Michael G. Wade, Ph.D. Professor Graduate School faculty Faculty, Cognitive Science Center 224A Cooke Hall 1900 University Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-626-2094 voice 612-626-7700 fax mwade@umn.edu

Areas of specialization
Motor learning and performance, human factors, lifespan development

Research interests
Gerontology, disability studies, human factors

Academic degrees

• Ph.D. kinesiology and human factors, engineering/ergonomics 1970. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
• M.S. kinesiology 1968 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• D.L.C. physical education 1963 Loughborough College, (First Class Honors) England

Professional experience

Current assignment

• Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 1986-present.
• Professor and Governing Council, Center for Cognitive Science, University of Minnesota, 1986-present (CCS).
• Professor, Institute for Disabilities Studies, University of Minnesota, 1988-present (IDS).
• Professor, All-University Program in Aging
• Professor, Doctoral Minor Program in Human Factors/Ergonomics

Previous appointments

• Chair, Department of Work and Human Resource Education, 2004-2006
• Director, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 1986-2005.
• Professor and chair, Department of Physical Education, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, 1981-1986.
• Professor, Department of Special Education, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, 1983-1986.
• Associate professor, Department of Leisure Studies/Institute for Child Behavior and Development/Department of Special Education/Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1975-1981.
• Assistant professor, Department of Leisure Studies/Children's Research Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1970-1975.
• Instructor, Department of Physical Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1968-1970.
• Graduate teaching assistant, Department of Physical Education, University of Illinois, IL, 1966-1968.
• Lecturer, Department of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1965-1966.
• Schoolmaster, Watford Boys' Grammar School, Watford, England, 1963-1965.

Research honors and awards

• Single Quarter Leave awarded, University of Minnesota, 1996
• Inaugural Robin Gray Research Fellowship, Department of Human Movement Science, University of Western Australia, February, 1994
• Fellow, American Academy for Mental Retardation, FAAMR, 1990
• Fellow, American Academy of Kinesiology, 1986 (#312)
• Fellow, American Association for Mental Retardation, 1981
• Research Fellow, American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), 1968-present
• Special Recognition Award, Society of Park and Recreation Educators, National Recreation and Park Association, October 1987.
• Special Research Award, National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for the Handicapped, July 1987-present
• Member, American Academy of Motor Development American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), 1980-present
• Who's Who in American Education, 1991-present
• Who's Who in Technology, 1982-present
• Who's Who (Midwest) 1979-present
• American Men and Women of Science (Social Sciences), 1979-present
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, UCLA, 1980.
• Sabbatical Leave, University of Illinois, 1979.

Faculty and administrative load

• KIN 1871—Introduction to Kinesiology
• KIN 8980—Graduate Research Seminar in Kinesiology

Collegiate assignments

• Director, School of Kinesiology, 1986-present.
• Member, College of Education Administrative Council, 1986-present.
• Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs, 1990-93.
• University Planning Committee for Facilities (current $30 million Recreation and Sport Facility), 1986-present.
• Member, Graduate School Graduate Council, 1986-1993.
• Director of graduate studies, School of Kinesiology and Leisure Studies, 1986-1992.
• Member, Graduate School Executive Committee, 1989-1993.
• Chair, Graduate Council for Psychology and Education, 1989-1993.
• Several college committees in curriculum development and search committees.
• Governing Board Center for Applied Research in Educational Improvement, CAREI, 1988-1990.

Professional and academic association memberships

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), 1973-present.
• North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), 1968-present.
• American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR), 1971-present.
• International Society for Ecological Psychology (ISEP), 1987-present.

Professional assignments and activities

Professional appointments

• Program organizer, ICHP Conference, Warner Springs, CO, 2000
• Program organizer, North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Brainerd, MN, 1993.
• Co-chair, Big 10/AAPE Leadership Conference. Funded by Big 10 Committee on Interinstitutional Cooperation (CIC), December 1988.
• Program chair, NASPSPA Meeting, Kent State University, 1989.
• President, North American Society of the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), 1987-1988.
• Member, National Institute of Health (NICHHD) Subcommittee on Psychobiology, 1983-1985.
• Member, National Institute of Health (NICHHD) Subcommittee on Psychological Processes, 1983-1985.
• Director, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands, 1985.
• Chair, Motor Development, XXIII Olympic Scientific Congress, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, July 19-26, 1984.
• Section chair (Motor Development), NASPSPA Meeting, Eugene, OR, 1984.
• Chair, Research Committee of Society of Park and Recreation Educators, 1977-1979.
• Organizer and Chairman, Mid-Eastern Motor Development Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, September 1978.
• Chair, Leisure Research Symposium at National Recreation and Park Association National Convention, 1976-1977.
• Organizer and chairman, Research Symposium, Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE), National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress, Boston, MA, October 1976.Organizer, Handicapped Children Conference, Office of the Superintendent of Public Information, Peoria, IL, 1974.
• Organizer, Language and Motor Development Conference, Department of Exceptional Children, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Champaign, IL, March 1973.
• Organizer, Motor Development for Retarded Children, Education and Secondary Education Act Title I, Ramada Inn, Champaign, IL, 1973.

Consultantships

• I have over the years consulted with numerous school districts, lawyers and associated industries in the areas of sport, kinesiology, tecreation, and human factors engineering.

Workshop and inservice activities

• "Science in Sport." Science Fest. Plymouth Creek Elementary School, Plymouth, MN. April 1, 1993.
• Motor Skill Development in persons who are mentally handicapped. Invited talk given to Twin-Cities Down's Association, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, September 12, 1991.
• Bloomington Schools Community Resource Group, Bloomington, MN, 1986-present.
• "Signing and Motor Skills in the Deaf," Illinois Council on Exceptional Children, Chicago, IL, November 1979.
• "Developmental Readiness in Language and Motor Skill Acquisition," Conference on Handicapped Children, Office of Superintendent of Public Information (OSPI), Peoria, IL, 1974.
• "Skill Acquisition in Exceptional Children," MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL, January 1974.
• "Language and Motor Skill Acquisition," Conference on Handicapped Children, Office of the Superintendent of Public Information (OSPI), Champaign, IL, March 1973.
• "Researcher and Practitioners," Midwest Convention of AAHPERD, Columbus, OH, 1973.
• "Motor Evaluation of Handicapped Children," Elementary and Secondary Education ACT (ESEA) Title I Workshop on Motor Development, Champaign, IL, 1973.
• "The Research-Practice Gap," Illinois Park Commissioners' Workshop, Champaign, IL, 1973.
• "Problems of Effectively Communicating Research to Practitioners," A.L. Bowen Center, Harrisburg, IL, 1970.

Evaluation of manuscripts for journals and book publishers

• Masthead associate editor, Motor Control. 1996-current.
• Reviewer, The Gerontologist, current.
• Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, current.
• Reviewer, Research Quarterly, current.
• Masthead associate editor, American Journal of Mental Retardation, 1996-1998.
• Associate editor, Journal of Human Movement Studies, 1996-1999
• Associate editor, Journal of Motor Behavior, 1976-1992.
• Consulting editor, American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1983-85 and 1993-1995.

Regular reviewer

• Human Movement Science
• Journal of Experimental Psychology
• Child Development
• Developmental Psychology
• Pediatric Psychology
• Medicine and Science in Sport
• Current Aspects in Motor Development
• Journal of Leisure Research
• Leisure Sciences

Consulting reviewer

• Several mainline publishing houses

Ad hoc advisory editor

• Contemporary Psychology

Publications

Articles in refereed professional journals, 1995-2000

Wade, M. G., Jones, G. & Hammond, C. (in revision) Braking behavior in young and older drivers. Human Factors Transportation.

Guan, J., & Wade, M.G. (2000). The effect of aging on adaptive eye-hand coordination. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences,55B (3), 151-162.

Contribution to article in American Baby. March, 1999. Movin' on. by Jenny Friedman, Ph.D. pp. 64-69.

Contribution to article in Parenting Magazine on motor development in young children: to be published July 1999.

Cassidy, P. E., Wade, M. G. & Carello, C. (in revision to be submitted). Detecting anticipatory information by elite collegiate baseball batters: An ecological analysis.

Guan, J., & Wade, M.G., The effect of aging on adaptive eye-hand coordination. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences,Vol 55B No.3 151-162 (2000).

Wade, M. G., Van Emmerik, R. M. & Kernozek, T. P. (2000) Downs Syndrome: A case of atypical nonlinearity. Chapter to be published in Weeks, D., Chua, R. & Elliott, D. Perceptual Motor Behavior in Downs Syndrome. Human Kinetics Publishing, Champaign, IL. 

Contribution to article in American Baby. March, 1999. Moving on by Jenny Friedman, Ph.D. pp. 64-69. 

Contribution to article in Parenting Magazine on motor development in young children: to be published July 1999. 

Contribution to article in Parenting Magazine on motor development in young children: to be published July 1999. 

Cassidy, P.E., & Wade, M. G. (1998). Improving novice baseball batters' choice reaction times through video training. International Journal of Sports Vision, 5(1), 22-32.

Kernozek, T. & Wade, M. G. (1998). Age and seat height effects of rising from a toilet of the elderly. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 79 , (313-316) 

Okner, M.A., Kernozek, T., and Wade, M.G. (1997) Chin Rest Pressure in Violin Players: Musical Repertoire, Chin Rests, and Shoulder Pads as Possible Mediators. Medical Problems of Performing Artists. Vol. 12, (4), 112-121. 

Parker, H.E., Larkin, D. and Wade, M.G. (1997) Are Motor Timing Problems Subgroup Specific in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder? Australia Educational and Developmental Psychologist. Vol. 14, (1), 35-42. 

Wade, M.G. and Jones, G. (1997) The Role of Vision and Spatial Orientation in the Maintenance of Postural Stability. American Journal of Physical Therapy. Vol. 77, (6), 619-628. 

Baker, J.A.W., Pan, D.W., and Wade, M.G. (1996). Multidimensional Scaling: The Name Revisited. International Journal of Physical Education. Vol. 33, (2), 76-81. 

Mathiowetz, V.G. and Wade, M.G. (1995) Task Constraints and Functional Motor Performance of Individuals With and Without Multiple Sclerosis. Ecological Psychology, 7(2), 99-123. 

Wade, M.G., Lindquist, R., Treat-Jacobson, D., & Taylor, J.R. (1995).Optical Flow, Spatial Orientation, and the Control of Posture in the Elderly. Journal of Gerontology (50)4, P51-P58.

Chapters in books

Wade, M.G., & Van Emmerik, R.M., & Kernozek, T.P. (2000). Downs Syndrome: A case of atypical non-linearity. Chapter to be published in Weeks, D., Chua, R., & Elliott, D., Perceptual Motor Behavior in Downs Syndrome. Human Kinetics Publishing, Champaign, IL.

Wade, M.G. and Berg, W. (1991). How to study movement in children. In Fagard, J. & Wolff, P. (Eds.), The Development of Timing Control and Temporal Organization in Coordinated Action. Advances in Psychology Series, No. 81, North Holland, pp. 261-280.

Books, 1995-1999

• Wade, M.G. & Baker, J.A.W. (1995). Kinesiology: An Introduction to the Science and Practice of Physical Activity. Madison, WI: Wm.C. Brown Publishers, 189.

Papers presented

International conferences

Invited lecturer, "Virtual Environment Validation." Driving Simulation Conference Sponsered by the French Ministry of Equipment, Transport, and Housing. Paris, France, September 6-8, 2000.

Keynote invited address: The Role of Posture in the Development of Coordination and Control. 3rd World Sport Science Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, May 10-14 2000.

Keynote invited address: Studying Physical Activity in the New Millennium: The need for integration. 62nd World Congress International Council for Health, Physical education, Recreation, Sport and Dan. Cairo, Egypt, July 2-7, 1999.

Principals for Rating The Health Status of People in Extreme and Disaster Environments. Prepared by Victor S. Koscheyev, M.D., Ph.D., Michael G. Wade, Ph.D., and Alexander F. Bobrov, Ph.D. Presented at Health: Its Essence, Diagnostic and Strategies for Improvement Conference at Radom, Poland, May, 1999.

Symposium organizer, 1st Biennial Scientific Conference on Down Syndrome, Vancouver, Canada, April 2-4, 1998.

Two invited lectures as the Inaugural Robin Grey Research Fellow in the Dept. of Human Movement Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, March 15-June 1, 1994: 1) "Vision, Posture, and Aging: The role of optical flow in maintaining upright posture"; 2) "Periodicity as a Signature of Coordination and Control: Problems with atypical motor behavior."

Invited lecturer, "The Role of Vision in the Control of Coordination." Department of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. May 15, 1994

Lecturer, "Visual Regulation of Gait in Bipedal Locomotion: Revisiting Lee, Lishman and Thompson" (1982). VII International Conference on Event Perception and Action, Vancouver, Canada, August 9-13, 1993 (with W.P. Berg and N. Greer).

Invited lecturer, "The Role of Motor Learning in Sport Science." 1993 International Conference on Sport Training Science. University of Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan, June 10-12, 1993.

Invited lecturer, "Optical Flow and the Control of Posture in the Elderly." NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bad Windsheim, Germany, September 12-13, 1992.

Invited lecturer, "Interlimb Coordination in Atypical Development: A Periodic Behavior in Persons with Down's Syndrome", Human Frontiers of Science Program, Leuven, Belgium, June 1-5, 1992.

National conferences

The Effect of Aging on Adaptive Eye-Hand Coordination. Prepared by Jinhua Guan, Ph.D, and Michael G. Wade, Ph.D. Presented at NASPSA Conference. Clearwater Beach, FL, June 11, 1999.

"The Hand as a Control System: Implications for Hand-Finger Dexterity During Extended EVA." NASA 12th 'Man in Space' Conference (Smith and Wade), Washington DC, June 8-13, 1997.

Paper presented (with Graeme Jones, Paul Cassidy, Alice Englehart, and Alongkot Emasithi) "Visual-Postural Coupling in the Elderly". NASPSPA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 8, 1996.

"Periodicity as a Marker in Human Motor Performance." Annual meeting of NASPSPA, Brainerd, Minnesota, June 3-6, 1993.

"The Importance of Coordination and Control in the Effective Practice of Therapeutic Science. Key Functional Assessments, Inc., Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 10, 1992.

"Flow Structure and Retinal Location in the Optical Control of Posture in the Aging" (with John Taylor and Ruth Lindquist). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 22-26, 1991.

"Flow Structure and Retinal Location in the Optical Control of Posture in the Aging" (with John Taylor and Ruth Lindquist). Paper presented at a symposium entitled "Visual Control of Movement: Real World Applications." Annual Meeting of NASPSPA, Monterey, CA, June 13-16, 1991.

Universities and colleges

Invited lecturer, "Optical Flow and the Control of Posture in the Elderly." Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH, October 19, 1992.

Invited talk, "Vision and Postural Control in Aging," 25th Reunion of CRLPC, Minneapolis, MN, September 28, 1991.

Research

• Deer Avoidance research-Use of Motion Detector Flashing Light, MN Dept. of Transportation, P.I. - M.G. Wade, 2001-2002. ($50,706.)
• Accident Analysis for Low-Volume Township Roads, MN Dept. of Transportation, P.I. - M.G. Wade, 2000-2001. ($41,409.)
• Driver's "Blindspots" at Rural Intersections, MN Dept. of Transportation, P.I. - M.G. Wade, 2000-2001. ($45,000).
• A Fall Prevention Program for High Risk Elderly Women, National Institute of Health, Investigator - M.G. Wade, 2000-2001. ($3,197,897).
• Simulation Validation, MN Dept. of Transportation, P.I. - M.G. Wade, 1997-1998. $49,823.
• Human Factors Evaluation of The ETAK/Delco In-Vehicle Navigation System, MN Dept. of Transportation, P.I. - M.G. Wade, March 17, 1997-June 30, 1998. $49,960.
• Effect on Driver Performance of Advanced Warning Flashers at Signalized Intersections, MN Dept. of Transportation, P.I. - M.G. Wade, April 27, 1998-July 31, 1998. $30.976.
• Development and Testing of a Novel System for Prompting and Monitoring Exercise Behavior in Older Adults, Academic Health Center, J. Wyman, C. Boult, R. DiFabio, C. Gross, J. Konstan, R. Lindquist, M.G. Wade, April, 1998. $150,000.
• Increasing Trip Capacity Through Traffic Calming, MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and S.P. Stackhouse, 1995-1996. $26,500.
• Effective Speed Reduction in Work Zones, MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and S.P. Stackhouse, 1995-1996. $39,137.
• Flashers at Rural Intersections (FRI). MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and S.P. Stackhouse, May 1, 1995-April 30, 1996. $43,572.
• Genesis-Human Factors of Message Formats and In-Vehicle Devices, MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and S.P. Stackhouse, 1995. $15,587.
• Novel Award for Post-Doctoral Research. Novel Electronics, Inc., January 1995. $15,000.
• IVHS Concepts: Creation of a Wrap-Around Transportation Simulator. US Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and P.A. Hancock, September 1, 1994-September 1, 1995. $80,000.
• Human Factors Research Program, Phase I. MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s P.A. Hancock and M.G. Wade, June 1, 1994-June 30, 1995. $227,000.
• Lighted Guidance Devices: Intelligent Work Zone Traffic Control Highways. MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and M. Vercruyssen, March 31, 1994-January 31, 1995. $62,000.
• New Retroflective Sheeting Materials on Highway Signs. MN Dept. of Transportation, Co-P.I.'s - M.G. Wade and S.P. Stackhouse, September 1994-September 1995. ($25,000)