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Hello! My name is Eric Haaland. I am the Kinesiology Instructional Technology Fellow. I am currently
a second-year Ph.D. student in the School of Kinesiology focusing on the Motor Learning
and Motor Development program.
My personal interests in Kinesiology are more rooted in perceptual psychology, but instead
of the more brain-based and brain-focused components of perception, I am more interested
in how perception seems to be based upon the principles of behavioral science and movement
science.
So, my three most-inclusive areas of research here deal with 1) how our perception seems
to be rooted in our possibilities for action, so the types of perception that we have seem
to be based on the types of organism that we are.
Also, how learning new skills requires the development of not only the technique involved,
but also the development of a full behavioral repertoire that needs to be made into habit
before you can actually successfully do the type of task that you set out to do.
And lastly, I'm interested in trying to find out what it is about us as living systems
that drives us to move about our world with a focus and find these new patterns of engagement
with our environment that enable us to achieve these new tasks that we set out to do for
ourselves.
Outside of the academic world, my hobbies include hiking, primitive camping—going
out as far as I can, trying to get away from any cellular reception; if I can do that,
then I'm doing pretty okay. I enjoy reading philosophy and I enjoy writing my attempt
at philosophy. I enjoy going to museums and art collections. I enjoy going to concerts.
And then my most recent most recent hobby that I've been working on is homebrewing!
Everything from beer, to mead, to different types of fermented beverages. It's an interesting
way to incorporate biochemistry and the different aspects of biology into a very fun hobby.
So, ultimately where I would like to go with my professional career, is I would love to
design experiments. That's why I enjoy doing: I love to design experiments. And I want to
design the experiment or some experiments that can help us learn something about ourselves.
That can push us deeper than where we are at the moment; I want to get us to understand
ourselves in a new way, something new about ourselves. So I'd like to be involved professionally
in academia for the rest of my life. So ultimately, I would love to work at a university; that's
my ultimate goal at this point.
But in the meantime, I look forward to working with you on developing your skills in the
instructional technology realm.
It's nice to meet you!