Dr. Shawn Simonson is a Professor and the Director of the Human Performance Laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology at Boise State University.  He also serves as a Faculty Associate in the Center for Teaching and Learning.  Professional certifications include the Exercise Physiologist – Certified (EP-C) from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), POGIL Facilitator from The POGIL Project, and TBL Trainer-Consultant from the Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC).  He teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as laboratory and performance-oriented courses.  Simonson conducts research in exercise (novel conditioning programs) and environmental physiology as well as in the scholarship of teaching and learning.  He is currently the principle investigator of an NSF grant to study the assessment of teaching at the university level.  Shawn facilitates workshops in a variety of active learning strategies and pedagogies.