Kristi Roth

Assistant Professor
Physical Education -
Adapted Physical Education


Office: 133 HEC
Phone: 346-2889
Email: kroth@uwsp.edu

Courses Taught

P ED 220 - Lifespan Motor Development
P ED 260 - Practicum Experience in Physical Education
P ED 315 - Dance Methods
PEX 400 - Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities
PEX 401 - Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities
PEX 415 - Assessment and Prescription in Adapted
                Physical Education
PEX 445 - Seminar in Adapted Physical Education

Kristi’s first adapted physical education job was when she taught her classmate, a boy with a disability, how to skip for the third grade Maypole Celebration.  Kristi has had a passion for the field ever since.  She received her B.S. in Sports Studies from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, her M.S. in Health and Physical Education with an emphasis in Adapted Physical Education from N.C. A&T State University, and her Ph.D. in Adapted Physical Education with an emphasis in Pedagogy from Texas Woman’s University. 

Kristi spent 10 years teaching in the public school system prior to taking her position as the Adapted Physical Education Coordinator at UWSP.  Her various positions included High School Health and Physical Education teacher and Women’s Soccer Coach in Greensboro, NC, Elementary Physical Education teacher in Saipan, MP, Middle School Health and Physical Education teacher in Burlington, NC, Adapted Physical Education teacher in Greensboro, NC, and an Adapted Physical Education Consultant for a variety of school districts in North Carolina and Texas.

Kristi proudly runs an on campus practicum for students with disabilities at UWSP on Fridays.  She takes great joy in sharing her passion for the field in the variety of adapted physical education courses she teaches.  She also enjoys teaching and learning through community service and scholarly work including numerous presentations in Wisconsin, Virginia, and California, a recent publication in Education and Training of Developmental Disabilities, and as co-author of the 11^th Edition of Principles and Methods of Adapted Physical Education and Recreation.

In her free time Kristi enjoys spending time with her best friend and husband, Matt and her two delightful sons, Timmy and Daniel.  They love to travel, fish, snowboard, camp, hike, paddle, play games, and read.  They also take joy in caring for their 3 cats and 1 dog.