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About

Our Mission

To increase the visibility and impact of Motor Development research over the next decade through meaningful collaborations.

Our Vision

Ensuring all people reach their fullest potential to live an active and healthy life through movement.

Who We Are

An international body of researchers at various points in their careers and from a variety of countries and research backgrounds.

Our History

It has been 25 years since the publication of Clark & Whitall’s  “What is Motor Development:  The Lessons of History”, which helped to frame the collective research agenda within the field in the 20th century.  In the new millennium, “Motor Development” seems to be losing its identity as a unique discipline. We as a field wanted to establish an organization that reflects upon who we have been, who we are, and how we can move forward.

The International Motor Development Research Consortium (I-MDRC) was created in 2014  as a way to bring together an international body of researchers at various points in their careers and from a variety of countries and research backgrounds. 

Executive Committee
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Matthieu Lenoir

President

matthieu.lenoir@ugent.be

Ghent University

Belgium

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David Stodden

President Elect

stodden@mailbox.sc.edu

University of South Carolina

United States

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Lisa Barnett

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Past President

lisa.barnett@deakin.edu.au

Deakin University

Australia

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Kip Webster

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Secretary

kipwebster@utk.edu

University of Tennessee 

United States

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Ali Brian

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Treasurer

abrian@sc.edu

University of South Carolina

United States

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Nancy Getchell

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Presidents' Liason

getchell@udel.edu

University of Delaware

United States

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Ting Liu

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Communications Director

tingliu@txstate.edu

Texas State University

United States

Advisory Committee
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Priscila Tamplain

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Membership Coordinator

priscila.tamplain@uta.edu

University of Texas-Arlington

United States

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An De Meester

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Member-at-large

DEMEESTE@mailbox.sc.edu

University of South Carolina

United States

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Nadia Valentini

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Member-at-large

nadia.cristina@ufrgs.br

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul 

Brazil

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Mandy Plumb

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Member-at-large

a.plumb@cqu.edu.au

Central Queensland University

Australia

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Ryan Hulteen

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Media Coordinator

rhulteen@lsu.edu

Louisiana State University

United States

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Elly Van Hyfte

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Student Representative

Elly.vanHyfte@UGent.be

Ghent University

Belgium

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Ryan Sacko

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Member-at-large

rsacko@citadel.edu

The Citadel

United States

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James Rudd

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Member-at-large

jamesr@nih.no

Norwegian School of Sports Science

Norway

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Emiliano Mazzoli

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Member-at-large

e.mazzoli@deakin.edu.au

Deakin University

Australia

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Melanie Perreault

Member-at-large

mperreault@brockport.edu

SUNY Brockport

United States

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Fotini Venetsanou

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Member-at-large

fvenetsanou@phed.uoa.gr

University of Athens

Greece

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