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Kinesiology

Examining Human Movement — and Its Powerful Impact on Health and Well-being

The Department of Kinesiology in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development has built a long-standing reputation of excellence in the study of physical activity, from the basic mechanisms of human movement to the complex dynamics of physical activity in society as a whole.

Lacey Alexander on the cover of APG's September magazine.
Faculty Spotlight
Sharing her love for discovery

Lacy Alexander, professor of kinesiology, recently shared the turning point in her education that has led her to her career in exercise physiology and dedicating her research to finding new ways to improve women’s health in the September edition of The Physiologist Magazine.