EMILY JONES

Emily Jones earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa.  Emily has had significant experience working with Health First/ Polar equipment, such as heart rate monitors and fitness data collection processes in physical education settings.  Emily is currently a member of the Health First/ Polar Electro Educational Training team.

Emily was awarded a research assistantship for the 2007-2008 academic year and conducted a research project that investigated the impact heart rate monitoring in school-based Physical Education classes on adolescent girls' physical and behavioral fitness.

Emily is a third-year doctoral student working under the direction of Dr. Paul Schempp. Her dissertation involves the development of a survey instrument that will measure parental perceptions of solutions to childhood obesity.