This presentation overviews some of the major new research findings reported in the first issue of the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, a joint project of the National Swimming Pool Foundation and Human Kinetics Publishers. These findings are related to significant information relative to Lifeguarding practices, aquatic exercise and therapy, legal and historical issues, and other pertinent water-related research studies. For example, one significant finding (LeClerc, 2007) identifies important differences in response times for lifeguards using Red Cross and YMCA rescue techniques. The findings from exemplar articles by authors from a variety of countries will be discussed individually and the implications discussed. Stephen J. Langendorfer, Ph.D., holds degrees from SUNY-Cortland, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has held regular faculty positions at Kent State University and Bowling Green State University along with adjunct positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and SUNY-Cortland. In addition to his faculty positions, he has served in administrative positions such as laboratory director and department chairperson, and currently is the Director for BGSU’s general education program, BG Perspective: 21st Century Liberal Studies. Dr. Langendorfer has scholarly expertise as a developmental aquatic kinesiologist wherein he integratesmotor development, aquatics, and measurement. He has authored, co-authored, or edited over 50 articles, chapters, and texts, including Aquatic readiness: Developing water competence in young children. He regularly presents papers to regional, national, and international societies and conferences such as the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) and the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) while also serving in an advisory capacity to various agencies offering aquatic programs (e.g., American Red Cross, YMCA of the USA). He currently is a member of the Red Cross’ Advisory Council on First Aid, Aquatics, Safety, and Preparedness (ACFASP) as well as the U.S. Lifeguard Standards Coalition. Langendorfer is a member of the Motor Development Research Consortium since 1977, a Life Member of AAHPERD, past chair of the Motor Development Academy, and an active Fellow in the Research Consortium since 1984. In addition to serving as a regular reviewer for journals such as Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Pediatric Exercise Science, and Perceptual and Motor Skills, Dr. Langendorfer is serving as the inaugural editor for the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education (IJARE), co-published by Human Kinetics and the National Swimming Pool Foundation. His scholarly work has been recognized in awards from SUNY-Cortland (Distinguished Alumnus and inaugural inductee to the Academic Hall of Fame), the Aquatic Council of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, the Council for National Cooperation in Aquatics, the Commodore Longfellow Society and Lifesaving Hall of Fame, AUSTSwim, and International Swimming Hall of Fame (Paragon Award). Langendorfer resides in Bowling Green, Ohio with Jeanne, his wife of over 30 years. Together they have parented and raised daughters, Anne and Caroline, and son, Patrick, into fine young adults. He commutes daily year-round on his bicycle and is an avid, albeit aging, member of the Bowling Green Swim Club’s Masters Swim Team, and enjoys canoeing, kayaking, and other outdoor pursuits.
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