About the Free Communications Program

The Free Communications program provides a forum for researchers and clinicians to disseminate research and clinical case studies. Those abstracts selected by the Committee are published in the Supplement to the Journal of Athletic Training and are presented at the NATA Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia via oral or poster presentation.

Please note the deadline for submitting Free Communications program abstracts is November 15, 2012. Authors will be notified in March 2013.

The Free Communications Committee is a subcommittee of the Foundation Research Committee. The role of this group is to solicit and review abstracts for inclusion in the Free Communications program.

Free Communications Sub-Committee

Chair for Free Communications
Jennifer E. Earl-Boehm, PhD, ATC
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
P. O. Box 413
Pavilion 350 Atep
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
(414) 229-3227 – Office
jearl@uwm.edu

Members
Joseph M. Hart, PhD, ATC
University of Virginia
Department of Kinesiology
P.O. Box 400407
Charlottesville, VA 22904
(434) 924-6187
jmh3zf@virginia.edu

Lisa Jutte, PhD, ATC, LAT
Associate Professor
Xavior University
Department of Sport Studies
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-6312
(513) 745-3902 – Office
Juttel@xavior.edu

Thomas Kaminski, PhD, ATC, FACSM, FNATA
University of Delaware
Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
541 S Coll Ave
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-6402 – Phone
kaminski@udel.edu

Stephanie M. Mazerolle, PhD, ATC, LAT
Director
Entry-Level Athletic Training Association
Department of Kinesiology
University of Connecticut
2095 Hillside Road, U-1110
Storrs, CT 06269-1110
(860) 486-4536 – Office
stephanie.mazerolle@uconn.edu

Melanie L. McGrath, PhD, ATC
University of Nebraska-Omaha
HPER 207 V, 6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182
(402) 554-3252 – Phone
melaniemcgrath@unomaha.edu

Sara Nottingham, EdD, ATC
Assistant Professor
Athletic Training Education Program
College of Educational Studies
Chapman University
1 University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
nottingh@chapman.edu

Darin A. Padua, PhD, ATC
Associate Professor
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Director, Sports Medicine Research Laboratory
University of North Carolina
216 Fetzer CB#8700
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8700
(919) 843-5117 – Office
dpadua@email.unc.edu

Student Awards Chair
Brian Ragan, PhD, ATC
Ohio University
Grover Center E333
Athens, OH 45701
(740)-597-1876 - Office
ragan@ohio.edu

Stephen Straub, PhD, ATC
Professor of Athletic Training/Sports Medicine
Quinnipiac University
Echlin Center 232
Hamden, CT  06518-1908
(203) 582-8443 – Phone
Stephen.Straub@quinnipiac.edu

Charles A. Thigpen, PhD, ATC, PT
103 Gleneagles Ct.
Simpsonville, SC 29681
(904) 303-5695
chuckt@proaxistherapy.com

Kavin Tsang, PhD, ATC
California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd.
KHS-222
Fullerton, CA 92834
(657) 278-7970
ktsang@fullerton.edu

Susan Yeargin, PhD, ATC
Assistant Professor ATEP
University of South Carolina
Blatt PE Center 218
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-3172 – Office
syeargin@mailbox.sc.edu

Staff Liaison
Patsy Brown, Volunteer Coordinator
NATA Office
2952 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, Texas 75247
(972) 532-8847
patsyb@nata.org

(rev 1/7/2013)