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Megan Ware
Assistant Professor
Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
Ph.D., 2021, University of GeorgiaMegan Ware is an Assistant Professor in Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation. She joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in Fall of 2024. Dr. Ware received her B.S. degree in Health and Human Peformance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2016), and her M.S. (2018) and Ph.D. (2021) degrees from the University of Georgia. She completed an NCI T32 post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Her research focuses fall in the field of sport, exercise, and health psychology. Specifically, Dr. Ware's research focuses on developing a better understanding of effective or emotional factors influencing physical activity behavior and exercise engagement in populations that experience chronic disease and disability. She employs quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies in small and large samples to deeply explore this research interest. Through her work, Dr. Ware seeks to develop intervention strategies to increase physical activity participation and increase quality of life of population that experience chronic disease and disability.