Professor
Phone: 478-289-2091
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Campus: Swainsboro
Building: 0040 - PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Room: D103
Bio
Education:
B.S., Berry College
M.S., George Peabody College for Teachers
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Biography:
Dr. Mason was born in North Georgia near the Alabama/Tennessee state line. He graduated from a small rural high school with a graduation class of 34. After attending and graduating from Berry College, Dr. Mason taught chemistry, biology, and physics for several years at the high school level. He attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University. After graduate school. he was an assistant professor of health and physical education at Western Kentucky University, as the lead advancement officer for his department. He also served as Director of Continuing education and Coordinator of Off-Campus Programs at Elizabethtown Community College at the institution’s Ft. Knox instructional site. He has served on the East Georgia College since 1990. He currently holds the rank of Professor of Physical Education, and he directs the College’s academic programs in physical education and recreation.
Research Interests:
Health and fitness for the aging
Health and fitness for the youth
Management of Athletics
Education, integrity, and compliance in sports officiating