Stephen Fallowfield, M.S., ACSM-EP, ACUE, FMS, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology. Fallowfield earned his undergraduate degree from Ball State University in 1991, master’s degree from Indiana University in 2005, and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) effective teaching credential in 2021. He began teaching in the kinesiology department as a graduate assistant in 2004.
After graduation, Fallowfield continued teaching as an associate faculty member until 2010 when he earned a position as lecturer. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 2022. He has been a certified personal trainer since 1997 and an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist since 2004. Additionally, Fallowfield has extensive industry-related experience and coaching experience in several sports from youth to the professional level since 1988.
Fallowfield’s passion is helping others live a healthy and well-balanced life. His academic focus is on service learning, teaching students the science of kinesiology, and preparing students for fulfilling careers. He is actively engaged with other faculty in research related to exercise science and with high-impact practices in education.
Fallowfield, along with other kinesiology department faculty, has successfully launched the ACSM Exercise is Medicine program in conjunction with the IU School of Medicine. He is also engaged in implementing grants on high-impact practices like ePortfolio throughout the department curriculum. He teaches kinesiology students from freshman to seniors and is co-director of the SHHS internship program, INShape.
Honors & Awards:
SHHS Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award (2024)
Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award (2022)
SHHS Emerging Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
IU Indianapolis Favorite Professor Award (2008–2009, 2011–2024)
List of selected publications:
2023
Urtel, Mark G., (Author, Indiana University), Fallowfield, Stephen M., (Co-Author, Indiana University), Angermeier, Lisa, (Co-Author, Indiana University), Swinford, Rachel R., (Co-Author, Indiana University), "A six-year retrospective of ePortfolio implementation: Discovering inclusion through student voice and choice", Published. Across the Disciplines, WAC Clearinghouse, United States, vol 20(3/4), issue Special issue on ePortfolios Across the Disciplines, pp. 50–62, 12 pages.
2022
Swinford, Rachel R., (Author), Angermeier, Lisa, (Co-Author), Baker, Rose, (Co-Author), Fallowfield, Stephen M., (Co-Author), Urtel, Mark G., (Co-Author), "Journey Mapping for Eportfolio", Exploring the Diversity of ePortfolio Practice – An international sharing of practice, activities, & assessment", Book Chapter, Published. Published January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022.
2019
Swinford, Rachel R., (Author), Fallowfield, Stephen M., (Author), Krohn, Brian D., (Author), Keith, NiCole R., (Author), "Health/Fitness Assessments of Resident Physicians by Exercise Science Interns - Exercise Prescriptions and Follow-Up Measures", Published. MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, ACSM, vol 51, issue 6, pp. 129–130. Published 2019. ISBN/ISSN: 0195-9131.
2018
Fallowfield, Stephen M., (Author), Urtel, Mark G., (Co-Author), Swinford, Rachel R., (Co-Author), Angermeier, Lisa, (Co-Author), Plopper, Allison S., (Co-Author), "A Case Study in ePortfolio Implementation: A Department-Wide Perspective", Published. International Journal of ePortfolio, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, United States, vol 2019, Volume 9, Number 2, issue ISSN 2157-622X, pp. 111–118, 7 pages.
