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    Angela Coppola, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Allied Health Sciences & Director of Applied and Community Research Center

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    coppolaa@iuk.edu
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    Allied Health Sciences
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    Hunt Hall (SM), Room 106D

    Biography

    Angela M. Coppola, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Director of the Applied and Community Research Center at Indiana University Kokomo. She joined the Division of Allied Health Sciences in August 2015. Dr. Coppola is also the Director of the Community Health and Activity Promotion Lab (CHAPL), leading several community-based participatory research projects with undergraduate students and state and county health departments and coalitions in the areas of healthy body image, eating, and physical activity practices of women and children. She teaches in the areas of Health Promotion and Exercise and Sport Science in the Division of Allied Health Sciences. Her approach to teaching and research is participatory, identifying mutually-beneficial outcomes for students and community partners. She has developed several service-learning and engagement techniques in her courses to achieve course objectives and applied learning and civic engagement goals. She was awarded the 2018 Academy Award in Community Engagement from the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) at Indiana University for her service-learning in teaching. She has received internal and external grants to support her current projects exploring self-compassion, body pride, and health behaviors of women, as well as healthy eating and physical activity programs for children in early learning settings.

    Dr. Coppola is an avid kayaker, enjoying time outdoors and on the lakes and rivers of the Midwest. In her spare time, she also enjoys hosting friends and family, traveling, reading, cooking, knitting, and spending time with her mini-poodle/“chiweenie” mix, Artie. 

    Education

    • Ph.D. Physical Education and Recreation (Behavioural Medicine and Health Psychology) with a specialization in Community-Based Research and Evaluation. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Conferred 2016. Dissertation: A community- based participatory approach to supporting Indigenous youth activity-promoting programming in Alberta.
    • M.S. Sport Studies, Kinesiology and Health (Sport Psychology). Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA. Conferred 2011. Thesis: Communication of sporting body ideals: Experiences of female NCAA Division I college athletes.
    • B.A. (Cum Laude) Psychology with a minor in Marketing. Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA. Conferred 2009. Honors Thesis: Are the associations between weight bias, health behavior, and psychological well-being the same for female athletes and non-athletes?

    Research

    Coppola, A.M. Designing and Implementing Self-Compassion and Body Positivity Programs with Communities. Grant in Aid, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN. (Awarded: $4,000, 2018-2019).

    Coppola, A. M. Building healthy eating and physical activity programs for youth with school-communities. Grant in Aid, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN. (Awarded: $4,000, 2017-2018).

    Coppola, A. M. An exploration of promoting self-compassion and body pride to enhance health behaviors in women. Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. (Awarded: $3,700, 2017-2018).

    Coppola, A. M. Creating community-university health research and service-learning agendas. Listening to Communities Grant, Indiana Campus Contact (Awarded: $2,000, 2015-2016).

    Coppola, A. M., & McHugh, T-L. F. Developing partnerships for Indigenous youth health and activity programs. Alberta Centre for Child, Family, and Community Research (Awarded Stipend and Research Funding: $64,000 CAD, 2014-2015).

    Coppola, A. M., & McHugh, T-L. F. (Co-PIs). Culturally-relevant programming for Indigenous youth: Engaging community members. Interdisciplinary Health Research Academy, Health Sciences Council, University of Alberta 
(Awarded: $11,780 CAD, 2013-2014).

    Holt, N. L., McHugh, T-L. F., Coppola, A. M., & Neely, K. C. (2014). Using critical incident reflection in qualitative research: Transferable skills for sport psychologists? In Z. Knowles, D. Gilbourne, B. Cropley, & L. Dugdill (Eds.), Reflective practice in the sport and exercise sciences: Contemporary issues. London: Routledge.

    1. Coppola, A. M., Voils, A. L., Gafkjen, J., & Hancock, D. J. (2019; in press). Partnership roles in early-learning providers’ healthy eating and physical activity programs: A qualitative study. American Journal of Health Education.
    2. Coppola, A. M., Holt, N. L., & McHugh, T-L. F. (2019; in press). Supporting Indigenous youth activity programmes: A community-based participatory research approach. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.
    3. Coppola, A.M., Hancock, D.J., Allan, V., Vierimaa, M., & Côté, J. (2018, in press). Enhancing university practicum students' roles in implementing the Ontario Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Healthdoi: 10.1080/2159676X.2018.1445660
    4. Coppola, A. M., Dimler, A. J., Letendre, T., & McHugh, T-L. F. (2017). ‘We are given a body to walk this earth’: The body pride experiences of young Aboriginal men and women. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9, 4-17. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2016.1174727
    5. Coppola, A. M., & McHugh, T-L. F. (2016). Considering culturally-relevant practices and knowledge-sharing when creating an activity-promoting community research agenda. Sport, Education and Society, 23, 14-27. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1129942
    6. McHugh, T.-L. F., Coppola, A. M., Holt, N. L., & Andersen, C. (2015). "Sport is community:" An exploration of urban Aboriginal peoples' meanings of community within 
the context of sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 18, 75-84. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.01.005
    7. McHugh, T.-L. F., Coppola, A. M., & Sabiston, C. (2014). 'I'm thankful for being Native and my body is part of that': The body pride experiences of young Aboriginal women. Body Image, 11, 318-327. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.05.004
    8. Coppola, A. M., Ward, R. M., & Freysinger, V. J. (2014). Coaches’ communication of sport body image: Experiences of female athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 26, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2013.766650
    9. McHugh, T.-L. F., Kingsley, B., & Coppola, A. M. (2013). Enhancing the relevance of physical activity research by engaging Aboriginal Peoples in the research process. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 11, 293-305.
    10. McHugh, T.-L. F., Coppola, A. M., & Sinclair, S. (2013). An exploration of the meanings of sport to urban Aboriginal youth: A photovoice approach. Special Issue on “Community Betterment” in Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 291-311. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2013.819375

    11. Holt, N. L., McHugh, T-L. F., Tink, L. N., Kingsley, B. C., Coppola, A. M., Neely, K. C., & McDonald, R. (2013). Developing sport-based after-school programmes using a participatory action research approach. Special Issue on “Community Betterment” in Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 332-355. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2013.809377

    Are you an undergraduate student interested in a health promotion internship or research study as part of your Bachelor of Health Sciences degree? Specifically, do you have an interest in creating relationships and health-related programs with community members and organizations, and learning from community members in the process? There are opportunities for you to engage in research and internship projects that provide a space for these types of experiences.

    The Community Health and Activity Promotion Lab (CHAPL) is coordinated by Dr. Angela M. Coppola, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Allied Health Sciences at Indiana University Kokomo. The purpose of this lab is to build community health and physical activity research and programming agendas with diverse communities in Indiana, providing an opportunity for students to engage in the development and implementation of health research and programs in the process. CHAPL values partnerships and relationship-building with community members to ensure relevant and respectful health-based research and programming. We have partnerships with early learning, school, and various state and local healthcare and service communities, including the Indiana State Department of Health. Thus, by engaging in CHAPL projects, students will have the opportunity to network with partners, build relationships and programs, and acquire the necessary research and communication skills to be a quality health promoter. One of the research students working on a CHAPL project won the 2018 IU Kokomo Student Research Symposium Presentation Award. Please contact Dr. Coppola (coppolaa@iuk.edu; 765-455-9569) to hear about the current CHAPL projects, and opportunities to develop and conduct your own undergraduate research program with the CHAPL group.

    For research studies, compensation might be available through one of Dr. Coppola’s grants or the Undergraduate Research Program. A research project could lead to presentation at conferences in North America. Contact me at coppolaa@iuk.edu for further details. 

    Teaching

    Courses Taught

    • Introduction to Exercise Science (HPER-P 212)
    • Foundations of Health Education (AHLT-H 325)
    • Health Program Planning (AHLT-H 477)
    • Epidemiology and Biostatistics (AHLT-H 322)
    • Cultural Competence in Health Education (AHLT-H 333)
    • Stress Management in Health Professions (AHLT-H 364)
    • Evaluation of Health Programs (AHLT-H 478)
    • Internships in Health Sciences (AHLT-A 491)

    Teaching Awards

    2018: FACET Academy Award in Community Engagement (for Health Program Planning Research Service-Learning Project "Improving Outreach Methods for the Howard County Health Department's Overdose Rescue Kit Program"), Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University

    Are you an undergraduate student interested in a health promotion internship or research study as part of your Bachelor of Health Sciences degree? Specifically, do you have an interest in creating relationships and health-related programs with community members and organizations, and learning from community members in the process? There are opportunities for you to engage in research and internship projects that provide a space for these types of experiences.

    The Community Health and Activity Promotion Lab (CHAPL) is coordinated by Dr. Angela M. Coppola, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Allied Health Sciences at Indiana University Kokomo. The purpose of this lab is to build community health and physical activity research and programming agendas with diverse communities in Indiana, providing an opportunity for students to engage in the development and implementation of health research and programs in the process. CHAPL values partnerships and relationship-building with community members to ensure relevant and respectful health-based research and programming. We have partnerships with early learning, school, and various state and local healthcare and service communities, including the Indiana State Department of Health. Thus, by engaging in CHAPL projects, students will have the opportunity to network with partners, build relationships and programs, and acquire the necessary research and communication skills to be a quality health promoter. One of the research students working on a CHAPL project won the 2018 IU Kokomo Student Research Symposium Presentation Award. Please contact Dr. Coppola (coppolaa@iuk.edu; 765-455-9569) to hear about the current CHAPL projects, and opportunities to develop and conduct your own undergraduate research program with the CHAPL group. 

    For research studies, compensation might be available through one of Dr. Coppola’s grants or the Undergraduate Research Program. A research project could lead to presentation at conferences in North America. Contact me at coppolaa@iuk.edu for further details.

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