{"id":14395,"date":"2017-08-30T09:29:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=14395"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:11:55","slug":"lauren-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/lauren-jacobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Jacobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lauren Jacobs\" class=\"wp-image-19767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-317x476.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-423x635.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs-634x951.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Jacobs.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Senior Lecturer of\u00a0Outdoor Leadership<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:lauren.jacobs@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lauren.jacobs@maine.edu<\/a><br>207.581.4930<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>106 Lengyel Hall<br>University of Maine<br>Orono, Maine 04469<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Lauren Jacobs is a senior lecturer of outdoor leadership with the College of Education and Human Development at University of Maine. She coordinates the outdoor leadership concentration and minor within the kinesiology and physical education major, and instructs a number of outdoor leadership courses. Her research interests involve physical activity and outdoor education and learning, particularly in rural schools. She loves exploring the woods and waters of Maine, and gardening flowers and vegetables in her backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><br>Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022,&nbsp; University of Maine<br>M.S. in Kinesiology and Physical Education, 2017, University of Maine<br>B.A. in English, 2007, Bates College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses taught at UMaine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KPE 262: Methods of Teaching Physical Activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KPE 265: Outdoor and Adventure Activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KPE 280: Introduction to Paddling Instruction and Safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KPE 311: Advanced Methods of Instructing Outdoor Activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KPE 396: Outdoor Leadership Field Experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KPE 411: Ethics and Social Justice in Outdoor Leadership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sample publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jacobs, L.E., Lehnhard, R., Nightingale, C. &amp; Hansen, A. (2019) What is \u201cToo Cold,\u201d Anyway? Recess and Physical Education Weather Policies in Maine Elementary Schools.<i> Maine Policy Review.<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Abildso, C.G., Umstattd Meyer, M.R., Daily, S.M., Edwards, M.B., Jacobs, L., McClendon, M.E., Perry, C.K. &amp; Roemmich, J.N. (2019, February). <i>Environmental factors associated with physical activity in rural US counties. <\/i>Oral presentation at the Active Living Conference, Charleston, SC. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacobs, L.E. (2017). &#8220;An Investigation of the In-Practice Development and Implementation of Recess and PE Weather Policies in Maine Elementary Schools.&#8221; Electronic Theses and Dissertations. <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu\/etd\/2743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu\/etd\/2743<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Jacobs is a lecturer in outdoor leadership with the College of Education and Human Development at University of Maine. 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