Associate Professor Barry E. McGlumphy
Dr. McGlumphy is an Associate Professor in the Department
of Health Science and Sport Studies at California University of Pennsylvania. He also developed and serves as Program Director for the graduate program in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. Dr. McGlumphy recently worked as a Certified Athletic Trainer on the Sports Medicine Staff for the 2008 Philadelphia Eagles six week Training Camp.
Dr. McGlumphy is a 1987 graduate of Lock Haven University, where he received a Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training / Health Science. Soon thereafter, he accepted a Graduate Assistantship at the University of Arizona, graduating in 1989 with a Masters of Science in Exercise and Sport Science / Athletic Training. He earned his doctoral degree in Instructional Design and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Prior to coming to California University of Pennsylvania, Dr. McGlumphy was an Assistant Professor for nine years within the CAAHEP-accredited Athletic Training curriculum at Duquesne University, teaching undergraduate courses in athletic training and graduate courses in occupational therapy and multimedia technology. He has also served from 2001-2002 as the Director of Health Safety for the Carnegie Mellon University DTSI Research Institute, focusing on injury prevention in the "Industrial Athlete" population. The Health Safety program implemented sports medicine healthcare strategies into the workplace.
From 1987 - 1989, he was the Head Athletic Trainer at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, AZ. Between 1989 - 1992, he was the Head Football Athletic Trainer and Clinical Instructor at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. More recently, he has served as an Athletic Trainer for a variety of events including the Philadelphia Eagles Mini-Camp, the Pittsburgh Marathon, the National High School Wrestling Championships, the Pennsylvania Special Olympic Games, the Amateur Pittsburgh Penguins, and the 1997 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. He has been involved with athletic drug testing for the US Olympic Committee, NCAA, and the Pittsburgh Great Race. A Certified Instructor of CPR and First Aid for both the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross, Dr. McGlumphy is also a Certified Instructor for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).
Dr. McGlumphy has presented on "Multimedia Technology & Distance Learning in Athletic Training Education" at several state, regional, and national conferences. He was elected in 1999 as Treasurer for the National Athletic Trainers' Association District-2 and sits on the District Executive Council, which represents Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. He also serves on the Executive Board for the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association and has served on the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society (PATS) Board of Directors, as Chair of the PATS Clinical Symposium Committee from 1991 - 1994, and as PATS Parliamentarian from 1994-2000. Serving as Chair of the Legislative Committee for several years, he has been very active in the successful Athletic Training legislative process in Pennsylvania, culminating in the passage of Act 92 & 93. Dr. McGlumphy has been a National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification (NATABOC) Test Site Administrator for eight years, which has included such duties as administering the NATABOC Certification Examination and developing questions for the written simulation portion of the exam. Dr. McGlumphy was appointed to serve on the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Research Committee.
In 1997, Dr. McGlumphy was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Lock Haven University Department of Health Sciences and in 2001, he was awarded the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society Service Award. Dr. McGlumphy was one of five faculty in the United States to be awarded the Excellence in Online Teaching Award in 2006. Dr. McGlumphy is listed in the Marquis Who's Who in the East and the International Who's Who.
Dr. McGlumphy resides in Peters Twp., Pennsylvania with his wife Jami, and his two children, Reilly and Cole. He enjoys, spending time with his family, exercising, and traveling.