Dr. Joanne Klossner, PhD, LAT, ATC, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland (UMD) – College Park. In addition to her teaching role, she serves as an undergraduate academic advisor and co-coordinator of the department’s internship program. She is also a member of UMD’s Gamma Zeta Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. Prior to moving to Maryland, she was a faculty member for 10 years within Indiana University's (IU) School of Public Health in Bloomington where she served in a clinical faculty position in the Department of Kinesiology as well as the Clinical Education Coordinator of the Athletic Training Program. 

Joanne has published in peer-reviewed journals, presented locally and nationally, and has participated in various campus, community, and professional service activities. Currently she is a member of the newly formed NATA Athletic Training and Public Health (ATPH) Committee after completing numerous years on the ATPH task force. Prior to her task force involvement, she served as an Associate Editor of the Athletic Training Education Journal and as a mentor to the Student Leadership Committee. She earned a B.S. in Kinesiology and a Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from Indiana University and her M.A. in Athletic Training from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. 

Dr. Klossner has a wide variety of research and professional interests particularly related to public health, experiential education, service-learning, and the socialization of professional students. She has expertise in qualitative research and scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) methodologies.