Academic and Professional Highlights

Prior Positions

  • University of Akron, Adjunct Professor

Areas of Research/Expertise

  • Aging and neurological disorders that limit movement and recovery
  • Exercise and effect on neurological rehabilitation
  • Physical responses to physiological stress
  • Muscular response and recovery
  • Health, nutrition and obesity

Appointments and Certifications

  • American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Exercise Physiologist
  • ACSM Exercise is Medicine certification
  • ACSM Health & Fitness Journal - Editorial board member & manuscript reviewer
  • CUC Health & Wellness committee member
  • Teaching, Learning & Technology Council member representing the College of Health, Sciences & Technology
  • Faculty Senate member
  • Faculty Senate taskforce meeting on mission and identity
  • Program lead Exercise Physiology concentration accreditation
  • University Institutional Review Board member
  • Sciences and Technology, Faculty Senate member
  • University Health & Wellness committee member

Publications:

  • Peters, F. (2018). Weight Management Rewire, Prepare and Control. American College of Sports Medicine Health & Fitness Journal. (22) 5, 3-4.

  • Harper, S., Peters, F., Pollock, B., Burns, K., McDaniel, J., Ridgel, A. (2020). "Design of an eccentric bicycle to elicit delayed onset muscle soreness." Frontiers in Physiology.

  • Peters, F., McDaniel, J., Ridgel, A. (2015). "Analyzing the effects of localized vibration on delayed onset muscle soreness following intense eccentric cycling." Kent State University. https://www.amazon.com/Localized-Vibration-Soreness-Following- Eccentric/dp/3668311765

Presentations:

  • Cleveland Clinic Wellness Connection - "How to Combat the Obesity Epidemic in Northeast Ohio" (2017)

  • Cleveland Clinic Independence Health Center - "Caring For The Caregivers" (2018)

  • Annual Ohio Parkinson's Summit - "Analyzing the Effects of Eccentric Cycling in Parkinson's Disease" (2016)

  • Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities - "Cognitive Decline in the Aging Population" (2017)

  • Cleveland Public School District - "Health in the Classroom: A Guide to Combat Childhood Obesity" (2018)

  • 2nd Annual Northeast Ohio Exercise Science Conference (University of Akron) - "Development of an Eccentric Cycling Paradigm to Produce Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness" (2013)

  • Expert Guest - Golden Opportunities (WKYC Cleveland) - Health Panel, 2018

  • Expert Guest - Live on Lakeside (WKYC Cleveland) - Gearing Up For Summer with Simple, Effective Exercise, 2016

  • Expert Guest - Live on Lakeside (WKYC Cleveland) - Spring into Fitness, 2016