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Gene Ezell

Gene Ezell , Ed.D.

Contact Information:

Phone: 423-425-4194
E-mail: Gene-Ezell@UTC.edu

Background and Training:

  • Ed.D. Major - School Health Education Collateral Area - Educational Administration and Supervision: University of Tennessee, Knoxville                                               
  • M.S. Major - Health and Safety Education: Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana                                               
  • B.A. Major - Physical Education, Minor - Biology: Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky
  • Certified Health Education Specialist

Position and Teaching Areas:

  • Position: Full Professor
  • Health Education

Research Areas:

  • Health Education curriculum; HIV/AIDS Prevention Education
  • Author/co-author of 15 books in Health Education
  • Over 30 published articles in professional journals
  • Over 100 speeches delivered at professional conferences
  • Directed and evaluated over 30 grants with total funding over $5 million

Service Areas:

  • UTC Council of Scholars
  • American Association for Health Education, Selected as United States Best College Health Educator of the Year, American Association of Health Education
  • Southern District, AAHPERD, Chair, Applied Strategic Planning Committee

Professional Organizations:

  • American Association for Health Education
  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
  • National Soccer Coaches Association

Honors and Interests:

  • Nominated as the Amateur Athlete of Year, 1995, to Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame

  • Ranked as high as #2 in the country by United States Racquetball Association (age group)

  • Qualified for Ironman Triathlon, Hawaii

  • Tenor, Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Chorus

  • Actor,  several plays in Chattanooga, Rossville, Georgia and New Smyrna Beach, Florida

  • Airplane pilot—Currently holds commercial and instrument; complex aircraft licenses

  • Elected to Mensa Society, 1979 to present

  • Scholar of the Year, Southern District Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, (13 states)

  • Appointed United States' delegate to 12th World Congress on Health Education by AAHPERD, Dublin, Ireland,

  • Appointed by Governor Ned McWherter to Governor's Council on Fitness and Health