Holly Huddleston

Holly Huddleston

Department Chair/ Assistant Professor

College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University, Specialization: Exercise Science

Location: Sport Science Center 1-B

615-460-6520
holly.huddleston@belmont.edu

Biography

Dr. Huddleston came to Belmont in fall 2011. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Middle Tennessee State University in Human Performance; Master of Science from University of Memphis in Human Movement Science (concentrations in Exercise Science and Health Promotion); and Bachelor of Science from Lipscomb University in Kinesiology. Prior to her time at Belmont, she worked in health promotion with the senior population and coordinated the Memphis branch of Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program.

Dr. Huddleston divides her teaching time between wellness (Honors and interdisciplinary learning communities) and exercise science classes and currently serves as Department Chair.  Her research interests are in the area of physical activity assessment and the relationship between regular movement and various measures of cognitive enhancement. She is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist (EP-C).

Service-Learning pedagogy and outcomes

 IPE measurement of physical activity/exercise in populations with limb differences

Huddleston, H.R., Barry, V., & Caputo, J.L. (2016). School day energy expenditure in elementary school children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13, 1010-1012.


Huddleston, H., Fry, M.D. & Brown, T.C. (2012). Corporate fitness members’ perceptions of the environment and their intrinsic motivation. Journal of Sport Psychology, 21, 1132-1239.

Williams, C.L., Bynum, L.A., & Huddleston, H. (2023). Leveraging Academic & Practice Partnerships to Address Rural Health Outcomes in Tennessee. Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health National Conference

Huddleston, H.R. (2017). Web-based Activity Breaks: Impacts on Energy Expenditure in Elementary School Children. American School Health Association National Conference
 

2023- BASIC Research Course Funding- Community Health Assessment & Improvement

2022- BASIC Research Course Funding- Community Health Assessment & Improvement