Dr. Brian Sutton, a 2024 graduate, has achieved a milestone in his career. As a 20-year veteran in the field of sport and fitness, Brian recently played a key role in the launch of the National Academy of Sports Medicine’s (NASM) new journal.
The Journal of Fitness, Wellness, and Human Performance is now the official journal of NASM. As Senior Content Manager for NASM and co-editor of the journal, Brian is involved in the review and acceptance of article submissions. The journal accepts original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, case studies, narrative reviews, and practical applications called “tips from the field” from a wide range of areas within the realm of sports medicine, such as nutrition, strength and conditioning, physical therapy, and sports psychology.
Brian feels the EdD in Kinesiology program helped prepare him to serve as the managing editor. It helped him to strengthen his research, collaboration, management, and editorial skills through courses like program design and the dissertation process in which students regularly engaged in editorial-like activities as part of their peer review. Training during the program also included sessions on predatory journals, which helped him to understand how to properly structure the journal.
Brian is proud of the launch and wants to extend an invitation to new writers to submit an article to NASM’s new journal. We all would like to applaud Brian on his accomplishments with NASM and wish him the best of luck going forward!
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