CURRICULUM VITA

GREGORY LEE DANIELS

PROFESSIONAL ADDRESSDepartment of Kinesiology

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina27412

Telephone: (845) 863-3517

E-mail:

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS5509 Blue Heron Drive

Greensboro, North Carolina27455

Telephone: (845) 863-3517

CIVILIAN EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Kinesiology (Motor Behavior), PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, 2002
  • M.S., Exercise and Sport Science,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, 1994
  • B.S., Marketing Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity, 1984

MILITARY EDUCATION

  • U.S. Army Command and GeneralStaffCollege, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1997
  • U.S. Army Combined ServicesStaffSchool, 1991
  • U.S.ArmyRangerSchool, 1989
  • Commandant’s List, U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advanced Course, 1988
  • Distinguished Honor Graduate, U.S.ArmyAirAssaultSchool, 1985
  • Distinguished Honor Graduate, U.S. Army Master Fitness Trainer Course, 1985
  • Commandant’s List, U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, 1984
  • Distinguished Military Graduate, Army ROTC, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity, 1984
  • U.S. Army Airborne School, 1982

LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION, AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2015-Present
  • Activity courses coordinator, responsible for course development, scheduling, equipment, and professional development of the graduate teaching assistants assigned to teach all activity courses offered in the curriculum
  • Teach courses in lifetime wellness, exercise instruction, strength training and conditioning, and introduction to kinesiology
  • Advise 60 undergraduate students
  • Serve on the Department of Kinesiology’s Undergraduate Studies Committee
  • Officer, U.S. Army, 1984-2015
  • Retired rank: Brigadier General
  • Served in a variety of command and staff positions during assignments with three active component field artillery battalions and one corps artillery headquarters.
  • Professor USMA and Director, Department of Physical Education, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 2004-2015
  • Provided senior leadership in administering all aspects of the physical development program for over 4,000 cadets at the United States Military Academy, to include supervising 53 faculty members, 30 staff employees, and a $350,000 annual operating budget
  • Served on the Academic Board, the Admissions Committee, the Athletic Committee, the Cadet Leader Development System Integration Committee, the Policy Committee, the Cadet Awards Committee, the Cadet Extracurricular Activities Committee, and the Cadet Health and Wellness Promotion Council Executive Committee
  • Taughtcourses in motor control and learning, personal and group fitness, and gymnastics
  • Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Physical Education, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 2002-2004
  • Served as chief assistant to the director in administering all aspects of the physical development program for over 4,000 cadets at the United States Military Academy, to include supervising 53 faculty members, 30 staff employees, and a $350,000 annual operating budget
  • Taught courses in personal and group fitness, and gymnastics
  • Instructor, Department of Physical Education, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1994-1996
  • Coordinated the administration of all physical fitness assessment for over 4,000 cadets and approximately 970 staff and faculty members
  • Co-authored and taught sport physiology course
  • Taught courses to include gymnastics, self-defense, wrestling, personal fitness, SCUBA, alpine skiing, and aerobic fitness
  • Coordinated administration and logistics for 26 club-level intercollegiate sports

PUBLICATIONS

  • Crowder, T. A., Vanderburgh, P. M., Sturdivant, R. X., Johnson, C. A., Leth, A. D., Gelineau, J. C. , Newsom, J. D., Daniels, G. L., & Schaefer, S. M. (2007). Creation of a correlation factor via allometry to eliminate body mass influence on the Army’s Physical Fitness Test. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 39(5), S201.
  • Haibach, P. S., Daniels, G. L., & Newell, K. M. (2004). Coordination changes in the early stages of learning to cascade juggle. Human Movement Science, 23, 185-206.
  • Daniels, G.L., & McChrystal, S. III (2004). The power of a champion: Laying the foundation for spiritual fitness. HonorBound, Summer,14-18.
  • Daniels, G. L., & Newell, K. M. (2003). Attentional focus influences the walk-run transition in human locomotion. Biological Psychology, 63, 163-178.
  • Daniels, G. L. (2002). Walking and running: Information and energetics. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.
  • Vanderburgh, P. M., Daniels, G. L., Crowder, T. A., Lachowetz, T., & Elliott, R. (1998). The 10-min cycle ergometer test: A body-mass adjusted test of maximal aerobic power. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 12(1), 12-17.
  • Daniels, G. L. (1994). Learning to juggle: An investigation of the acquisition of a novel coordination pattern. Unpublished master’s thesis, The Pennsylvania State University.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • G. L. DanielsT. F. Horne, Design lessons learned – Designing and building West Point’s new Arvin CadetPhysicalDevelopmentCenter,Presentation at the annual national conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, MD, March 2007.
  • G. L. Daniels & K. M. Newell, Perceived task expectations and the human walk – run transition,Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, San Francisco, CA, June 2003.
  • G. L. Daniels, Perceived task expectations and the walk – run gait transition.Poster session presented at the 23rd Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, December 2002.
  • L. P. Butler, M. K. LeBoeuf, G. L. Daniels, & R. Wood, The United States Military Academy Cadet Physical Development Program. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Atlanta, GA, April 1996.

INVITED AND PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

  • G.L. Daniels, Guest speaker for the Sales Management Program in the Bryan Business School at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, September 2016.
  • G. L. Daniels, Guest speaker for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Leadership Laboratory Session. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & StateUniversity, Blacksburg, VA, April 2008.
  • G. L. Daniels, Guest speaker for the Penn State Army ROTC Battalion Dining In. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, November 2007.
  • G. L. Daniels, Invited presentation to members of the Chinese Olympic Committee, national sport coaches, athletes, and research scientists, Beijing, China, July 2007.
  • G. L. Daniels,Invited presentation to China Mobile Company, Henan Provincecorporate management and employees, Zhengzhou, China, July 2007.
  • G. L. Daniels,Invited presentation to Chinese corporate human resource executives, Beijing, China, July 2007.
  • G. L. Daniels,Invited presentation to faculty and students in the Beijing International MBA Program, Peking University, Beijing, China, July 2007.

AWARDS

  • Mary Frances Stone Teaching Excellence Award, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2017
  • U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal, 2015
  • College of Health and Human Development Research Award, Pennsylvania State University, 2000
  • United States Army Advanced Civil Schooling Fellowship, 1999-2002
  • United States Army Advanced Civil Schooling Fellowship, 1993-1994

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • AmericanCollege of Sports Medicine
  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (SHAPE)
  • American Association for Active Lifestyles & Fitness
  • National Association for Sport & Physical Education
  • National Association of Underwater Instructors (certified SCUBA instructor)
  • Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary Leadership Society
  • Who’s Who Among American Colleges & Universities, 1984

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