School of Public Health

Education

• Ph.D. in Human Performance at Oregon State University, 1993
• M.S. in Kinesiology at University of Colorado, Boulder, 1990
• B.A. in Physical Education at California State University, Chico, 1986

Background

• Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station,1994-2000
• Assistant Professor, State University of New York Cortland,1992-1994
• Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine
• Mary Switzer Fellow, Natitional Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research,1998
• Friend of Autism Award, South Central Indiana Chapter of the American Society for Autism, 2004
• Montague Scholar, Texas A&M University Center for Teaching Excellence, 1997
• 2005 Who's Who Among America's Teachers

Research

Physiological responses to exercise; fitness; physical activity behavior and health in people with disabilities across the lifespan.

Publications

(1999). In Joseph P. Winnick (Ed.), Brockport Physical Fitness Training Guide (pp. 13-37). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Frey, G. C., & Palmer, D. (1998). Apert syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly type I). In L. Phelps (Ed.), A Practitioner's Handbook of Health-related Disorders in Childhood (pp.56-61). New York: APA Publications.

Frey, G. C., & Palmer, D. (1998). Achondroplasia (dwarfism). In L. Phelps (Ed.), A Practitioner's Handbook of Health-related Disorders in Childhood (pp. 29-35). New York: APA Publications.

Frey, G. C., Palmer, D., & Bounds, R. (1998). Osteogenesis imperfecta. In L. Phelps (Ed.), A Practitioner's Handbook of Health-related Disorders in Childhood (pp. 488-493). New York: APA Publications.

Frey, G. C., Byrnes, W. C., & Mazzeo, R. S. (1993). Factors influencing excess postexercise oxygen consumption in trained and untrained women. Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, 42, 822-828.

McCubbin, J. A., Rintala, P., & Frey, G. C. (1997). Correlational study of three cardiorespiratory fitness tests for men with mental retardation. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 14, 43-50.

Frey, G. C., McCubbin, J. A., Dunn, J. M., & Mazzeo, R. S. (1997). Plasma catecholamine and lactate relationship during graded exercise in men with spinal cord injury. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 29, 451-456.

Frey, G. C., McCubbin, J. A., Kasser, S., & Skaggs, S. (1999). Physical fitness of trained runners with and without mental retardation. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 16, 126-137.

Frey, G. C. (2004). Comparison of physical activity levels between adults with and without mental retardation. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1, 235-245.

Chiang, I-T, Lee, Y., Frey, G. C., & McCormick, B. P. (2004). Testing the situationally modified social rank theory on friendship quality in male youth with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 38, 261-274.

Frey, G. C., Buchanan, A., Rosser, & Sandt D. D. (2005). "I'd rather watch TV": An examination of physical activity in adults with mental retardation. Mental Retardation, 43, 241-254.

Rosser, Sandt D. D, & Frey G. C. (2005). Comparison of physical activity levels between children with and without autistic spectrum disorders. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 22, 146-159.

Chow B., Frey, G. C., Louie, L., & Cheung, S. (2005). An examination of health-related physical fitness levels in Hong Kong youth with intellectual disability. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 3, 9-16.

Pan, C-Y, & Frey, G. C. (2005). Identifying physical activity determinants in youth with autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2, 412-422.

Pan, C-Y, Frey, G. C., Longmuir, P., & Bar-Or, O. (2005). Concordance of physical activity among parents and youth with physical disabilities. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 17, 395-407.

Frey, G. C., & Chow, B. (2006). Relationship between BMI, physical fitness and motor skills in youth with intellectual disabilities. International Journal of Obesity.

Frey, G. C., Temple, V.A., & Stanish, H. I.(2006). Introduction: Preventive health and individuals with mental retardation. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 12, 1-2.

Stanish, H. I., Temple, V. A., & Frey, G. C. (2006). Health-promoting physical activity of adults with mental retardation. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 12, 13-21.

Pan, C-Y, & Frey, G. C. (In press). Physical activity patterns in youth with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Kozub, F. M., & Frey, G. C. (In press). Facilitating leisure-time physical activity in individuals with disabilities using general systems theory: Recommendations for therapeutic recreation specialists. Annual in Therapeutic Recreation.

Temple, V. A., Stanish, H. I., & Frey, G. C. (In press). Physical activity of adults with mental retardation: Review and research agenda. American Journal of Health Promotion.

Courses Recently Taught

HPER K524 Exercise and Physical Activity for People with Disabilities

HPER K551 Medical Aspects of Disabling Conditions

HPER P398 Adapted Physical Education