A. CONTACT INFORMATION

B. EDUCATION

C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

February, 2007 - July, 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Data Abstractor: Responsibilities include reading published scientific literature on childhood physical activity and related outcomes and abstracting relevant standardized data items for later synthesis for the development of United States Physical Activity Guidelines.

2004 - Present, University of Illinois

Graduate Research Assistant: Exercise Psychology Laboratory, under the direction of Dr. Edward McAuley. Ongoing responsibilities include training staff and undergraduate research assistants, writing of research findings in scientific papers and presenting study conclusions at professional meetings. Detailed information specific to research projects is listed below.

Healthy, Active, Lifestyle Trial (HALT) - 12-month randomized controlled exercise intervention funded by NIA examining the effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive and immune function, as well as psychosocial factors in older adults. Primary responsibilities include screening and scheduling participants, supervision of exercise sessions, functional fitness testing, graded exercise testing, and data collection.

Eye Movement Neurocoupling (ENC) - Cross-sectional study examining the associations between fitness and physical activity levels with cognitive function and eye movement in older adults. Primary responsibilities include coordinating maximal graded exercise testing, data collection, and providing liaison between collaborating laboratories.

Freshmen Study - Three-month prospective study examining the psychosocial determinants of physical activity and nutrition behaviors in freshmen students. As project coordinator, primary responsibilities included study design, participant recruitment and scheduling, management and training of study staff, coordination of participating laboratories, conduction of body composition assessment using air-displacement plethysmography, data collection and analysis, and writing of results.

Activity, Gait, and Efficacy (AGE) - Three-year longitudinal study funded by NIA, examining the relationships between physical activity, gait and balance, bone health, and psychosocial correlates in older African American and Caucasian women. Primary responsibilities included data collection through interview sessions.

Physical Activity in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (PhAIMS) - Randomized controlled exercise intervention examining the effects of self-efficacy on exercise adherence in MS patients. Responsibilities include functional fitness testing, supervision of exercise sessions, and data collection.

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 conducting body composition and bone density assessment using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and maximal graded exercise testing.

2002-2003, Kansas State University

Graduate Research Assistant: Community Health Institute, under the direction of Dr. Paul Estabrooks and Dr. David Dzewaltowski. Main responsibilities included data collection, conduction of study sessions, writing and presentation of research findings. Additional responsibilities included conduction of literature reviews, management of undergrad research assistants, and recruitment of research participants.

D. Scholarly Activity

D1. Selected peer-reviewed publications.

D2. Papers in Review

McAuley,E., Doerksen, S.E., Morris, K.S., Motl, R.W., Hu, L., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., Rosengren, K.R. Pathways from Physical Activity to Quality of Life in Older Women.

Motl, R.W., McAuley, E., Doerksen, S., Hu, L., Morris, K. S., Elavsky, S., Konopack, J.F. Preliminary Evidence that Self-efficacy Predicts Physical Activity in Multiple Sclerosis.

Morris, K.S., Hu, L., Doerksen, S.E., Wójcicki, T.R., White, S.M., McAuley, E. Declines in Efficacy for Gait and Balance in Older Women: The Role of Demographic Factors and Health Conditions.

Voss, M., Erickson, K., Chaddock, L., Prakash, R., Colcombe, S., Morris, K., Doerksen, S., Hu, L., McAuley, E., Kramer, A. Behavioral and structural brain correlates of age-related dedifferentiation in the ventral visual cortex.

D3. Papers in Progress

Estabrooks, P.A., Dzewaltowski, D.A., Karteroliotis, K., Hill J.L., Johnston, J.A., Ryan G.J., Gyurcsik, N.C., Doerksen, S.E. The After School Program Connection Inventory: A Self-Report Measure for Middle School Students.

Doerksen, S.E., McAuley, E., Motl, R. W. Longitudinal Invariance of the UCLA Loneliness Scale: Comparison of two versions.

D4. Book Chapters

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.

D5. Selected Paper Presentations

Doerksen, S. E., Umstattd, M. R., McAuley, E. Social Cognitive Parameters and Objectively-Measured Physical Activity in College Freshmen. Paper presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference, March, 2007, Washington D.C., USA.

Morris, K. S., McAuley, E., Motl, R. W., Doerksen, S. E. Wojcicki, T. R., White, S. M., Hu, L. Physical Activity, Self-Efficacy, and Functional Limitations in Older Women: A Panel Model. Paper presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference, March, 2007, Washington D.C., USA.

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, October, 2006, Vancouver, Canada.

Hess, J.J., Morris, K., Doerksen, S., Buck, S., Themanson, J., Pontifex, M., Hillman, C., McAuley, E. Fitness, Self-efficacy, and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. Paper presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Conference, June, 2006, Denver, USA.

Doerksen, S. E., Umstattd M. R., Evans, E. M., Kessinger, R., McAuley, E. Physical Activity, Body Composition, and Bone Health in College Freshmen. Paper presented at the International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, April 2006, Atlanta, USA.

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. Paper presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, April, 2006, Atlanta, USA.

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. Paper presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, April 2006, Atlanta, USA.

McAuley, E., Konopack, J. F., Doerksen, S. E., Morris, K. S., Wojcicki, T. R., White, S. M. Functional Limitations and Physical Activity in Older Women: Efficacy, Age, and Ethnicity Effects. Paper presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine conference, March 2006, San Francisco, USA.

Morris, K. S., Doerksen, S. E., McAuley, E., Hillman, C. H., Buck, S. M., Themanson, J. R., Pontifex, M. B. Self-Efficacy, Cognition, and Fitness in Older Adults. Paper presented at The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity conference, June 2005, Amsterdam, NL.

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. Paper presented at The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity conference, June 2005, Amsterdam, NL.

Morris, K. S., McAuley, E., Elavsky, S., Konopack, J. F., Hu, L., Motl, R. W., Doerksen, S. E. Maintenance of Long-term Physical Activity in Older Adults: Activity Mode and Self-Efficacy Influences. Paper presented at The American College of Sports Medicine conference, June 2005, Nashville, TN, USA.

Chenoweth, L. M., Doerksen, S. E., Ferguson, C. S., Estabrooks, P., Harms, C. A. Improved pulmonary function following increased fruit and vegetable consumption in healthy subjects. Paper presented at The American College of Sports Medicine conference, May 2004, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Doerksen, S., Estabrooks, P., Bradshaw, M. Integrating a Fruit & Vegetable Consumption Intervention with a Successful Community Physical Activity Program. Paper presented at The Society of Behavioral Medicine conference, March 2004, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Doerksen, S., Estabrooks, P., King, A., Fox, E. Bradshaw, M. Using Group Dynamics and Individual Attention to Increase Physical Activity of Rural Congregate Meal Site Participants. Paper presented at The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity conference, July 2003, Quebec City, PQ, Canada.

E. Teaching Experience

University of Illinois, Graduate Supervisor, Undergraduate Research Experience

Kansas State University, Teaching Assistant, Sport and Exercise Psychology

F. Honors and Awards

Member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Kansas State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 2003-present

2005 Article of the Year Award for the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity for the article titled "Participatory Research to Promote Physical Activity at Congregate-Meal Sites."

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."

2007 recipient of the Laura Huelster Scholarship Award for from the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health ($1000).

Department of Kinesiology Conference Travel Grant: University of Illinois, 2007.

G. Service

Invited reviewer for the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Measurement in Physical Activity and Exercise Science, the Journal of American College Health

Invited reviewer for the 2008 Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference

Guest Lecturer for Kinesiology 352: Clinical and Applied Exercise Physiology. Title: "Drop-out: Strategies for Maintaining a Physically Active Lifestyle."

Invited moderator for the Symposium titled Health Disparities: Implications for Services Delivery, Policy and Rural Areas, Urbana-Champaign, USA, March 2006.

H. Professional Memberships

2002- Member, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

2003- Member, Society of Behavioral Medicine

2004- Member, American College of Sports Medicine