributed to the proposal writing. $100,000.
Effects of college fitness related courses on minority student sleep and physical activity behavioral changes
UT Austin Special Research Grant, 2017-2018. PI: Keating, X. D. Worked on the research design, data collection and analysis.
An Examination of the Effectiveness of Professional Development on Video Technology for Elementary Physical Education Teachers.
SHAPE Americas Research Council Grant, 2017-2018 (OSP 201701089-001), PI: Colburn, J, Shangguan, R., Liu, X., Knipe, R. & Keating, X. D.
Health-related fitness instructional framework
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
