R. Scott Kretchmar
Ph.D., 1971, Physical Education, University of Southern California
Professor of Exercise and Sport Science
Contact Information
268K Recreation Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-4492
Fax: (814) 865-1275
rsk1@psu.edu
Research Interests
Philosophy of sport, with emphases on the ethics of fair play, the mind-body problem, and the nature of play. Both empirical and nonempirical methodologies are utilized and past research activities have ranged from basic to applied.
Recent Honors
2006 Delphine Hanna Lecturer, National Association for Kinesiology & Physical Education in Higher
Education
2006 Warren P. Fraleigh Distinguish Scholar Award, International Association for the Philosophy of Sport
2007 Raymond A. Weiss Lecturer. Research Consortium. American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance
Recent Articles
Kretchmar, S. (November, 2007). What to do with meaning? A research conundrum for
the 21 st century. Quest, 59, 373-383.
Kretchmar, S. (December, 2007.) Dualisms, dichotomies, and dead ends: Limitations
of analytic thinking about sport. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 1, 3, 266-280.
Kretchmar, S. (January, 2008). The increasing utility of elementary physical education:
A mixed blessing and unique challenge. The Elementary School Journal, 108, 3,
161-170.