Emily Kosderka

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Emily Kosderka Ph.D., ATC
Assistant Professor

Cook Hall

ekosderka@linfield.edu

(she, her, hers)

Prior to joining the faculty at Linfield, Emily was the associate director of sports medicine for Portland State University since 2020. She started at PSU after a 19-year stint at Concordia University before its closing in 2020. For the first 12 years at CU, she served as the head athletic trainer then moved to full-time faculty in the exercise and sport science department where she taught a variety of courses and also served as the internship coordinator.

Emily's research is in the use of exercise as a therapeutic intervention following sport-related concussion and she hopes her work will further our understanding of how exercise can be used safely to improve recovery. She is on the advisory board for the Collegiate Athletic Trainers’ Association and has been an invited speaker to conferences around the country.

Education

• B.S., exercise science, Willamette University
• M.S., kinesiology, Indiana University
• Ph.D., Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Academic interests

Emily enjoys teaching a wide variety of courses in the exercise science curriculum. From Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries to Research Methods, her goal is to bring passion and enthusiasm to the classroom and to create an active and inclusive learning community.

Publications

May, 2020 California Athletic Trainers’ Association Concussion Symposium—Invited Presentation
“Get ‘em Moving—But How? Exercise following sport related concussion”

Dec, 2019 Oregon Health & Science University—Invited Presentation
“Get ‘em Moving—But How? Exercise following sport-related concussion”

July, 2019 Washington State Athletic Trainers Association Summer Symposium – Invited Presentation
“Exercise Rehabilitation for Sport Related Concussion: Where Do We Stand?”

June, 2019 College Athletic Trainers Society Summer Symposium – Invited Presentation
“Exercise for recovery following sport related concussion: The Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test”

May, 2019 Sports Neuropsychology Society Concussion Symposium-Invited Presentation
“Challenges of Managing Concussion in Collegiate Student-Athletes: a small school perspective.”

July 2018 Hawaii Concussion Awareness Management Project-Invited Presentation (EBP approved)
“Exercise Rehabilitation for Sport Related Concussion: Where Do We Stand?”

Mar., 2018 Northwest Athletic Trainers Association District 10 Meeting—Invited Presentation
“Active Recovery Following Sport Related Concussion: The Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test”