I currently serve as professor of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science at
California State University, Los
Angeles. Over the past 30+ years I have taught physical education and kinesiology majors at six higher
education institutions over two continents.
Kinesiology courses I currently teach inlude Psychological Analysis of Physical Activity ,
Sociocultural Analysis of Physical Activity, Historical Analysis of Physical Education and Sport,
Computer Applications in Kinesiology, as well as, two
graduate level courses,
Research Design in Human Performance & Cultural Analysis of Physical Activity.
I am a graduate of the Zinman College of Physical Education
and Sport Sciences at the Wingate Institute,
Israel (1973), The Nat Holman Coaching School at the Wingate Institute, Israel (1973, Track &
Field; 1978 Olympic Gymnastics), SUNY Brockport, New York (1982, B.S., Physical Education), SIU, Carbondale, IL
(1984, M.S. Social Psychology of Sport; 1989 Ph.D., Sport Psychology). My teaching experiences also
include elementary and high school physical education, and 30+ years of coaching and teaching at the
college and university levels.
I am married to Sally Frankl, M.D. (Internal Medicine) and together we
worship our son (born 1989), and daughter (born 1995).
