University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Director,
Math Teaching and Learning Center

Associate Professor,
Dept. of Math, Stats and Computer Science

Office: 213 Jarvis Hall Science Wing
Office Hours (Spring Semester 2011):

• M-Th 2:30  - 3:30 PM in JHSW 213
• M/W 4:30 -  5:30 PM in JHSW 213
• T/Th 4:30 -  5:30 PM in JHSW 203
  

(If not in office, check Math TLC Open Lab in JHSW 203)

New Book Released in 2011:
Shooting Two.: A Story of Basketball and Friendship.
ISBN # 978-0982885215.; Hardcover, 187 pp.;
Published by Peppermint Books, Minneapolis, 2011.

Courses Taught at UW-Stout
Math 153 (Calculus 1)
Stat 130 (Elementary Statistics)
Math 121 (College Math 2)
Math 110 (College Math 1)
Math 010 (Fundamentals of Algebra)

Degrees
B.A. Mathematics & Physics, St. Olaf College
M.A. Mathematics, University of Wyoming
M.S. Exercise Physiology, Michigan State University
Ph.D. Physiology, Michigan State University

Previous Positions

Michigan State University: Associate Professor, Exercise Physiology
Princeton University: Head Coach, Women's Basketball
University of Michigan: Assistant Coach, Women's Basketball
Michigan Tech: Instructor of Mathematics, Head Coach of Women's Basketball

Awards

at UW-Stout:

• College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award (2006)
• Aspire/Disability Services Faculty Appreciation Award (2006)
• Panhellenic Society Outstanding Professor Award (2005)
• Multicultural Student Services Outstanding Faculty Award (2004)

at Michigan State University:

• MSU Alumni Club Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award (2000)
• Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities Outstanding Faculty Award (1999)
• Senior Class Council Outstanding Faculty Award (1998)
• All-university Faculty Teacher/Scholar Award (1997)
• Association of University Radiologists Research Award Co-recipient (1990)
• Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (1990)

at St. Olaf College:

• Outstanding Senior and Outstanding Junior Awards
• National Merit Scholar
• Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Organizations

• Mathematics Association of America
• American College of Sports Medicine (Fellow)
• American Association of University Women
• American Physiological Society
• Women's Basektball Coaches Association (charter member)

Professional Interests

• Exercise biochemistry, Muscle energy metabolism
• Functional MRI, Biological NMR spectroscopy
• History of science and mathematics
• Technology in teaching and learning

Funded Grant Projects

At UW-Stout:

• Federal Department of Education/Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (3 years / $450,000)
  Title: Combining Technology with Traditional Approaches to Improve Student Outcomes in Introductory Algebra.
  Project Dates 10/1/2006-9/30/2009.
  
  
• NSF/Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation (1 year / $6256)
  Title: Assessing and enhancing the impact of the "Math TLC" approach on the success of minority students in beginning and intermediate algebra courses.
  Project Dates 1/1/2006-12/31/2006.
  
  
• Stout Foundation Grant (1 year / $5000)
  Title: Math Teaching and Learning Center: Assessment/revision of course structures and adaptation for summer program.
  Project Dates 6/1/05 - 5/30/06)
  
  
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant/ UW-Stout (1 year / $1000)
  Title: Use of Small-Group Applications-Development Projects to Enhance Learning and Motivation in a Trigonometry Course.
  Project Dates: 9/1/03 - 5/1/04

At Michigan State University:

• National Institutes of Health (5 years/$485,399)
  Co-investigator with P.I. Ronald Meyer
• Michigan Space Grant Consortium ($4000 NASA seed grant)
• Gatorade Sports Science Institute: ($800)
• MSU College of Education In-House Grant Program: ($2936)
• Nordic Track Corporation Grant: ($47,000)
  Co-investigator with P.I. Gary Dudley of U. Georgia.
• Research Initiation Grant, Michigan State University: ($7925)
• National Institutes of Health: (5 years / $1,043,996)
  Co-investigator with P.I. Ronald Meyer.
• American Association of University Women Project Renew Grant ($3130)

Publications

Book Chapters:

Meyer, R.A., and J.M. Foley. Cellular processes integrating metabolic responses to exercise. Ch. 18, pp. 841-869 in The Handbook of Physiology, Volume 12, Exercise: Regulation and Integration of Multiple Systems, American Physiological Society, Bethesda, 1996.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

Jayaraman RC, Reid RW, Foley JM, Prior BM, Dudley GA, Weingand KW, Meyer RA. MRI evaluation of topical heat and static stretching as therapeutic modalities for the treatment of eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage. Eur J Appl Physiol. 93:30-38. 2004. click here to view.

Akima, H., J.M. Foley, B.M. Prior, G.A. Dudley, and R.A. Meyer. Vastus lateralis fatigue alters recruitment of musculus quadriceps femoris in humans. J Appl Physiol. 92: 679-684, 2002. click here to view.

Prior, B.M., R.C. Jayaraman, R.W. Reid, T.G. Cooper, J.M. Foley, G.A. Dudley, and R.A. Meyer. Biarticular and monoarticular muscle activation and injury in human quadriceps muscle. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 85:185-190, 2001.

Reid, R.W., J.M. Foley, R.C. Jayaraman, B.M. Prior and R.A. Meyer. Effect of aerobic capacity on the T(2) increase in exercised skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol. 90:897-902, 2001. click here to view.

Foley, J.M., R.C. Jayaraman, B.M. Prior, J.M. Pivarnik, and R.A. Meyer. MR measurements of muscle damage and adaptation after eccentric exercise in humans. J. Appl. Physiol. 87: 2311-2318, 1999. click here to view.

Prior, B.M., J.M. Foley, R.C. Jayaraman, and R.A. Meyer. Pixel T2 distribution in functional magnetic resonance images of muscle. J. Appl. Physiol. 87: 2107-2114, 1999. click here to view.

Fornetti, W.C., J.M. Pivarnik, J.M. Foley, and J.J. Feichtner. Reliability and validity of body composition measurements in female athletes. J. Appl. Physiol. 87:1114-1122, 1999. click here to view.

Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. , J.M. Foley, R.J. Ploutz- Snyder, J.A. Kanaley, K. Sagendorf, and R.A. Meyer. Gastric gas and fluid emptying assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 79:212-220, 1999.

Paganini, A.T., J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Linear dependence of muscle phosphocreatine kinetics on oxidative capacity. Am. J. Physiol. 272: C501-C510, 1997. click here to view.

Conley, M.S., J.M. Foley, L. Ploutz- Snyder, R.A. Meyer, and G.A. Dudley. Effect of acute head-down tilt on muscle cross-sectional area and proton transverse relaxation time. J. Appl. Physiol. 81: 1572-1577, 1996. click here to view.

Roman, B.R., J.M. Foley, R.A. Meyer, and A. P. Koretsky. The effect of increased creatine kinase activity on contractile function and metabolism in mouse skeletal muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 270 (Cell. Physiol. 39) : C1236-C1245, 1996. click here to view.

Foley, J.M., G.R. Adams, and R.A. Meyer. Different effects of gradual vs. acute adenine nucleotide depletion on ATP cost of muscle contraction. Am. J. Physiol. 267 (Cell Physiol. 36):C1177-C1184, 1994. click here to view.

Jenner, G., J.M. Foley, T.J. Cooper, E.J. Potchen, and R.A. Meyer. Changes in magnetic resonance images of muscle depend on exercise intensity and duration, not work. J. Appl. Physiol. 76:2119-2124, 1994. click here to view.

Meyer, R.A., and J.M. Foley. Testing models of respiratory control in skeletal muscle. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 26:52-57, 1994.

Foley, J.M. and R.A. Meyer. Energy cost of twitch and tetanic contractions of rat muscle estimated in situ by gated 31P-NMR. NMR in Biomed. 6:32-38, 1993.

Meyer, R.A., J.M. Foley, S.J. Harkema, and E.J. Potchen. Magnetic resonance measurement of peripheral vessels after acute exercise. Mag. Res. Imaging. 11:1085-1092, 1993.

Foley, J.M., S.J. Harkema, and R.A. Meyer. Decreased ATP cost of isometric contractions in ATP-depleted rat fast-twitch muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 261 (Cell Physiol. 30):C872-C881, 1991.

Adams, G.R., J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Muscle buffer capacity estimated from pH changes during rest-to-work transitions. J. Appl. Physiol. 69:968-972, 1990.

Fisher, M.J., R.A. Meyer, G.R. Adams, J.M. Foley, and E.J. Potchen. Direct relationship between proton T2 and exercise intensity in skeletal muscle MR images. Invest. Radiol. 25:480-485, 1990.

Foley, J. M., G. R. Adams, and R. A. Meyer. Utility of AICAr for metabolic studies is diminished by systemic effects in situ. Am. J. Physiol. 257 (Cell Physiol. 26):C488-C494, 1989.

Coaching Publications:

Foley, J.M., P. Vogel, E.W. Brown, and K. Garchow. Conditioning Youth Baseball Players, Ch. 22 in Youth Baseball: A Complete Handbook. , eds. M.A. Clark, T. Smith, T George and J. Elliot. Benchmark Press, Carmel, IN, pp. 365-392, 1993.

Foley, J.M. Planning for the Season. Ch.11 in: Handbook for Youth Sports Coaches, ed. V. Seefeldt; pub. AAHPERD, Reston, VA. pp. 173-191, 1987.

Foley, J.M. and P. Vogel. Conditioning Youth Hockey Players. Ch.15 in: Fundamentals of Coaching Youth Ice Hockey, ed. K. Blase and P. Vogel; pub. AHAUS/Youth Sports Institute, E. Lansing, Michigan. pp. 127-139, 1985.

Foley, J.M. Questions Parents Should Ask About Youth Sports Programs. Youth Sports Institute, E. Lansing, MI, 1980.

Vogel, P., and J.M. Foley. Principles of Conditioning Young Athletes. Ch. 6 in Program for Athletic Coaches Education, Benchmark Press, Carmel IN, 1991.

Theses and Dissertations:

Foley, J. M. Skeletal Muscle Energy Metabolism: Effects of ATP Depletion. PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University, 1990.

Foley, J.M. A Study of Two Interpretations of Private Information (using Boolean algebra structures). Master's Thesis, University of Wyoming, 1977.

Fiction:

Foley, Jeanne Shooting Two.: A Story of Basketball and Friendship. ISBN # 978-0982885215.; Hardcover,, 187 pp.; Published by Peppermint Books, Minneapolis, 2011.

Published research abstracts and first-author presentations at national meetings:

Meyer, R.A., K.K. McCully, J.M. Foley, R.W. Reid, B.M. Prior. MRI and NIRS detection of transient hyperemia after single muscle contractions. The Physiologist. (Presented at APS meeting, Portland, ME, 9/00).

Akima, H., J. Foley, R. Meyer, B. Brior, and G. Dudley.Vastus lateralis fatigue evokes recruitment plasticity of m. quadriceps femoris. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 32:S85, 2000.

Jayaraman, R.C., J.M. Foley, R.W. Reid, B.M. Prior, and R.A. Meyer. MR measurements of muscle damage, muscle volume, muscular strength loss, and pain after eccentric exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 32:S323, 2000.

Prior, B.M., R.C. Jayaraman, R.W. Reid, J.M. Foley, G.A. Dudley, and R.A. Meyer. Muscle activation and injury after eccentric exercise in human quadriceps muscle.. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 32:S323, 2000.

Reid, R.W., R. Jayaraman, J.M. Foley, B.M. Prior, and R.A. Meyer. The T2 increase in exercised muscle depends on relative, not absolute work rate. in Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 32:S363, 2000.

Foley, J.M., R.W. Reid, D.W. Vaughn, M.T. Andary, and R.A. Meyer. Assessment of motor unit pathology by functional MRI. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 31:S207, 1999. (Presented at national ACSM conference, Seattle, 6/99)

Pivarnik, J.M., W.C. Fornetti, J.M. Foley, J.J. Fiechtner, and J.J. Jallo. Body composition in female athletes. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 31:S389, 1999

Reid, R.W., J.M. Foley, B.M. Prior, K.W. Weingand, and R.A. Meyer. Mild topical heat increases popliteal blood flow as measured by MRI. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 31:S208, 1999.

Foley, J.M. Cellular processes integrating the metabolic response to exercise. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 26:S83, 1998.

Meyer, R.A., J.M. Foley, and A.T. Paganini. Mechanisms of muscle ATP homeostasis during intense exercise. Annals of Biomed. Engineering 26:S83, 1998.

Foley, J.M., R.C. Jayaraman, B.M. Prior, J.M. Pivarnik, and R.A. Meyer. MR measurements of muscle damage and adaptation after eccentric exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 30:S69, 1998. (presented at national ACSM conference, Orlando, 6/98.)

Jayaraman, R.C., J.M. Foley, B.M. Prior, J.M. Pivarnik, and R.A. Meyer. Edema due to eccentric exercise does not abolish the acute T2 increase after concentric exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 30:S69, 1998.

Paganini, A.T, J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. The slow phase of phosphocreatine recovery is explained by fiber type heterogeneity. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 30:S233, 1998.

Prior, B.M., R. Jayaraman, J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Analysis of pixel T2 in MRI images of muscles exercised at moderate vs. high intensity. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 30:S234, 1998.

Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. , K. Sagenforf, R.A. Meyer, J.M. Foley, and J. Kanaley. Inaccuracies in body composition estimation: Effects of ingestion of a carbonated beverage. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 29:S54, 1997.

Foley, J.M. Applications of Magnetic Resonance Technologies to Research Exercise Physiology. Invited Symposium presented at the Midwest American Collge of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Chicago, 10/96.

Ploutz-Snyder, L. , J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Proton spectroscopic evaluation of intramuscular fat in trained and untrained individuals. The Physiologist 39: A14, 1996.

Foley, J.M., Hartmann, D.C., Lauderdale, M.A., Baldwin, A., Snyder, L. Ploutz-, Pivarnik, J.M., Dudley, G.A., and Meyer, R.A. MRI vs. conventional measures of body fat loss with endurance training in sedentary females. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 28:S193, 1996. (presented at ACSM annual meeting, Cincinnati, 6/96)

Jayaraman, R.C., Foley, J.M., Snyder, L. Ploutz-, Dudley, G.A., and Meyer, R.A. Functional MRI of muscle use and muscle trauma with resistance exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 28:S113, 1996.

Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. , J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Measurement of total gastric volume and emptying using magnetic resonance. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 28: S38, 1996

Foley, J.M., C.N. Ludman, J.C. Crockett, A. Sierra, E.J. Potchen, and R.A. Meyer. Blood flow to exercised leg muscles measured by magnetic resonance vs. Doppler ultrasound . Med. Sci. Sports. Exercise Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 27: S187, 1995. (Presented at ACSM annual meeting, Minneapolis, 6/95.)

Ludman, C.N., J.M. Foley, J.C Crockett, T.G. Cooper, A. Sierra, R.A. Meyer, and E.J. Potchen. Magnetic resonance vs. Doppler ultrasound measurements of blood flow in popliteal artery after acute exercise. (Proc. Soc. Mag. Res. / Eur. Soc. Mag. Res. Med. Biol. 12:599, 1995)

Foley, J.M., V.D. Ulibarri, E.J. Potchen, and R.A. Meyer. Magnetic resonance assessment of leg muscle blood flow responses to isometric exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 26: S162, 1994. (Presented at ACSM annual meeting, Indianapolis, 6/94)

Roman, B.B., A.T. Paganini, J.M. Foley, R.A. Meyer, and A.P. Koretsky. Functional and energetic effects of increased creatine kinase activity on transgenic mouse skeletal muscle. Proc. Soc. Mag. Res. 2:1250, 1994.

Paganini, A.T., J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Estimation of muscle mitochondrial content from PCr changes during a single rest/work transition. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 26: S98, 1994.

Jenner, G., J.M. Foley, T.G. Cooper, E.J. Potchen, and R.A. Meyer. Changes in MR images of muscle depend on exercise intensity and duration. J. Mag. Res. Imaging 4: 126, 1994.

Foley, J.M., R.A. Meyer, S.J. Harkema, and E.J. Potchen. Age-related changes in muscle blood flow by magnetic resonance angiography. Med. Sci. Sports. Ex. 25:S126, 1993. (Presented at ACSM annual meeting, Seattle, 6/93.)

Paganini, A.T., J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Estimation of muscle mitochondrial content and ATPase rate from PCr changes during a single rest/work transition. Proc. Soc. Mag. Res. Med. 12:31, 1993.

Foley, J.M., A.T. Paganini, R.A. Meyer. Gated 31P-NMR confirms decreased energy cost of isometric twitches in ATP-depleted rat muscle. The Physiologist 35:207, 1992. (Presented at APS meeting, Colorado Springs, 10/92).

Foley, J.M., R.A. Meyer, G.R. Adams, S.J. Harkema. Energy cost of contraction is unchanged in rat skeletal muscle chronically depleted of ATP and creatine. The Physiologist 35:198, 1992. (Presented at APS meeting, Colorado Springs, 10/92).

Foley, J.M., K.C. Inman, and R.A. Meyer. Gated 31P-NMR shows energy cost of isometric twitches is independent of contraction rate. Biophys. J. 61:A295, 1992. (Presented at Biophysics conference, Houston, 2/92).

Foley, J. M., S.J. Harkema, and R.A. Meyer. ATP depletion decreases PCr use and acid formation in skeletal muscle contracting in situ. Biophys. J. 59: 48a, 1991. (Presented at national Biophysics conference, San Francisco, 2/91.)

Meyer, R.A., J.M. Foley, S.J. Harkema, M.J. Fisher. MR angiographic study of peripheral vascular dynamics after acute exercise. Soc. Mag. Res. Med. Proc. 10:A135, 1991.

Meyer, R.A., M.J. Fisher, J.M. Foley, S.J. Harkema, and G.R. Adams. Cardiac- gated MR angiography of muscle blood flow before and after exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exercise 23:S160, 1991.

Foley, J. M., M. J. Fisher, G. R. Adams, and R. A. Meyer. Increased proton T2 after exercise in MR images of muscle . Med. Sci. Sports. Exerc. 21: S69, 1989. (Presented at national ACSM conference, Baltimore, 4/89.)

Adams, G. R., J. M. Foley, and R. A. Meyer. Gated 31P-NMR studies of contraction-induced alkalinization in skeletal muscle. FASEB J. 3:A698, 1989.

Fisher, M.J., G.R. Adams, J.M. Foley, and R.A. Meyer. Graded increase in T2 of skeletal muscle at 1.5T after acute exercise. Soc. Mag. Res. 8th Annual Meeting Proceedings, a312, 1989.

Foley, J.M., G. R. Adams, and R.A. Meyer. Effect of 5-amino-4- imidazolecarboxamide riboside (AICAr) on rat skeletal muscle in situ . FASEB J. 2: A759, 1988. (Presented at national FASEB conference, Las Vegas, 2/88.)

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