Deputy Director

Dr. Shannon L. Jette is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park. She is also runs the Technologies of Health IN Context (THINC) Laboratory and is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of NatureRx@UMD.

Dr. Jette's research focuses on social, cultural and historical aspects of knowledge production in the disciplines of kinesiology, medicine and public health. She is particularly interested in studying exercise and fitness practices as technologies of health that have the potential to shape how we understand and experience our bodies.