Dr. R. Mark Kelley
Associate Professor & Health Promotion Director, OSU - Tulsa

2439 Main Hall
700 N Greenwood Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74106
(918) 594-8194
rmk@okstate.edu
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Educational Background
Ph.D. in Health Science from The University of Arkansas, 1994.
Dissertation: Identification of the Stages of Habit Acquisition in upper elementary children: Instrument development and evaluation of a drug prevention education program.

M.Ed. in Exercise Science from The University of Arkansas, 1987.

B.S.E. in Physical Education with minors in Biology and Chemistry from John Brown University, 1983.

Professional Experience and Activities

• Associate Professor ( promoted 2002, tenured 2003) and Interim Chair (2002-2003); Department of Health Education and Health Promotion; The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse (1998-2003).
• Assistant Professor & Graduate Coordinator for Health Studies (1997-1998); Southeastern Louisiana University  (1994-1998).
• Trainer of Trainers & International Evaluation Consultant for Youth at the CrossRoads  (1997-Present).
• Evaluation and Curriculum Consultant, Good 4 Me, work with the Caring Foundation (OK Blue Cross Blue Shield) on childhood obesity grant. 
• Evaluation Consultant, Center for Emergency Health and Safety in School, Consultant work with Basic Emergency Life Saving in Schools grant.
• Co-Principal Investigator, The Louisiana Collegiate Sexuality study, responsible for instrument development, data analysis, presentation and publication.
• Principal Investigator, Southeast Louisiana Drug Survey, responsible for data collection from 7 schools in southeast Louisiana and presentation of findings.
• Evaluation Consultant , Be A Winner Drug Education Program, Health Education Projects Office at the University of Arkansas (1995 – 1997).
• Project Coordinator, Keep A Clear Mind Drug Education Project
• Grant reviewer for the National Institute of Health
• Trainer Cadre for Youth at the CrossRoads, acting as a HIV/AIDS and Character Education specialist
• Certified Health Education Specialist -
• Trainer of Trainers for Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM)
• Member of Center for Disease Control R3 Grant review panel

Research Interests
Dr. Kelley’s research interests include ATOD prevention, character issues and health behavior, and HIV/AIDS prevention.

Current Projects
Dr. Kelley is currently developing a manuscript with M. Young and T. Penhollow concerning adolescent sexual behavior and other socially desirable/undesirable characteristics.

Courses Taught
HHP 4633: Principles of Epidemiology
HHP 4533: Psychosocial Issues in Health Promotion
HHP 4033: Alcohol and Drug Education
HHP 4783: Health Issues in Gerontology
HHP 4993: Health and Human Sexuality
HHP 5523: Current Readings in Health Promotion
HHP 4902: Pre-Internship
HHP 4990: Internship

University Involvement & Service
Dr. Kelley is very active in the OSU community. He currently serves as the Program Director of Health Promotion at OSU-Tulsa. He also sits on the Institutional Review Board, University Safety Committee, and Faculty Senate. Additionally, he has served on the Dean’s Leadership Council, the College Planning Council for the College of Education, and the College of Education Curriculum Committee.

Selected Publications and Presentations
Michael Young, George Denny , R. Mark Kelley and Carri Lewis. Liars, cheaters, and thieves: Correlates of undesirable character behaviors in adolescents. American Journal of Health Education, 36(4), 194 – 201 July/August 2005.

R. Mark Kelley, Marcia Ball, Jennie Cerullo, and Elena Trunova (2004). HIV and STD Knowledge, Sexual Behaviors and Drug Taking Behaviors of Adolescents in southern Russia. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education (www.iejhe.org), 7:20-26.

Linda Synovitz, Eddie Hebert, Mark Kelley and Gerald Carlson. Sexual Knowledge of College Students in a Southern State: Relationship to Sexuality Education.. American Journal of Health Studies, 17(4), 163-172, 2002.

Linda Synovitz, Eddie Hebert, Mark Kelley and Gerald Carlson.  College Students Sexuality Attitudes: Relationship to Sexuality Education and Demographic Differences. LAHPERD Journal, Fall 2002.

Michael Young, Marcia Ball, Jennie Cerullo, and Mark Kelley. Teacher Training in Honduras: Evaluation of an HIV/AIDS Education Training Workshop on Teacher Outcomes. International Electronic Journal of Health Education (3), 310-315.

R. Mark Kelley, George Denny, and Michael Young. Modified Stages of Acquisition of Gateway Drug Use: A Primary Prevention Application of the Stages of Change model. Journal of Drug Education (29, 3), 189-203, 1999.

R. Mark Kelley, George Denny, and Michael Young. Abbreviated Hare Self-Esteem Scale: Internal consistency and factor analysis. American Journal of Health Studies, 13, 180-186, 1998.

Michael Young and R. Mark Kelley. Evaluation of the impact of selected life-skills modules from the contemporary health series. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 84, 811-818, 1997.

Michael Young and R. Mark Kelley. Be A Winner: Developing a Partnership Between Schools and Law Enforcement in Drug Education. Wellness Perspectives: Research, Theory, and Practice, 10(3), 62-69, 1994.

R. Mark Kelley. Increasing Multicultural Understanding: A Comprehensive Model. by Don C. Locke. A book review published in Health Values, 19(1), 1995.

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., Claudia Hines & Leslie Oganowski, Ph.D. BELSS: Enabling Emergency Health Education in Schools. Presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Pittsburg, PA, October, 2004.

Leslie Oganowski, Ph.D., Mary Jean Erschen,and R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D.  BELSS: Basic Emergency Life-Saving Skills in Schools, A Teacher Training Initiative. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, New Orleans, LA, March 31- April 4, 2004

Leslie Oganowski, Ph.D.and R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D.  Impact of TLCS on Intent to Use and Use of Tobacco among K-6 Students. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Philadelphia, PA April 2-5, 2003

Ray D. Martinez, Ph.D.,  Mandi Anderson, Ph.D., R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., Richard P. Mikat, Ph.D., and Ronald Watson, BS. Building Electronic Portfolios in PE: A Hands-on Workshop. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Philadelphia, PA April 2-5, 2003

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., Josh Mann, MD, and Mary Adam, MD. What do we do now? Implications of the NIH Report on Condom Effectiveness. Presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Charlotte, NC, October 2-5, 2002

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., Thomas Davis, H.S.D., and Betsy Clough, BS. Longitudinal trends in sexual behaviors and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use in college students. Presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Albuquerque, NM, November 7-11, 2001.

Thomas Davis, H.S.D., R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., and Betsy Clough, BS. Longitudinal trends in health related behaviors in college students. Presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Albuquerque, NM, November 7-11, 2001.

Linda Synovitz, RN, Ph.D., CHES, FASHA, Eddie Hebert, Ph.D., R. MarkKelley, Ph.D., & Gerald Carlson, Ph.D. Sexual attitudes of college students attending four Louisiana universities and the relationship to sexuality education. Presented at annual meeting of the American College Health Association, Las Vegas, NV, May 29 - June 2, 2001

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., Linda Synovitz, RN, Ph.D., CHES, FASHA, Gerald Carlson, Ph.D., and Andrea Schuster. Sexual behaviors of college students attending four universities in a southern state. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Cincinnati, March 2001.

Linda Synovitz, Eddie Hebert, Mark Kelley, & Gerald Carlson. The impact of “Too Little, Too Late” sexuality education on sexual knowledge of college students in one southern state. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of Southern District AAHPERD, Birmingham, Alabama, February 2001.

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Marcia Ball, Ed.D., Kerus Global Educational Services,  Jennie Cerullo, Ph.D., Kerus Global Educational Services, Steve Johnston, M.S., Youth at the CrossRoads - Russia, Elena Trunova, Youth at the CrossRoads - Russia & Svetlana Fazulianova, Samara Education Development Center. Knowledge and attitudes related to HIV and other sexually transmitted disease transmission in adolescents of the Samara region of Russia. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, New Orleans, October 2000.

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Marcia Ball, Ed.D., Kerus Global Educational Services, Jennie Cerullo, Ph.D., Kerus Global Educational Services, Steve Johnston, M.S., Youth at the CrossRoads - Russia, Elena Trunova, Youth at the CrossRoads - Russia & Svetlana Fazulianova, Samara Education Development Center.Sexual and drug taking behaviors of adolescents in southern Russia. Presented at the annual meeting of AAHE/AAHPERD, Orlando, FL, March 2000.

R. Mark Kelley, Michael Young, Jennie A. Cerullo, and Marcia L. Ball. “International HIV/AIDS Prevention: Lessons From Africa, Asia, Central America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.” A symposia accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American School health Association, Kansas City, MO, October 1999

R. Mark Kelley, Ph,D., CHES & Linda Synovitz, Ph.D., RN, CHES. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of freshmen entering a southern university. Paper presented a the Southern District of the AAHPERD, Greensboro, NC, February, 1999.

R. Mark Kelley, Ph.D., CHES. Drinking Norms. A teaching idea presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Colorado Springs, CO, 1998

Evelyn Motes & R. Mark Kelley, PhD, CHES. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to STD transmission in college students in a high risk area. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reno, NV.

R. Mark Kelley, PhD, CHES, & Michael Young, PhD. Effectiveness of a life-skills based drug education curriculum in changing protective factors related to resiliency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reno, NV.

R. Mark Kelley, Raffy Luquis, & Jane Trowbridge. Symposia: Applications of the Stages of Acquisition model in health behavior programming and research. Paper and symposia accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, St. Louis, MO. Organized by R. Mark Kelley.

R. Mark Kelley, & Ramona Pfeffer. A comparison of junior high and senior high students use of gateway drugs using the Stages of Acquisition Model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Atlanta, GA.

R. Mark Kelley, & Ramona Pfeffer. An application of the Stages of Acquisition Model to use of gateway drugs in senior high students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Atlanta, GA.

R. Mark Kelley, George Denny, & Michael Young. Stages of Acquisition of Gateway Drugs: A primary prevention application of the stages of change model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA.

Michael Young, R. Mark Kelley, and George Denny. Evaluation of a drug education program using the stages of acquisition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA.

R. Mark Kelley, & Ramona Pfeffer. An application of the Stages of Acquisition of Gateway Use Model to junior high and high school students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Milwaukee, WI.

R. Mark Kelley, George Denny, and Michael Young. Analysis of the Hare Self-Esteem Scale for Use with Elementary School Students: Internal Consistency and Factor Analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Portland, OR.

Kieran Fogarty, Yvette Getch, Michael Young, and R Mark Kelley. Use of Gateway Drugs as Predictors of Self-Esteem among Elementary Children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Portland, OR.

Michael Young, R. Mark Kelley, and Kieran Fogarty. Adumbrates of Alcohol, Cigarette, Smokeless Tobacco, and Marijuana Use in Young Adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC.

Michael Young, R. Mark Kelley, and Kieran Fogarty. Variables Related to Alcohol, SmokelessTobacco, Cigarettes, and Marijuana in Upper Elementary School Children Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington DC.

R. Mark Kelley, Michael Young, and Kieran Fogarty. Stages of Acquisition of Gateway Drug Use in Upper Elementary School Students. Presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Houston, TX.

Michael Young, R. Mark Kelley and Kieran Fogarty. Indicators of Gateway Drug Use in Upper Elementary School Children. Presented at the annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Houston, TX.

R. Mark Kelley and Michael E. Young. Evaluation of the Impact of Selected Modules from the Contemporary Health Series. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Health Education, Denver.

Michael E. Young and R. Mark Kelley. Predictors of Cigarette, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use in Upper Elementary School Children. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Health Education, Denver.

R. Mark Kelley and Michael E. Young. Area Specific Self-Esteem and the Use of Gateway Drugs among Fifth and Sixth Grade Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco.

R. Mark Kelley and Tommy O'Dell. Gender Definition in a Homophobia Scale. Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, New Orleans.

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