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Megan A. Rothermel, EdD, MS, ACSM-EP, EIM, ACUE

megan a rothermelProfessor of Practice/Lecturer II
1200 N. DuPont Hwy.
Price Building 105 B
Dover, DE 19901               
302.736.2346
mrothermel [at] desu.edu

Education

  • EdD  2017  Innovation and Leadership (Wilmington University, Dover, DE)
  • MS   2011   Applied Health Physiology (Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)
  • BS   2010   Business Management & Exercise Science (Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)

Research Interests/Area

  • Weight loss, weight maintenance, and weight management in college students
  • Pedagogy and online instruction
  • Exercise is Medicine on Campus

Publications

  • Peterson, N. E., Jeffreys Heil, R., Tompkins, C. L., Rothermel, M. A., Mandla, S., Shirazi, Z., Stuhr, R., Davidson, C., Winters, C. (2022). Exercise is medicine on campus (EIM-OC): A scoping review of evidence 2009 to 2021 and call to action. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 21(8): 289-302.

  • Peterson, N. E., Tompkins, C. L., Rothermel, M. A., Mandla, S., Davidson, C., Winters, C. (2021). Exercise is medicine on campus (EIM-OC): Impact since inception. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53 (8S): 456-457.

  • Jeffreys Heil, R., Peterson, N. E., Tompkins, C. L., Rothermel, M. A., Mandla, S., Shirazi, Z., Stuhr, R., Winters, C. (2020). Exercise is medicine on campus (EIM-OC): State of the literature. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 52 (7S): 317-318.

  • Gomez, C. J., Gautam, C., Rothermel, M. A., Olsen, J. (2020). Students’ perceptions of a token economy in an undergraduate science flipped classroom. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 20(2): 60-85. doi: 10.14434/josotl.v20i2.25673

  • Gomez, C. J., Gautam, C., Rothermel, M. A., Olsen, J. (2018). Positive Reward System Encourages Student Engagement in Anatomy Courses. International Journal of Exercise Science, 9(7), Article 35. Conference Proceedings. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol9/iss7/35/

Professional Organizations and Memberships:

  • American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
  • Exercise is Medicine (EIM)
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society
  • Phi Epsilon Kappa Fraternity
  • Delaware ACE Women’s Network