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DEPARTMENTS

Gloria Sagastume, MS: Kinesiology, Physical Activity, Social Scientific
Perspective. Ms. Sagastume earned her Master’s degree Kinesiology,
concentration in Physical Activity, Social Scientific Perspective, with
a GPA of 3.85. Her Master’s thesis focused on classroom teachers’
experiences teaching Physical Education within the San Francisco
School district. She identified barriers and support that is needed for the
Elementary Physical Specialist Program to succeed.

Morgan Tapper, MS: Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology. Mr. Tapper earned his Master’s
degree in Kinesiology, concentration in exercise physiology. Mr. Tapper’s academic
achievement during his graduate work was exceptional. His commitment to his academic
work was evident by his outstanding grade point average of 3.86 since becoming a
student at SFSU. His excellence in the classroom also extended into his research projects
in the field of exercise physiology, conducting an extremely ambitious thesis investigating
the Measurements of Upper-body Surf Specific Fitness in Recreational Surfers. He
presented his work at the South West American College of Sports Medicine, which is a
leading scientific organization in the field of exercise science.
Brook Schultz, MS: Kinesiology, Movement Science. Mrs. Schultz received her
Master’s degree in Kinesiology, concentration in Movement Science. She completed a
comprehensive literature review for her thesis project on four distinct areas regarding
ways to “Detect Deception through Whole Body Movement” including cues to deception,
emotion in gait, load carriage during locomotion and the biometrics of walking. Brooke
was hired as the project manager for the research study of the same name funded through
a contract to SFSU from Humintell Inc, and the Air Force Research Labs. During her time
as a Master student in Kinesiology, Brook used her acumen in writing computer code to
reduce and analyze and extraordinarily large and complex database of kinematic variables
for an NIH and European funded grant on neonatal stepping. She was recognized as an
invaluable asset to the Movement Science researchers in the Department of Kinesiology.

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