East Los Angeles College, Department of Kinesiology

06/09/2024

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04/26/2024

03/11/2024

New Recreation & Leisure Studies Degree! Take Introduction to Recreation and Leisure with in Fall!

12/19/2023

That’s a wrap on Spring 2023! See you for Winter Session 2024 Huskies!

07/23/2023

01/31/2023

12/19/2022

Happy Holidays Huskies

10/29/2022

2022 Mujeres de Paz Candlelight Vigil

09/26/2022

09/16/2022

Check out these two new online late start classes! Earn both your fitness and health credit with Professor Ortiz or workout with Professor Costello!

09/15/2022

09/08/2022

Cardio Kickboxing with Professor Ortiz!

08/29/2022

First day of the Fall 2022 semester! Welcome back Huskies!!!

08/29/2022

Check out our amazing certificate programs!

08/28/2022

See you tomorrow Huskies!!

08/28/2022

Meet Adjunct Instructor Edward “Ed” Elias! Mr. Elias has been teaching at East Los Angeles College since 1998. He teaches Weight Training and other conditioning classes. Mr. Elias loves the students at ELAC and enjoys that he gets to interact with all different ages of students. Mr. Elias is also an ELAC alumni! His favorite quote is, “If you don’t record it, you didn’t do it.”

08/27/2022

Meet Adjunct Instructor Irene Aldana! Mrs. Aldana has been teaching at ELAC since 1996. She teaches Health 8: Women's Personal Health and Health 11: Principles of Healthful Living.

Mrs. Aldana’s favorite thing about the Kinesiology department at East Los Angeles College is the mission statement as it reflects her personal belief in staying active through exercise. She knows the students will benefit physically and cognitively by embracing this concept.

Mrs. Aldana has traveled to Washington D.C. and Sacramento numerous times to speak on the importance of Community Health with State and Federal representatives.  In 2021 she provided virtual public comment on topics related to health to the Senate Subcommittee and Assembly Health Committee.  She has also participated in numerous meetings with L.A City, County and Community representatives on the same.  Mrs. Aldana’s favorite quote is, “Light tomorrow with today"  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

08/26/2022

Opening Day 2022

08/24/2022

Meet Adjunct Instructor Marvin Espinoza! Mr. Espinoza has been teaching at ELAC since 2006. He teaches Principles of Healthful Living and Health & Fitness.

Mr. Espinoza’s favorite thing about the kinesiology department is the love and passion he sees instructors and faculty bring to the classrooms and how they work hard to engage and empower our students. Something interesting about Mr. Espinoza is that he has wilderness first aid and enjoys the outdoors. His favorite quote is, "Today's managers must compete not just for product markets or technical expertise, but for the hearts and minds of talented and capable people."

08/23/2022

Join me Huskies!! This class is going to be amazing! This course combines Indoor Cycling (AKA 'Bicycle Spinning') using the stationary bike with off-the-bike exercises for a full body workout. Students ride along to upbeat music as they burn a substantial amount of calories, lengthen and strengthen muscles, build core stability, tone biceps and triceps, and improve their cardiovascular health.

08/23/2022

Meet Adjunct Instructor Isabel Woelfel! Mrs. Woelfel has been an adjunct faculty at ELAC for the past 6 years. She teaches the KIN-336 Zumba fitness course level I & II. Her favorite thing about working at ELAC is that she gets to share her passion and love for Zumba and fitness with amazing students!

Something interesting about Mrs. Woelfel is that she recently earned her doctorate of education in Kinesiology. Her favorite quote is “Do what you love & love what you do.”

08/22/2022

Meet Adjunct Instructor Lonnie Teper! Mr. Teper began teaching both Health and PE (now Kinesiology) as an Adjunct in the Fall of 1995. That makes him the longest serving adjunct in the department! He has also been the department's Adjunct Rep since the position was created.

Mr. Teper earned an AA degree from ELAC before going on to obtain a degree in Journalism/Radio TV from Cal State Long Beach. Teper worked in the field of sports journalism for several years, then went to Cal State Los Angeles to complete studies for a Masters Degree in Physical Education. Mr. Teper was named "Outstanding Graduate Student" at CSLA, and was a long time instructor in both Journalism and PE at the university.

Mr. Teper wrote for several fitness magazines before becoming Editor-at-Large for IRON MAN Magazine.  He was the emcee of the prestigious Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic for 25 years, and has promoted his own event, the California Collegiates (now the NPC West Coast Classic) since 1999.

In 2019 Mr. Teper was honored with a "Lifetime Achievement Award", presented annually  by the National Physique Committee.

08/22/2022

Meet Adjunct Instructor Lorraine Jones! Mrs. Jones has been teaching at ELAC for over four years now. She teaches a variety of Health and Kinesiology courses including, but not limited to, Women’s Health, Fitness & Nutrition, Techniques of Instruction-Group Fitness, Techniques of Instruction-Strength Training, Zumba, and Body Conditioning.

Mrs. Jones loves providing education to her students and interacting with them in and out of the classroom.  She enjoys spending time teaching group fitness classes, hiking, skiing, and traveling. She also enjoys attending Health and Fitness conferences and Strength and Conditioning Workshops. Her favorite quote is, “The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.”

08/21/2022

Meet our Cheerleading Coach and adjunct instructor Eva Lopez Zepeda! ELAC has been a second home to Mrs. Zepeda for 20 years. Her foundation at ELAC was formed as a student. She dedicated 17 years to ELAC honoring the role as an Adjunct Kinesiology Instructor, Cheerleading Head Coach, and Pep Squad Club Advisor.

Mrs. Lopez earned the opportunity to teach a wide array of Kinesiology, Kinesiology Athletic, and Health Classes at the ELAC Main Campus, Southgate Campus, and with College Partners Program with High School Students.

Mrs. Lopez loves that the Kinesiology department offers amazing opportunities and contiues to expand each year. Mrs. Lopez states, “This is afforded by a diverse group of instructors with an array of master degrees with emphasis in multiple specialties connected to the discipline of kinesiology. Having instructors with strong backgrounds with multiple specialties in the study of kinesiology allows us to offer more classes for students of all skill levels, age, experience, and future Kinesiologists who study within the department.”

There isn't one favorite thing about the department for Mrs. Lopez. She states, “It is incomparable. Together with the instructors'  education, experience, and united mission to expand kinesiology opportunities for students, the department creates a chance for students to take world wide evolving classes, and study multiple kinesiology programs that lead to earning certificates, degrees, and a chance to find careers connected to kinesiology. “

Mrs. Lopez is a Leo, Hear HER Roar! While she likes peace and tranquility like a lion that sleeps, she also likes to take adventurous hikes. Mrs. Lopez thinks her students would quote her saying "keep your chin up, mind and body in control, and make each movement with sharp intentions." It is a philosophy that she stands by that can help students be productive individuals in and out of a classroom.

08/20/2022

Meet Professor Marilyn Ladd!
Ms. Ladd had been at ELAC for 42 years as a Coach, Athletic Director, and Health Professor. Prior to teaching at East LA College, she was a student athlete here. Ms. Ladd is currently retired, but teaches the Adaptive Kinesiology students as an adjunct instructor.  What Ms. Ladd likes most about our campus and department is how much we care about our students and how committed we are to their growth. She was raised in a family of fourteen; eight brothers and three sisters (see photos) which allowed her to develop lifetime team skills and attitudes which she has brought to her teaching, coaching and relationships. Ms. Ladd’s favorite quote is, “There is no ‘I’ in Team”.

08/19/2022

Meet Professor and Men's Basketball coach John Mosley! Mosley has been at ELAC since 2012. He was born and raised right here In Los Angeles. Mr. Mosley teaches Intro to Kinesiology, Sports Ethics, Health & Fitness, Intro to Coaching Athletics, Basketball Skills, Life Long Fitness Lab, Weight Training Techniques, Bicycle Spinning, Body Toning and many more!

Mosleys favorite thing about ELAC is the privilege to come build relationships and impact the lives of students daily. Two interesting facts about Mosley is that he is a graduate of ELAC class of ???? and he was recently the featured Basketball coach on The Emmy Award winning Netflix docuseries "Last Chance U Basketball," released in March 2021. The show follows and documented the ELAC Men's Basketball teams 2019-20 season.

Mr. Mosley’s favorite quotes are, “Rules without relationship equals rebellion" -unknown and “WINNING IS ESSENTIAL" -Coach John Mosley.

08/18/2022

Meet Professor James Hines!
Mr. Hines has been teaching at ELAC for 23 years. He started out as a student-athlete at ELAC back in the fall of 1991. EAst Los Angeles College has been his home ever since, with a one-year interruption when he transferred to CSUN to play baseball. He was the head baseball coach at ELAC for 23 years and an assistant athletic director for 2 years. Mr. Hines loves that our students remind him of himself when he came to ELAC as a student: uncertain of the direction he wanted to go, but hungry for knowledge and a path to success.

Professor Hines teaches both Kinesiology (Weight Training, Intro to Kin, and Intro to Coaching Athletics) and Health (7, 11, 15). He loves that the kinesiology department possesses one of the most diverse offerings of courses in the state. His favorite quote is, “The best way of training the young is to train yourself at the same time. Not to admonish them, but to be seen never doing that of which you would admonish them." - Plato

08/17/2022

Meet our Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Professor Bobby Godinez! Mr. Godinez has been at ELAC for seven years and teaches Health & Fitness, Fitness & Nutrition, Principles of Healthful Living, and Kin Athletics.

His favorite thing about the Kinesiology department is that the faculty is passionate about what they do and as a department have a major footprint on campus.  The footprint extends from the number of students, to certificate completion and success, plus degree completion.  

Something interesting about Mr. Godinez is that at the beginning of his career as a football coach, prior to teaching, between 2008-2012, his family moved 13 times and went from the west coast to the east coast and finished back here on the west.  Thats the life of a coach. Mr. Godinez has two favorite quotes:

“Everything negative - pressures, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise." - Kobe Bryant

“I can't relate to lazy people.  We don't speak the same language.  I don't understand you.  I don't want to understand you." - Kobe Bryant

08/17/2022

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