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Assistant Professor
UTK Exercise, Sport, & Leisure Studies
Education
Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction;
Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona (2001) Emphasis
in Exercise and Wellness Education with a graduate
certificate in Gerontology
M.P.H. University
of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona (1994)
Emphasis: Community Health
M.S. Engineering;
Sever Institute; Washington University; St. Louis,
Missouri (1975)
Emphasis: Applied Mathematics & Computer Science
and Certificate Program in Technology in Health Care/Clinical
Engineering
A.B. Mathematical
Sciences; University of Missouri; Columbia, Missouri
(1972) Minors: Statistics and Physics
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Biography
Diane Austrin Klein was appointed in August 2002
as an Assistant Professor at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville,
to teach for the Public Health program in Gerontology. Dr. Klein
completed her Ph.D. in 2000 at Arizona State University (ASU),
in the interdisciplinary program in Curriculum and Instruction
in the College of Education. Her major area of study has been
in Exercise and Wellness Education, with a focus in Gerontology.
She is a transplant from the midwest, and lived in Arizona since
1976 leaving in 2002 to move to Tennessee. Dr. Klein holds three
other degrees in higher education. Her bachelors’ degree
(A.B.) is from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in Applied
Mathematical Sciences, with minors in Physics and Statistics.
Her masters’ degree, from Washington University in St. Louis,
is in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (M.S.) with a certificate
in Health Care Technology (Biomedical Engineering, B.M.E.). In
December 1994, Dr. Klein received her Masters in Public Health
(M.P.H.) in Community Health from the University of Arizona, Tucson.
For the last two years of her Ph.D. program, Dr. Klein has been
the Research Associate to the Chair in the Department of Exercise
Science and Physical Education, working on research involving
physical activity adherence. She has been involved in community
health education and health promotion for the past fifteen years,
and was active in several public health planning committees in
Arizona. She is a member of the Association for Teachers in Preventive
Medicine (ATPM), the Gerontology Society of America (GSA), the
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation,
and Dance (AAHPERD), and the American College for Sports Medicine
(ACSM). Her research has primarily focused on physical activity,
health status, and physical function in the older adult population,
specifically on the effects of PNF flexibility training. In addition
to her teaching at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Klein has
been teaching at Midwestern University (Glendale Campus), as a
faculty associate in the Health Professions Education program,
teaching at a distance using online technology.
