Faculty

Alex Vigo-Valentin

Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests

• KNES 184 Field/Court Games II
• KNES 202, Net/Wall Games
• KNES 324, Teaching Physical Education in Elementary School
• KNES 325, Teaching Physical Education in Secondary School
• KNES 631, Analysis of Movement in Sports and Physical Activity
• KNES 734, Research Design for Physical Education

Professional Interest and Research

Dr. Vigo- Valentín aims to research the effects of enhanced physical activity/education opportunities and policies in school setting, particularly for Hispanic adolescents.

Research Projects

• 2010-2012; Physical Activity Policies and Opportunity for Hispanic Adolescents. Principal Investigator.
• 2010-2011; School Physical Activity Policy Assessment. Monica Lounsbery (Principal Investigator) and Thomas McKenzie (Co-Investigator). East Region Director.
• 2008-2009 (data is collected every six month); Health risk factors among physical education teacher education majors. (Co Investigator).
• 2006-2009; Eating habits, physical activity behavior patterns, and the body composition indices of school-age adolescents and adults living in Puerto Rico. Co-director (2006-2008) and Director (2008-2009).

Grants

• 2010-2011. Physical activity policies and opportunity for Hispanic adolescents in secondary school environments. Funded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Active Living Research). Principal Investigator. $73,000
• 2006-2008. External evaluation of the Puerto Rico en Forma Project. The Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of Sports and Recreation. Department of Recreation and Sports, Puerto Rico. Co-Investigator. $75,000
  

Recent Publications

• Hodge, S.R., Cervantes, C., Vigo-Valentín, A., Ortiz-Sturh, E.M., & Carnabal, M. (in-press). The Hispanic experience in physical education programs and departments. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
• Vigo-Valentín, A., Hodge, S.R., & Kozub, F.M. (2011). Adolescents’ dietary habits, physical activity patterns, and weight status in Puerto Rico. Childhood Obesity Journal, 7(6), 488-494
• Hodge, S. R., Del Rio, L., & Vigo-Valentín, A. (2008). Puerto Rico en forma evaluation report II. Unpublished governmental report: Departamento de Recreacíon y Deportes, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Hodge, S. R., Del Rio, L., & Vigo-Valentín, A. (2007). Puerto Rico en forma evaluation report. Unpublished governmental report: Departamento de Recreacíon y Deportes, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Siedentop, D., An, J., Ayvazo, S., Cervantes, C., Cohen, R., Collins, F., et al. (2007). The Ohio Project: Progress in preventing childhood and youth obesity, How do we measure up? Columbus, Oh: Ohio Collaborative.