UW Kinesiology and Health Graduate Student Receives National Research Award
Published May 22, 2025
University of Wyoming Division of Kinesiology and Health graduate student Ashlyn Brown, from Castle Pines, Colo., is the recipient of the Thomas McKenzie Research Award from the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America. Brown recently received the prestigious national honor at the SHAPE America convention in Baltimore, Md. Along with the monetary portion of the award, which will support completion of her master’s thesis, the highly competitive recognition will have a significant national impact on the field of physical education. Brown’s thesis involves a secondary analysis of data from the U.S. Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy (US-PEPAP) Interactive Dashboard, a national project led by Ben Kern, Brown’s educational adviser and an associate professor in kinesiology and health, and the US-PEPAP research team.
