Exercise Science Faculty

Meet Our Exercise Science Team

Program Director

Barbara Hess Tymczyszyn, MA, C-HWC
Program Director, Clinical Coordinator, and Instructor III
Office: Marieb Hall 320
Phone: 239-590-7539

Faculty

Patricia Sawyer-Simmons, PhD, EP-C, CSCS, EIM
Assistant Professor - Rehabilitation Sciences
Office: Marieb Hall 339
Phone: 239 -745-4205
Sarah Peterson, EdD, MS
Instructor I - Rehabilitation Sciences
Office: Marieb Hall 432
Phone: 239 -590-1281
Mark Erickson, PT, DScPT 
Assistant Professor - Rehabilitation Sciences
Office: Marieb Hall 422
Phone: 239 -590-7533
Jason Craddock,  Ph.D., AT, LAT, CSCS
Assistant Professor - Rehabilitation Sciences
Office: Marieb Hall 418
Phone: 239-590-7535
Paula-Marie M. Ferrara, PhD, MS, ACSM-CEP
Associate Professor - Rehabilitation Sciences, Shady Rest Institute on Positive Aging
Office: Marieb Hall 
Caren Polk, DC
Instructor I - Rehabiliation Sciences 
Office: Marieb Hall
E-mail: cpolk@fgcu.edu 
Robert Sorenson, PhD, CSCS, CSPS
Adjunct Faculty - Rehabilitation Sciences
Office: Marieb Hall
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Marieb Hall

Administrative

Teresa Collazo
Administrative Specialist
Office: Marieb Hall
Phone: 239-745-4265
E-mail: tcollazo@fgcu.edu

We’re Here to Answer Your Questions.

Marieb College of Health & Human Services

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

10501 FGCU Blvd. S.
Fort Myers, FL 33965

239-745-4255