PhD Students

Teaching Interests

  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Linear Regression
  • Multilevel Modeling

Research Interests

  • Positive youth development
  • Statistics, measurement and evaluation
  • Psychometrics testing and scale development
  • Life skill development and transfer
  • Experiential learning

Publications

  • Lee L., Newman, T., & Turgeon, S. (2024). Aggressive and violent behaviors and the role of life skills among collegiate club sport athletes. The Journal of Sport Behavior 47(3).
  • Newman, T., Santos, F., Collins, K., Pierce, S., Kochanek, J., Mercier, V., & Lee, L. (2024). Social justice promotion in youth sport: Insights from current high school coaches. Sport Coaching Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2024.2324633 (IF: 3.18)
  • Newman, T., Okamoto, K., Beasley, L., Kimiecik, C., Lee, L., Shute, L., Tarr, C., Magier, E., & Tucker, A. (2024). Sport social work: Unique opportunities, benefits, and barriers. Sport Social Work Journal.
  • Newman T., Turgeon S., Moore M., Bean C., Lee L., Knuettel M., & Osmers Rahill C. (2022). The dual pandemic: Covid-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2026997 (IF: 4.048)

Book Chapters

  • Lee, L., Stauffer, A., Nino, S., Blumenthal, E. & Newman, T., (in print). Understanding youth sport through experiential learning. In Koh K.T. (Ed.), A Practical Guide for Teaching Values and Life Skills in Physical Education and Sports. Routledge.
  • Newman, T., Lee, L., & Stauffer, A. (2024). An experiential approach to facilitative coaching and teaching social justice life skills. In Holt N., & McDonough M. H. (Eds.), Positive Youth Development through Sport (3rd Ed). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003395867

Presentations

  • Lee, L., Newman, T., Beasley, L., Palomino, K., Rose, T., Kennedy, J., Chanan, D., & Mapfumo, E. (2024, June). Examining student-athlete comfortability in discussing mental health: Variations within gender, race, sexual orientation, and sport types. Alliance of Social Workers in Sport 10th Annual Social Work in Sports Symposium, Union, NJ.
  • Showalter, K., Dillman, H., Li, Levone, & Rooks, D. (2024, April). Policy is fun: Reducing researchers’ repulsion. Resilience Conference- Hot Panel Submission. Nashville, TN.
  • Newman, T., Lee, L., Blumenthal, E., Tarr, C., Santos, S., & Turgeon, S. (2024, January). The duality of sport social workers coaching critical positive youth development. Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Newman, T., Bosetti, R., Lee, L., Turgeon, S., Moyer, V., Knuettel, M., Renner, D., & Florio, M. (2024, January). Resilience among college student-athletes: Achieving wellbeing during COVID-19. Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Lee, L., Newman, T., Turgeon, S., Blumenthal, E., Wondal, M., & Stiehl Figueroa, I. (2024, January). Recentering positive youth development: Examining behavioral change through critical social justice lens. Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Blumenthal, E., Newman, T., Lee, L., Stiehl Figueroa, I., Maimone, K., Wondal, M., Anderson-Butcher, D. (2024, January). The what, where, and how of life skill transfer: Exploring transfer application through photographs and journaling. Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Newman, T., Lee, L., Bosetti, R., Florio, M., Kelshaw, P., Bessaha, M., Cimini, M. D., Ekas-Mueting, A., Mastroleo, N., Thorne, K., Turgeon, S., & Renner, D. (2023, September). College student-athlete mental health: An assessment of a Division I Athlete Conference. Themed panel presented at the Alliance of Social Workers in Sports 9th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Turgeon, S., Newman, T., Moore, M., Bean, C., Lee, L., Knuettel, M., & Osmers Rahill, C. (2021, October). The dual pandemic: Covid-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health. Presentation presented at Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology, Virtual.
  • Newman, T., Turgeon, S., Lee, L., & Stiehl, I. (2023, January). Violent behaviors and the role of life skills among collegiate club sport athletes. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Newman, T., Lee, L., Bostick, K., Tarr, C., Robinson, E., & Turgeon, S. (2021, October). Ensuring the healthy development for youth through sport and recreation: Findings and implications from the Social Work & Sport Research Lab. Themed panel presented at the Alliance of Social Workers in Sport 7th Annual Social Work in Sports Symposium, Virtual.

Bio

Levone is currently a social work PhD student at the University of Kentucky. He has been a member of the Social Work, Social Justice, & Sport Research Lab since Aug 2020 and has contributed to two published manuscripts. Additionally, Levone has served as an ad hoc reviewer for two journals. Levone’s research interests include youth development, experiential learning, and statistical analysis. Levone is a certified lifeguard and is currently a member of a local master’s swimming team. In his free time, Levone enjoys hiking, camping, and snowboarding.