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| Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Katherine S. Morris
Doctoral Candidate
A. Contact Information
Katherine S. Morris
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
University of Illinois
906 South Goodwin Avenue
338 Louise Freer Hall
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-2427
Fax: (217)333-3124
E-mail: ksmorri1@uiuc.edu
B. Education
Doctoral Student, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, emphasis in Exercise Psychology
University of Illinois, anticipated graduation date: December 2008
Master of Science, Department of Kinesiology, emphasis in Exercise Psychology
University of Illinois, December 2005
Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Pennsylvania State University, May 2002
C. Professional Experience
2007-Present
Introduction to Latent Variable Methods in Measurement Research on Aging-This workshop covered research methods including factor analysis, item response theory, and differential item functioning using Mplus software. Workshop attendee, Harvard Medical Center.
Instructor: Physical Activity and Health. An introductory-level course designed to educate students with the dimensions of wellness and the physical and psychological benefits associated with a physically active lifestyle. Additionally, students are presented with cognitive-behavioral strategies that promote behavior change. Responsibilities include course development, grading, tutoring, and lecturing.
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Responsibilities include grading, tutoring, administration of exams, and lecturing.
Research Assistant: Healthy, Active, Lifestyle Trial (HALT)- NIA funded 12 month randomized controlled exercise intervention examining the effects of aerobic activity on cognitive function, immunological markers, and psychosocial factors in older adults. Primary responsibilities include screening, scheduling, supervision of exercise sessions, functional fitness testing, graded exercise testing, and data collection.
2006, University of Illinois
Research Assistant: Healthy, Active, Lifestyle Trial (HALT)- NIA funded 12 month randomized controlled exercise intervention examining the effects of aerobic activity on cognitive function, immunological markers, and psychosocial factors in older adults. Primary responsibilities include screening, scheduling, supervision of exercise sessions, functional fitness testing, graded exercise testing, and data collection.
Project Coordinator: Activity, Gait, and Efficacy (AGE) Study- Responsibilities include coordination of two collaborating laboratories, scheduling, payment, testing, logistic duties, and data analysis.
Research Assistant: Eye Movement Neurocoupling (ENC)-Cross-sectional study examining the associations between fitness and physical activity with cognitive function and eye movement in older adults Primary responsibilities include supervising graded exercise testing and data collection.
2005, University of Illinois
Research Assistant: Physical Activity in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (PhAIM-S)- Randomized controlled exercise intervention examining the effects of self-efficacy on exercise adherence in MS patients. Responsibilities include supervision of exercise sessions, functional fitness testing, and data collection.
Research Assistant: Activity, Gait, and Efficacy (AGE)- NIA funded longitudinal study examining the relationships between physical activity, gait and balance, bone health, and psychosocial correlates in older African American and Caucasian women.
Research Assistant: Physical Activity and Quality of Life During Menopause (LIFEPAQ)- Randomized controlled exercise trial examining the relationship between physical activity, menopausal symptoms, and quality of life in menopausal women. Responsibilities include maximal graded exercise testing and assessments of body composition and bone densitometry using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Master's Thesis: Self-efficacy, Activity, Function, and the Environment (SAFE)- Prospective study examining the relationships between the physical environment, physical activity, and function in older African American and Caucasian women. Responsibilities include recruitment, scheduling, data collection, payment, and data analysis.
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Responsibilities include grading, tutoring, administration of exams, and lecturing.
2004, University of Illinois
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Responsibilities include grading, tutoring, administration of exams, and lecturing.
Interim Project Coordinator (AGE): Responsibilities include coordination of three collaborating laboratories, scheduling, payment, testing, and logistic duties.
2003, University of Illinois
Research Assistant: Illinois Active Aging 2- An externally funded project examining the effects of a 6 month exercise intervention on various psychosocial variables, and physical and neurocognitive functioning in sedentary older adults. Responsibilities include functional fitness testing, maximal graded exercise testing, scheduling, data collection, testing, and liaison duties.
Research Assistant: Illinois Active Aging Plus- Longitudinal (5 years) follow-up study examining the effects of a 6 month exercise intervention (Illinois Active Aging-1) on psychological and physical functioning in sedentary older adults. Responsibilities include testing, scheduling, and data collection.
2002-2003, Pennsylvania State University
Research Assistant: Coach-Athlete Intervention- Externally funded study examining the effects of a coaching style intervention on identity formation in youth swimmers. Responsibilities include compilation of testing materials, data collection, and liaison duties.
Research Assistant: Visual Attention and Affect- A study examining the attentional biases among individuals differing in levels of fear of failure as they viewed words and pictures depicting assorted thematic content. Responsibilities include development and compilation of testing materials, recruitment, scheduling, testing, and manuscript writing.
D. Scholarly Activity
D.1. Refereed Publications
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., & Motl, R.W. (in press). Neighborhood satisfaction, functional limitations, and self-efficacy influences of physical activity in older women. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., & Motl, R.W. (in press). Self-efficacy and environmental correlates of physical activity among older women and women with multiple sclerosis. Health Education Research.
McAuley, E., Doerksen, S.E., Morris, K.S., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., & Rosengren, K.R. (in press). Pathways from physical activity to quality of life in older women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
McAuley, E., Morris, K.S., Doerksen, S.E., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., White, S.M., Wójcicki, T.R., and Rosengren, K. (2007). Effects of change in physical activity on physical function limitations in older women: Mediating roles of physical function performance and self-efficacy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 1967-1973.
Morris, K.S., Hu, L., Doerksen, S.E., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., & McAuley, E. (in press). Declines in efficacy for gait and balance in older women: The role of demographic factors and health conditions. In Exercise and Women's Health Research. In Columbus, F. (Ed.) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publication.
Themanson, J.R., Hillman, C.H., McAuley, E., Buck, S.M., Doerksen, S.E., Morris, K.S., & Pontifex, M.B. (in press). Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging.
McAuley, E., & Morris, K.S. (2007). Advances in physical activity and mental health: Quality of life. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1(5), 389-396.
McAuley, E., Morris, K.S., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Konopack, J.F., & Elavsky, S. (2007). Long-term follow-up of physical activity behavior in older adults. Health Psychology, 26(3), 375-380.
McAuley, E., Konopack, J.F., Morris, K.S., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Doerksen, S.E., & Rosengren, K. (2006). Physical activity and functional limitations in older women: Influence of self-efficacy. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 61(5), 270-277.
McAuley, E., Motl, R.W., Morris, K.S., Hu, L., Doerksen, S.E., Elavsky, S., & Konopack, J.F. (2007). Enhancing physical activity adherence and well-being in multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial. Multiple Sclerosis, 13, 652-659.
McAuley, E., Konopack, J.F., Motl, R.W., Morris, K.S.,Doerksen, S.E., & Rosengren, K. (2006). Physical activity and quality of life in older adults: Influence of health status and self-efficacy. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31(1), 99-103.
McAuley, E., Konopack, J.F., Motl, R.W., Rosengren, K., & Morris, K.S. (2005). Measuring disability and function in older women: Psychometric properties of the Late Life Function and Disability Instrument. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 60A(7), 901-909.
Duley, A.R., Conroy, D.E., Morris, K., Wiley, J., & Janelle, C.M. (2005). Fear of failure biases affective and attentional responses to lexical and pictorial stimuli. Motivation and Emotion, 29(1), 1-17.
D.2. Refereed Presentations
Morris, K.S., Arngrímsson, S.A., Rosengren, K.S., Evans, E.M., & McAuley, E. Change Effects of Adiposity, Functional Performance, Efficacy, and Physical Activity on Functional Limitations in Older Black and White Women. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
Klamm, E.L., White, S.M., Morris, K.S., Wójcicki, T.R., & McAuley, E. Predicting Cardiorespiratory Fitness without Maximal Exercise Testing in Older Adults. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
Szabo, A.N., Morris, K.S., Alvarado, M., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. Self-Efficacy, Physical Activity and Cognition in Older Adults. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Wojcicki, T., White, S.M., & Doerksen, S.E. Examing the trajectory of physical activity declines in older women over a two year period: Efficacy and functional limitation influences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 2007.
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., Motl, R.W., Doerksen, S.E., Wojcicki, T., White, S., & Hu, L. Physical activity, self-efficacy, and functional limitations in older women: A panel model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C., March 2007.
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., Hess, J.J., Wojcicki, T., & White, S. Gait, self-efficacy, age, and ethnicity: A latent growth curve analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Association of America, Dallas, TX, November 2006.
Themanson, J. R., Buck, S. M., Pontifex, M. B., Russell, C. A., Morris, K. S., Doerksen, S. E., Hess, J. J., McAuley, E., & Hillman, C. H. Self-efficacy and ERN in older adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, Canada, October 2006.
Hess, J.J., Morris, K.S., Doerksen, S.E., Buck, S.M., Themanson, J.R., Pontifex, M.B., Hillman, C.H, & McAuley, E. Fitness, self-efficacy, and cognitive performance in older adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO, May 2006.
Morris, K.S. McAuley, E., & Evans, E. Assocations between self-reported physical activity, inactivity, and physical function in older women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO, May 2006.
Brumback, C., Gordon, B., Schneider, N., Lee, Y., Doerksen, S., Morris, K. , McAuley, E., Gratton, G., & Fabiani, M. Aging and individual differences in the antisaccade task. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.
Termini, L. R., Shin, E., Brumback, C. R., Gordon, B. A., Lee, Y., McAuley, E., Schneider, N., Basak, C., Morris, K. , Doerksen, S., Gratton, G., & Fabiani, M. The effect of age and cardiopulmonary fitness level on working memory processing. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.
McAuley, E., Konopack, J.F., Doerksen, S.D., Morris, K.S., Wojcicki, T., & White, S. Functional limitations and physical activity in older women: Efficacy, age, and ethnicity effects . Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March 2006.
Morris, K.S., & McAuley, E. Physical activity in older women: Is the environment an important correlate? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL, November 2005.
Morris, K.S. Associations of the perceived physical environment with objectively-assessed environmental characteristics. Poster presented at the Walking for Health Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 2005.
Morris, K.S., McAuley, E., Elavsky, S., Konopack, J.F., Hu, L., Motl, R., & Doerksen, S.E. Maintenance of long-term physical activity in older adults: Activity mode and self-efficacy influences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Nashville, TN, June 2005.
Morris, K., Doerksen, S., McAuley, E., Hillman, C., Buck, S., Themanson, J., & Pontifex, M. Self-efficacy, cognition, and fitness in older adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2005.
Elavsky, S., McAuley, E., & Morris, K.S. Relationships among physical activity outcomes, symptoms, and satisfaction with life during menopause. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, MA, April 2005.
Konopack, J.F., McAuley, E., Morris, K.S., Hu, L., Motl, R., & Rosengren, K. Physical activity and functional limitation in older women: A latent variable model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Nashville, TN, June 2005.
Evans, E.M., Elavsky, S., Morris, K.S., Kessinger, R.B., & McAuley, E. Influence of soft tissue composition and fitness on bone mineral density in perimenopausal women. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Nashville, TN, June 2005.
McAuley, E., Konopack, J.F., Doerksen, S.E., Morris, K.S., & Motl, R.W. Physical activity and quality of life in older adults: influence of health status and self-efficacy. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2005.
Konopack, J. F., McAuley, E., Motl, R. W., Rosengren, K., & Morris, K. S. Measuring disability and function in older women: Psychometric properties of the Late Life Function and Disability Instrument. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washingon, DC, November 2004.
Elavsky, S., McAuley, E., Motl, R.W., Marquez, D.X., Konopack, J.F., Jerome, G.J., Morris, K.S. Physical activity and quality of life across a 4-year period in older adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, May 2004.
Duley, A., Morris, K., Janelle, C., Conroy, D. & Wiley, J. Fear of failure: Affective and attentional processing of success and failure stimuli. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver, Canada, June 2004.
D.3. Invited Presentations
Morris, K.S., Doerksen, S.E. (Spring 2006, Spring 2007). Drop-Out Strategies for Maintaining an Active Lifestyle. Lecture for the University of Illinois, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, KIN 352 Clinical and Applied Exercise Physiology.
Morris, K.S. (Fall 2006). Psychology of Aging: Exploring Well-Being and Quality of Life in Older Adults. Lecture for the University of Illinois, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, CHLH 314 Introduction to Aging. Urbana, IL.
Morris, K.S. (Spring 2006). Theories of Motivation: Attribution Theory. Lecture for the University of Illinois, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, KIN247 Introduction to Sport Psychology. Urbana, IL.
Morris, K.S. (Fall 2005). Individual, Social, and Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity in Older Women: A Prospective Study. Presentation for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Aging Initiative. Urbana, IL.
E. Grants and Awards
Grants
Doctoral Student Research Grant, American College of Sports Medicine, 2007 ($5,000)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (F31): "Physical Activity, Disablement, and Quality of Life in Older Adults," submitted
Department of Kinesiology Conference Travel Grant: University of Illinois, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Initiative on Aging Conference Travel Grant: University of Illinois, 2004-2005, 2005-2006,
Graduate College Travel Grant: University of Illinois, 2005, 2007
Awards
Paul D. Doolen Graduate Scholarship for the Study of Aging, 2008 ($5,000)
Roger Morse Most Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2008 ($2,500)
Laura J. Huelster Scholarship Award, 2008 ($1,500)
2006 Citation Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine for the abstract titled "Functional Limitations and Physical Activity in Older Women: Efficacy, Age and Ethnicity Effects."
The Roger Morse Most Promising Graduate Student Award, 2006 ($1,500)
Grantmakers in Aging Fellow, 2006
The Robert L. Sprague Thesis Award, 2005 ($1,000)
F. Service and Committee Membership
Ad Hoc Committee on Wellness, University of Illinois: 2007-2008
Organizing chair of the symposium titled Functional Limitations and Disability in Older Adults: Psychosocial and Behavioral Considerations, Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 2007. Panel speakers: Jack Guralnik, Anita Stewart, William Satariano, Julie Keysor, Edward McAuley.
Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization Executive Committee: Behavioral and Social Sciences Representative, Gerontological Society of America: 2006-2007, 2007-2008
Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization Interdisciplinary Paper Review Committee, Gerontological Society of America: 2006.
Abstract Reviewer: Gerontological Society of America: 2007, Society of Behavioral Medicine: 2008, American Public Health Association: 2008
Reviewer: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, Medical Care
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health Student Awards Committee: 2007
G. Association Memberships
American College of Sports Medicine
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Gerontological Society of America
International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
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