2025-2026 Catalog

Faculty

Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty

Vanessa R. Yingling, chair; designated transfer adviser 
Professor
B.S. University of California, San Diego; M.S. State University of New York, Buffalo; Ph.D. University of Waterloo

 

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Kirk Bentzen
Resident Associate Professor
B.A., Occidental College; M.P.T., University of Southern California; M.B.A. La Sierra University; D.P.T. University of Southern California; Ph.D. University of the Cumberlands

 

Julius Fink
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.Sc. University of Bern; M.A. Yokohama National University; Ph.D. Nippon Sport Science University

 

Jesse T. Fischer
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Houston

Nicholas O’Connell

Visiting Instructor
A.B., Occidental College; D.P.T., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Other faculty associated with the Kinesiology department can be viewed here.