Welcome to BLinG-Health, Inc.

Dr. Angela K. Beale-Tawfeeq's research, grant writing, and academic pursuits have included community health and the evaluation of culturally competent physical activity programs, drowning prevention and water safety among historically marginalized communities, youth development, service learning, culturally responsive pedagogy in K-12 health and physical education, and advocacy for programs and policies that will improve health conditions in ethnic minoritized communities.

Dr. DeAnne Davis Brooks is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Kinesiology at UNC Greensboro. Brooks is a scholar-practitioner, with certifications in strength and conditioning, exercise physiology, and yoga. She has also coached track and field at the youth and collegiate levels for twenty-five years and co-developed the Moving On! Program, an evidence-based intervention to help athletes make healthy transitions to life after sports.
Brooks is heavily involved in equity work in higher education and athletics. Her scholarship includes book chapters, journal articles, and presentations focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in sport coaching, sport psychology and teaching and learning in the college classroom.

Dr. Brian Culp is a full professor of Health and Physical Activity Leadership at Kennesaw State University. His research focuses on topics related to culture, inclusiveness, spatiality, physical education, sport, and intergenerational physical activity. In addition to creating and facilitating opportunities for research and civic engagement, Dr. Culp has helped design funded movement-based community intergenerational programs.  More by Brian Culp.

An 18-year educator, Kennedra Tucker Howell was the 2018 SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Education) Maryland Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year (TOY). Since 2006, she has enjoyed serving as a teacher, student teaching mentor, department chair, school wellness council leader, and health and physical education content coordinator in several school systems. Currently pursuing her EdD in School System Leadership at the University of Maryland, Kennedra is also a fitness instructor who enjoys teaching dance fitness, cardio kickboxing, and aqua Zumba.  

  Dr.  Tara B. Blackshear examines the social determinants of health and physical activity and inequities in education with a focus on race, racism, and Black youth. Her interdisciplinary approach challenges the status quo and confronts structures that negatively impact the well-being of marginalized and minoritized groups.