Jill Anderson

Jill is an associate professor teaching in Health Education, Research Methods, and the Adapted Physical Education Preparation program. She is passionate about accessible programming and supporting the health of all individuals in the community. While at Oregon State for graduate school, Jill maintained a connection to the community by coordinating a swim and gym physical activity program for children and young adults with disabilities, teaching lifetime physical activity in a transition services class, designing a health promotion and psychological support program for children who had a family member with cancer, and designing and implementing health promotion programs for adults with mobility disabilities. After graduate school, Jill spent a year at the University of Michigan doing a post doc that explored physical activity promotion for pre-school aged children with disabilities. Combined, this work provided experience with building healthy individuals and communities at an early age and the supports needed to sustain these positive health behaviors across the lifespan.