Dr. Jennifer Bhalla Earns Promotion at Pacific University

Jennifer Bhalla, PhD, MPH, has been promoted from associate professor to full professor in the School of Natural Sciences kinesiology program in the Pacific University College of Arts & Sciences.

Dr. Bhalla is chair of the Kinesiology Department and serves as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fellow for the College of Arts & Sciences. She teaches a variety of courses centered on the psychosocial aspects of physical activity and sport, and her teaching supports the allied fields of gender & sexuality studies and disability studies. 

Through scholarly and experiential work, Bhalla is driven to help develop safe and healthy physical activity environments for all participants, including youth, marginalized populations, and underrepresented groups. 

Bhalla recently rotated off the Board for the Western Society for Physical Education of College Women, and she is a former President of the Oregon Society for Health and Physical Educators. She has received a Research Writing Award from the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and was inducted as the first female athlete into her high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.