Department Chair
PROFESSOR & CHAIR
Assistant Chair
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR
Office Manager & Fiscal Tech
Office Manager
Health & Physical Education Faculty
Undergraduate Program Director
Lecturer
Graduate Program Director
Professor

Justin Haegele
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- jhaegele@odu.edu
Professor
2009 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
(757) 683-5338

Katelyn Makovec
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- ksmither@odu.edu
Lecturer
2030 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-3355

Yubing Wang PhD
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- y8wang@odu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-3351

Xihe Zhu
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- x2zhu@odu.edu
PROFESSOR & CHAIR
2010 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-3545
Park, Recreation & Tourism Studies Faculty
Undergraduate Program Director
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Ling Ling PhD
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- lling@odu.edu
LECTURER
STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-4881

Lindsay Usher
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- lusher@odu.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
2019 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-7056
Special Education Faculty
Undergraduate Program Director
LECTURER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Graduate Program Director
MASTER LECTURER

Rinyka Allison
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- rballiso@odu.edu
LECTURER
EDUCATION BULDING
757-683-3850

Jonna Bobzien PhD
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- jbobzien@odu.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR
241 LIONS CHILD STUDY CTR
757-683-3307

Laura Chezan
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- lchezan@odu.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
122 LIONS CHILD STUDY CTR
757-683-7055

Dana Childress PhD
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- dchildre@odu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
100 LIONS CHILD STUDY CENTER
757-683-3747

Peggy Hester
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- phester@odu.edu
PROFESSOR
101 LIONS CHILD STUDY CTR
757-683-4876

Lisa Rose Johnson
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- l5johnso@odu.edu
LECTURER
LIONS CHILD STUDY CTR
757-683-4117

Selena J. Layden
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- slayden@odu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
102 LIONS CHILD STUDY CENTER
757-683-4383

Sabra L. Lynch
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- sgear@odu.edu
MASTER LECTURER
122 LION'S CLUB CHILD STUDY CENTER
757-683-4773

Lisa
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- lmorin@odu.edu
LECTURER
116 CHILD STUDY CENTER
757-683-4652

Anne Perrotti
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- aperrott@odu.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
248 LIONS CHILD STUDY CTR
757-683-4128

Silvana Watson
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- swatson@odu.edu
PROFESSOR
111A LIONS CHILD STUDY CTR
757-683-6364
Sport Management Faculty
Undergraduate Program Director
LECTURER
Graduate Program Director
PROFESSOR

Robert Case
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- rcase@odu.edu
- Web Page
PROGRAM COORD FOR SPORTS MGMT
2025 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-5962

Yoseph Mamo
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- ymamo@odu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
STUDENT REC CENTER
757-683-5078

Michelle Redmond PhD
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- mredmond@odu.edu
LECTURER
2020 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-3354

Lynn Ridinger
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- lridinge@odu.edu
PROFESSOR
2018 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-4353
Emeriti Faculty

Sheri Colberg-Ochs
Professor Emerita, Exercise Science
scolberg@odu.edu

Steve Knott
Professor Emeritus, Health & Physical Education
SKnott@odu.edu
Directory
Contact
- Human Movement Sciences
- 2016 Student Rec Center
- Norfolk, VA 23529
757-683-3351 (office)
757-683-4270 (fax)
Department Chair

Xihe Zhu
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- x2zhu@odu.edu
PROFESSOR & CHAIR
2010 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
757-683-3545
Accreditation


