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Vanessa Rettinger
College of Health Professions
College of Health Professions
Program Director, School of Human Performance and Department Chair of Kinesiology
vrettinger@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-2168
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Academic Background
Dr. Rettinger is the Program Chair for the School of Human Performance. She’s been at AU for more than 20 years and considers AU home. She loves exercising and cooking and coaches a cycle class at the Anderson Area YMCA. She has been married to her husband Mark for 23 years and has 2 kids, Alex and Lucas.
BS in Athletic Training, Wingate University
MEd in Counselor Education, Clemson University
Ph.D in Exercise Science, University of South Carolina
Fast Facts
The people. Anderson University has the best faculty, staff, and students. It is truly a unique place unlike any other institution.
Being a Kinesiology major is more than simply having fun or helping people. You really have to be educated about the physiological processes and how/why our body responds the way it does. Those interested in graduate school need to know they need a high GPA and hundreds of hours volunteering. Start networking and collecting hours!
The personal connection I can have with my students. Kinesiology is a large major, but by the time students are seniors, we’ve become somewhat of a small family. The classroom dynamics and conversations are great and truly a highlight of the job.
Athletic Training, Gait Analysis, and Orthopedics of the Upper and Lower Extremity.
Ultrasound Screening for Patellar Teninopathy in College Athletes. The Effects of Estrogen on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness After Eccentric Exercise. BINGOCIZE: Enhancing Experiential Learning Through Service-Learning. SHFT The Way You Run: Testing the Validity of the SHFT Wearable Run Coach. SHFT the Way You Run: Evaluating the Validity of Digital Running Coaches. The Physiological Effects of Flip-flops. Change in Type I Fibers After an Anaerobic Protocol. Patient Compliance in Various Clinical Settings. Effect of Hip Strengthening on Movement Patterns and Chronic Leg Pain in Recreational Athletes. Anaerobic Improvement in an Aerobic Athletic after Unique 12-week Training Protocol. A Comparison of Movement Patterns between Recreational Athletes with and without Chronic Leg Pain. Emergency Preparedness and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in High School and College Athletic Programs.
