FACULTY & STAFF DIRECTORY
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Lisa G. Johnson
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Dr. Johnson serves as an instructor in the undergraduate Fitness Studies concentration. She teaches Exercise Testing and Prescription, Scientific Basis for Exercise and coordinates the Fitness Studies internship program and Health Science minor. She received the Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1999 and 2003. Dr. Johnson serves on the Board of Directors for the Southside YMCA and Louisiana Association for Health, Recreation, and Dance. She also assists with coordinating departmental participation in community events such as the American Heart Walk, Legislative Fitness Day and other health/wellness fairs. Dr. Johnson research interests include physical environmental influences on physical activity and health and endocrine responses to exercise. Her work has been presented at state, regional, and national meetings.
EDUCATION:
PhD, Louisiana State University, 2006
M.A., Southeastern Louisiana University, 1997
B.S., Mississippi University for Women, 1982
CERTIFICATIONS:
ACSM Health Fitness Instructor Certified®, American College of Sports Medicine
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
American College of Sports Medicine
Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Louisiana Association of Exercise Physiologist (Honorary Member)
PUBLICATIONS:
Acevedo, E.O., Kraemer, R.R., Kamimori, G.H., Durand, R.J., Johnson, L.G., & Castracane, V.D. (2007). Stress hormones, effort sense, and perceptions of stress during incremental exercise: An exploratory investigation. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 21, 283-238.
Acevedo, E.O., Kraemer, R.R., Kamimori, G.H., Durand, R.J., Johnson, L.G., & Castracane, V.D. (2007). Stress hormones, effort sense and perceptions of stress during incremental exercise: An exploratory investigation. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 21, 283-238.
Acevedo, E.O., Kraemer, R.R., Kamimori, G.H., Durand, R.J., Johnson, L.G., & Castracane, V.D. (in press). Effort sense, perceptions of stress and stress hormones during incremental exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
Kraemer, R.R., Durand, R.J., Acevedo, EO, Johnson, L.G., Kraemer, G.R., Hebert, E.P., & Castracane, V.D. (2004). Rigorous running increases growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I without altering ghrelin. Experimental Biology and Medicine (Maywood), 229, 240-246.
PRESENTATIONS:
Nauta, M., Hunter, S., Bonaccorso, K., & Johnson, LG. (2007, November). Internships: Programs that work. Presented at the annual conference of the Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Zanovec, M., Bauggue, S., Tuuri, G., & Johnson, LG. (2007, October). The association of body composition and self-reported physical activity estimated from the IPAQ in black and white university students. Presented at the annual Cooper Institute Conference Series, Dallas, Texas.
Zanovec, M., Tuuri, G., Lakkakula, P., & Johnson, LG. (2007, October). Self-reported and measured levels of physical activity and odds of being overweight in children. Presented at the annual Cooper Institute Conference Series, Dallas, Texas.
Zanovec, M., Johnson, L.G., & Tuuri, G. (2007, June). Can self-reported physical activity improve the prediction of body fatness in university students? Presented at the annual conference of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Domangue, E., Solmon, M. A., Stone, D., & Johnson L.G. (2007, March). Relationship between self-determination, an autonomy supportive climate, and improvement in cardiovascular fitness. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, Maryland.
Johnson, L.G., Tuuri, G., Solmon, M., & Zanovec, M. (2007, March). Examining the relationship between perceptions of the physical environment and percent body fat estimated from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Presented at the annual conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, Maryland.
Zhang, T., Solmon, M. A., Johnson, L. G., & Gao, Z. (2007, March). Examining environmental influences on college students’ participation in physical activity. Presented at the annual conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, Maryland.
Zhang, T., Solmon, M.A., Johnson, L.G., & Gao, Z. (2007, March). Relative contributions of psychosocial factors in predicting college students’ physical activity. Presented at the annual conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, Maryland.
Bryan, C., & Johnson, L.G. (2007, February). Combating the obesity epidemic at the college/university level. Presented at the annual conference of the Southern District Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Johnson, L.G., Tuuri, G., Peterson, B., Daray, L., Zanovec, M., & Solmon, M. (2006, June) Gender specific discrepancies between self-reported and measured weight and body mass index in university students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO.
Johnson, L.G., Solmon, M., Ellis Gardner, R., & Lee, A. (2006, April). Gender specific associations between the physical environment and individual determinants of physical activity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance, Salt Lake City, UT.
Johnson, L.G., Bryan, C., & Solmon, M. (2004, April). Using fitness and physical activity assessments to predict cardiovascular health risk indicators in elementary school-age children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, New Orleans, LA.
Bryan, C., Johnson, L.G., & Solmon, M. (2004, April). The relationship between fitness testing and children’s physical activity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Dance, New Orleans, LA.
Bryan, C., Johnson, L.G., & Solmon, M. (2004, April). Children’s attitudes toward physical activity and their perceptions of fitness activities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Diego, CA.
Johnson, L., Bryan, C., Solmon, M., & Wood, R. (2004, January). Accelerometry in an elementary school setting: Reliability and relationship to fitness and CHD risk. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Bryan, C., Johnson, L., Solmon, M., & Wood, R.. (2004, January). Gender differences in pedometer counts for measures of physical activity and physical fitness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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