Jeanne M Barcelona (gm8864)

• PhD, Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Texas at Austin
• MAE, Educational Leadership, Olivet Nazarene University
• MAE, Curriculum & Instruction, Olivet Nazarene University
• BA, Elementary Education, Saint Mary’s College

• Community Health Education
• Research faculty for the Center for Health and Community Impact

Office Hours: By Appointment.

• Mixed Methods 
• School & Community-Based Interventions
• Program Planning & Evaluation 
• Health Behavior Theory
• Cognitive Assessment 

• Youth 
• Aging Adults

• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child 
• Policy, Systems and Environmental Change 
• Social Determinants of Health 
• Comprehensive School-Based Interventions 
• Healthy Aging Interventions

Dr. Barcelona's line of research explores how social determinants of health influence physical, mental and cognitive outcomes across the lifespan. Her research also examines broader antecedents that influence health behaviors like physical activity, as well as effective research-informed interventions that support and sustain healthy lifestyles across the lifespan.

• 2021, Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Research Award, Wayne State University
• 2019-2020, Faculty Research Award, College of Education, Wayne State University

• Michigan Health Endowment Fund: Functional Aging and Mindfulness for Seniors (FAMS), 2021-2023
• United States Department of Agriculture; Michigan Fitness Foundation: Detroit Healthy Youth Initiative, 2019-2023

Project Green Schools Coalition Steering Committee Member, 2021-present

MOTION Coalition, Steering Committee 2021-present

• Barcelona, J., Somers, C., & McCaughtry, N. (2022, April). Exploring the Grant Writing Process. Accepted for an oral presentation at the Invisible College at American Educational Research Association International Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Somers, C., McCaughtry, N., Barcelona, J., & Centeio, E. E. (2022, April). Teens Work It Out: A Middle School Mindful Movement, Relaxation, and Thinking Pilot. Accepted for a roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• Barcelona, J., Calvert, H., & Castelli, D. (2022, April). Classroom physical activity breaks in early elementary students. Accepted as an oral presentation at Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Centeio, E. E., Barcelona, J., Mercier, K., Hart, A., & Foley, J. (2022, April). Believe In You Social Emotional Learning Journals: A Pilot Study. Oral presentation accepted at the Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Centeio, E. E., Mercier, K., Marttinen, R., Barcelona, J., Erwin, H., Garn, A., Rodrigues, A., Hennebach, K. R., Arvidson, P., Pedder, C., & Foley, J. (2022, April). Teacher effectiveness with remote PE instruction 2020-2021. Oral presentation accepted at the Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Simonton, K., Mercier, K., Garn, A., Centeio, E., & Barcelona, J. (2022, April). Attitudes in physical activity and physical education: Moderated mediation analysis. Submitted to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America, New Orleans, LA.

• Centeio, E. E., Barcelona, J., Mercier, K., Hart, A., & Foley, J. T. (accepted) Believe In You Student Empowerment Program: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4, 516.
• Barcelona, J., Centeio, E., Phillips, S., Gleeson, D., Mercier, K., Foley, J., Simonton, K., & Garn, A. (2022). Comprehensive School Health: Teacher’s Perceptions and Implementation of Classroom Physical Activity Breaks in US Schools. Health Promotion International, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac100
• Barcelona, J., Fahlman, R., Neda, R., & Hall, H. (2022). Increasing Functional Performance in Aging Women Living in a Continuum of Care Facility. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2022.2109255
• McKown, H., Centeio, E., Barcelona, J., Pedder, C., Moore, W., & Erwin, H. (2022). Exploring Classroom Teachers’ Efficacy Toward Implementing Physical Activity Breaks in the Classroom. Health Education Journal, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969221102861
• Simonton, K., Mercier, K., Centeio, E., Barcelona, J., & Garn, A. (2022). Middle School Students’ Attitudes toward Physical Activity and Physical Education, Intentions, and Physical Activity Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Study. European Physical Education Review, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X221106051
• Barcelona, J., Centeio, E., Hijazi, K., & Pedder, C. (2022). Classroom Teacher Efficacy Towards Implementation of Physical Activity in the D-SHINES Intervention. Journal of School Health, 92(6), 619-628. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13163
• Centeio, E., Moore, E. W. G., Barcelona, J., McKown, H., Erwin, H., & Garn, A. (2022). Development of the Teacher Efficacy Toward Providing Physical Activity in the Classroom Scale. International Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1(1), 4. Doi: https://doi.org/10.18122/ijpah1.1.4.boisestate
• Barcelona, J., Centeio, E., Arvidson, P., & Hijazi, K. (2021). Dearborn SHINES During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Youth Experiences and Outcomes with Virtual Physical Activity & Healthy Eating Programming. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 4(40), 674-681. doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2020-0296
• Whalen, L., Barcelona, J., Centeio, E., & McCaughtry, N. (2021). #HealthyKidsQuarantined: Supporting Schools and Families with Virtual Physical Activity, Physical Education, and Nutrition Education During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40(3), 503-507. doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2020-0299
• Barcelona, J., Castelli, D.M., Pitt Barnes, S., Wargo, J., & Duncan Cance, J. (2021). Presidential Youth Fitness Program Implementation: An Antecedent to Organizational Change. Evaluation and Program Planning, 86(4), 101919. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101919
• van den Heuvel, M. I., Hect, J. L., Smarr, B. L., Qawasmeh, T., Kriegsfeld, Lan J., Barcelona, J., Hijazi, K. A., & Thomason, M. E. (2021). The influence of maternal stress during pregnancy on toddlers’ sleep problems: The role of cortico-cerebellar connectivity in utero. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81681-y
• Simonton, K., Mercier, K., Centeio, E., Barcelona, J., Phillips, S., & Garn, A. C. (2021). Development of Youth Physical Activity Attitude Scale (YPAAS) for Elementary and Middle School Students. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 25(2), 110-126. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2020.1847113
• Castelli, D. M., Barcelona, J., Crim, B., & Burson, S. L. (2020). The Importance of Providing Opportunities for Health Behaviors during the School Day. Building Future Health and Well-Being of Thriving Toddlers and Young Children, 95, 145-155. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000511512
• Barcelona, J., Fahlman, M., Churakova, Y., Canjels, R., Mallare, J., & van den Heuvel, M. I. (2020). Frontal alpha asymmetry during prayerful and resting states: An EEG study in Catholic sisters. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 155, 9-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.04.019
• Centeio, E. E., Barcelona, J., Fahlman, M., Kulik, N., Shen, B., Garn, A., & McCaughtry, N. (2020). Differences of In-School Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity among Fourth Grade Urban Youth. International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 5(3), 79-90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/24711616.2020.1735974
• Beddoes, Z., Castelli, D. M., & Barcelona, J. (2020). Acute physical activity and cognitive performance among elementary schoolchildren. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 5(3), 21-28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1249/TJX.0000000000000117
• Chen, Y. T., Barcelona, J., Cance, J. D., Calvert, H. G., Barnes, S. P., Wargo, J., & Castelli, D. M. (2020). Development of the Fitness Education Index: A Scale of Organizational Level Capacity. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 91(1), 172-178. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2019.1654066
• Calvert, H. G., Barcelona, J., Melville, D., & Turner, L. (2019). Effects of acute physical activity on NIH toolbox-measured cognitive functions among children in authentic education settings. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 17(1), 100293. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2019.100293
• Barcelona, J., & Goetten, J. (2018). Advocating For Student Health Through Grass-Roots Curricular Development. Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 31(3), 48-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08924562.2018.1445885
• Centeio, E. E., Barcelona, J., Kaszeta, K., & McCaughtry, N. (2018) Building Healthy Communities: Creating Policy to Sustain School Change. Journal of Youth Development, 13(3), 176-190. doi: https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2018.602
• Centeio, E. E., Cance, J. D., Barcelona, J., & Castelli, D. M. (2017). Relationship Between Health Risk and School Attendance Among Adolescents. American Journal of Health Education, 49(1), 1-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2017.1360810
• Castelli, D. M., Barcelona, J., & Bryant, L. (2015). Contextualizing physical literacy in the school environment: The challenges. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 4(2), 1-7. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2015.04.003
• Castelli, D. M., Glowacki, E., Barcelona, J., Calvert, H. G., & Hwang, J. (2015). Active education: Growing evidence on physical activity and academic performance. Active living research, 1, 1-5.
• Castelli, D. M., Centeio, E. E., Hwang, J., Barcelona, J., Glowacki, E. M., Calvert, H. G. & Nicksic, H. M. (2014). VII. The history of physical activity and academic performance research: Informing the future. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79 (4), 119–148. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mono.12133