Paul Geisler

I started teaching at Ithaca College in 2005 after 11 years practicing athletic training in myriad professional settings, and 7 years as an educator and program director at Georgia Southern University, in Statesboro, GA. If you've heard the Allman Brothers' rendition of Blind Willie McTell's "Statesboro Blues", you know a little about this small town 45 miles west of Savannah, GA. Yes, it's small, and yes it's southern. The other claim to fame for GSU is that it has won 6 Division I-AA national championships in football!

I grew up in southeastern Massachusetts, Lakeville to be precise; the home of Ocean Spray Cranberries, and the now defunct Ted Williams Baseball Camp.  And yes, I have been a lifelong Celtics, Patriots, Bruins and of course, a passionate and once tortured SAHHHHX fan! I'm also an ardent Carolina Tar Heels fan, and rarely miss watching a Heels hoop game if I can help it.

Professionally, I'm somewhat of an enigma as I have 2 degrees in sports medicine and athletic training, and an educational doctorate in curriculum theory & cultural studies. I may be the only one that bipolar in my field(s), and it should be evident by looking at some of my diverse scholarship. All in all, I try  to blend my home discipline with my views on curriculum, philosophy, and cultural studies as they relate to higher education and intellectual development. So, if you are in the mood to chat about sports medicine, educational theory/philosophy, or the works of John Dewey, Michel Foucault, Francois Lyotard, Gilles DeLeuze or Michel Serres over a cup of coffee, stop by!

I spend a lot of time watching and helping my sons, Nicholas and Benji play soccer, assisting with their educational and personal growth, cooking and dining with my lovely wife Susan, and photographing the beautiful outdoors and my family (check out my photo gallery). My family and I absolutely love Ithaca and we look forward to many happy and productive years here in the heart of the Finger Lakes!

Education:

Ed. D, Curriculum Studies, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA (2004)

M. A., Exercise Physiology & Sports Medicine, The University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill (1990)

B. S.,  Sports Medicine, Marietta College, OH (1987)

Courses Taught:

Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries

Medical Science I & II

Athletic Injury Assessment

Athletic Training Techniques

Clinical Experiences in Athletic Training

Internship in Athletic Training

Research Interests:

Educational & Professional Issues in Athletic Training, Clinical Reasoning, Educational Philosophy, Musculoskeletal Assessment and Rehabilitation, Golf & Baseball Medicine, Sport Performance & Injury.

Recent Scholarship:

Geisler PR & Lazenby T (2009). Clinical Reasoning in Athletic Training Education: Modeling Expert Thinking. Journal of Athletic Training Education.

Geisler PR (2009). Prevention of Athletic Pubalgia. Invited presentation, A Sports Medicine Update: Pathologies and Treatment of the Hip and Athletic Pubalgia, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Geisler PR & Scriber K (2009). Teaching thinking & thinking teaching: clinical reasoning in athletic training education. 2009 NATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference, Washington, DC.

Geisler PR (2009). Critical thinking in athletic training: The case for clinical reasoning as the modus operandi. Invited presentation, A. T. Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences, Phoenix, AZ.

Geisler PR (2009). A complex clinical case: Preventing & rehabilitating athletic pubalgia. Invited presentation, 32nd Annual AzATA Winter Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Geisler PR & Kelly E (Fall, 2008). Groin Pain: A Preventative Approach to Athletic Pubalgia. Training & Conditioning Magazine.

Geisler PR (2008). Prevention and rehabilitation of athletic pubalgia injuries. Invited presentation, 2008 New York State Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Meeting, Syracuse, NY.

Geisle, PR (2007). Popliteal tendinopathy in a collegiate rower: A case study. Poster presentation, EATA 59th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Geisler PR (2006). Clinical Evaluation of the Competitive Golfer: Implications for Rehabilitation. Invited presentation, New York State Athletic Trainer's Association Annual Meeting, West Point.

Geisler PR (2006). Higher Education at a Crossroads. In S. Steinberg, J. Kincheloe, & N. Denzin (Eds.), Higher Ed: Questions about the Purpose(s) of Colleges & Universities. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Geisler PR (2005). The pedagogical implications of popular (culture) science: Reggae music, Vanilla Sky & Minority Report as postmodern scientific curriculum. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Vol. 21 (1), pp. 159-173.

Geisler PR (2003). Multiculturalism and athletic training education: Implications for educational & professional progress. Journal of Athletic Training, Vol. 38(2), pp. 141-151.

Geisler PR (2001). Golf biomechanics, injury & exercise. In E. Shamus (Ed.) Sports Biomechanics. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishers, Inc., pp. 185-226.

Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration

Bronson E & Geisler PR (2009). Surgical management of recurrent tarsal tunnel syndrome: A clinical case report. Poster presentation, 2009 James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College.

Connell S & Geisler PR (2008). Posterior cervical foraminotomy to Relieve cervical disk herniation in a collegiate wrestler: A clinical case report. Poster presentation, 2008 James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College.

Ambrose E, Hummel C, Lazenby T & Geisler PR (2008). Multiple anterior cruciate ligament failure in a college football player and the corresponding surgical techniques of reconstruction: A clinical case report. Poster presentation, 2008 James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College & 2008 EATA Annual Conference & Symposium, Valley Forge, PA.

Gentile K, Matheny M & Geisler PR (2008). Hamstring strain with an avulsion fracture of the ischial tuberosity: A clinical case report. Poster presentation, 2008 James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College.

Edelstein J, Lazenby T & Geisler PR (2008). Competing diagnoses in the management of a collegiate baseball player with chronic elbow pain: A clinical case report. Poster presentation, 2008 James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College.

Crowell C, Hummel C, Lazenby T & Geisler PR (2008). Right Achilles' tendon partial rupture in a collegiate football player: A clinical case report. Poster presentation, James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College & 2008 EATA Annual Conference & Symposium, Valley Forge, PA.

Geisler PR, Hebert C, DiCenso M & Gardner B (2007-09). Athletic Pubalgia in College Hockey Players. A collaborative field study conducted with the Cornell University men's hockey team designed to investigate the causes, prevention and treatment of athletic pubalgia. Conducted in conjunction with the sports medicine and hockey staffs from Cornell University.

Kafchinski MM & Geisler PR (2007). Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with a Loss of Knee Extension:  A Case Study. Poster presentation, 2007 James Whalen Academic Symposium, Ithaca College.
 

Personal Interests:

Cycling, mountain biking, hiking, soccer, photography, reading and family time with Susan, Nicholas and Benji.

“The purpose of teaching is to have teaching cease”…Michel Serres