Attend the 2025 Ramsey Lecture Series with Samuel R. Hodge on April 10
- Date: Thursday, April 10
- Time: 2:30 p.m.
- Location: Georgia Museum of Art auditorium (register today)
- Speaker: Samuel R. Hodge, Ph.D.
Join the Department of Kinesiology as we host the 2025 Ramsey Lecture Series with Samuel R. Hodge, who will present his lecture, “America is (Still) America: Lessons and Contradictions.” Please register by Friday, April 4.
Hodge is a professor of kinesiology in the Department of Human Sciences and former assistant dean for equity and diversity (2002-2006) in the College of Education at The Ohio State University. A noted scholar, he is co-editor of “Routledge Handbook of Adapted Physical Education” and co-author of multiple books, book chapters, and other scholarly works. He is also the editor of “Kinesiology Review,” and former editor of “Quest,” a leading interdisciplinary journal (2018-2022), an executive associate editor of “Multicultural Learning and Teaching,” and a longtime member of the “Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly” editorial board.
In 2017, Hodge was a recipient of the G. Lawrence Rarick Research Award from the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID) and a recipient of the 2021 Hollis Fait Scholarly Award from NCPEID. Hodge was the 2024 recipient of the Julian Stein Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by the Adapted Physical Education Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society of Health and Physical Educators of America (SHAPE America); the 2025 Catherine D. Ennis Outstanding Scholar Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA); and the 2024 Dale Ulrich Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (NAFAPA). He was an invited lecturer for the distinguished 2024 Charles H. McCloy Research Lecture, sponsored by the Research Council of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) of America.
Hodge is a fellow in the National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education, SHAPE America, and the National Academy of Kinesiology. In 2023, he was elected and installed as president of the National Academy of Kinesiology and became the first Black president elected by the Academy. Noteworthy as well, Hodge has advised over 125 master’s students and 22 doctoral students to degree completion. Currently, he is the academic advisor and mentor of eight doctoral students. More specifically, he is the dissertation committee chair, advisor, and mentor for three post-candidacy exam doctoral candidates and five pre-candidacy exam students.
The Ramsey Lecture Series honors the University of Georgia’s most generous individual benefactor, the late Bernard B. Ramsey (B.S. ’37), long-time chairman of the board of Merrill Lynch. His lifetime gifts totaled more than $44 million and included more than $23 million to fund the Foundation Fellowship program, the University’s most prestigious scholarship, in addition to numerous endowed chairs, programs, and classrooms across campus. His contributions also helped fund construction of a student center in the Terry College of Business, a concert hall in the Performing Arts Center, and the Butts-Mehre Athletic Heritage Hall.
The Ramsey Lecture Series is funded by an endowment of academic programs in the Ramsey Center from Bernard B. Ramsey. Through Ramsey’s generosity, internationally respected scholars have been brought to UGA each year.