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About Deane Lamont

Deane Lamont was born in Plymouth, England. His secondary education was at the Gordon’s Boys School in Surrey, England and Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, Scotland. Professor Lamont received his doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley and has been at Saint Mary’s College since 1995. His scholarly interests focus on the socio-historical aspects of health, exercise and sport. Dr. Lamont has published his research in various journals including the Journal of Sport History, the Californian Journal of Health Promotion, the Journal of the West, and the Journal of Olympic History. His book, America's “Healthiest” City: A History of Early Oakland, California was published in 2010. In 2017, his chapter “Oakland’s Nineteenth-Century Parks and Resorts: ‘Lungs of the City,’ Commercial Sporting Venues, and Instruments of Civic Boosterism” was published in the University of Arkansas Press’ sport history anthology San Francisco Bay Area Sports: Golden Gate Athletics, Recreation and Community. He has presented his scholarship at numerous regional, national, and international academic conferences and professional meetings. Professor Lamont teaches his home department’s introductory course and its upper division sport history and sport and social justice classes; he has been a seminar leader in the Saint Mary's College Collegiate Seminar Program for over 20 years. Since 2014, Professor Lamont has taken January Term classes to Turkey, Greece and Italy to retrace the steps of Homer’s heroes and visit ancient Olympia and the other archaeological sites used for ancient Greek athletics and Roman sport. Dr. Lamont has been undergraduate chair of Kinesiology, directed its graduate program, and served as a Senator on the Saint Mary’s College Academic Senate. He is currently at work on a book that has the provisional title: Sport at U.S. Catholic Colleges: The Spiritual meets the Secular. Professor Lamont maintains a healthy personal lifestyle through golf, various types of cardio exercises and SCUBA but alas no longer competitive soccer or rugby. He enjoys international travel with his wife and is a passionate supporter of Manchester United. Professor Lamont is an active volunteer in his local community. He is a head coach in the De La Salle High School soccer program and led the men’s club soccer team at Saint Mary’s College from 2012-18. He has also mentored aspiring at-risk prospective first-generation college students in Richmond, California through the College is Real foundation. Professor Lamont represented Saint Mary’s College at the the International Lasallian University Leadership Program in Rome in 2017 and the Sport at the Service of Humanity Conference at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles 2018.

Positions

2011 - Present Coach, Soccer Program, De La Salle High School
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2000 - Present Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kinesiology
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kinesiology
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2012 - 2018 Head Coach, Saint Mary’s College Men’s Club Soccer Team, Saint Mary's College of California
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1998 - 2016 Faculty Moderator, N.C.A.A. Division I Men’s Soccer Team, Saint Mary's College of California
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2012 - 2014 Member, Admissions & Academic Regulations Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2013 - 2013 Member, Academic Senate, Saint Mary's College of California
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2009 - 2012 Mentor, College is Real Program, Richmond High School
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2007 - 2008 Member, Academic Senate, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2007 Director, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kinesiology
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2006 - 2007 Member, LEAP Program Steering Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - 2007 Chair, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kinesiology
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2003 - 2007 Member, School of Liberal Arts Chairs’ Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - 2006 Chair, Search Committee for Ranked Hires in Department of Kinesiology, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - 2004 Member, Athletic Review Task Force, Saint Mary's College of California
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2000 - 2001 Member, Educational Policies Board, Saint Mary's College of California
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2000 - 2001 Member, Graduate Policies Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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1998 - 2000 Director, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kinesiology
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1998 - 2000 Faculty Library Liaison, Saint Mary's College of California
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1998 - 2000 Member, School of Liberal Arts Chairs’ Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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1995 - 2000 Lecturer, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kinesiology
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1999 - 1999 Member, Equity, Welfare & Sportsmanship Committee for N.C.A.A. Recertification, Saint Mary's College of California
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1998 - 1998 Member, Search Committee for Health & Wellness Educator Position, Saint Mary's College of California
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1992 - 1995 Teaching Associate, Department of Human Biodynamics, University of California - Berkeley
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1992 - 1992 Research Associate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California - Berkeley
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2008 - 2010 Editor, Physical Activity and Fitness section, Californian Journal of Health Promotion
2008 - 2009 Reviewer, Program Abstracts and Symposia, Research Consortium, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Convention
1998 - 2002 Referee, Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness Monograph Series
1999 - 1999 Saint Mary’s College of California Faculty Representative, N.C.A.A. Title IX Conference
1999 - 1999 Moderator, “Changes, Challenges, and Choices” session, Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness Conference
1998 - 1998 Keynote Responder, Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness Conference
1997 - 1998 Member, Steering Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
1990 - 1991 Vice-President (Recreation), San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
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Honors and Awards

  • Represented Saint Mary's College of California at the International Association of Lasallian Universities Leadership Program, Rome 2017
  • Western Society of Kinesiology and Wellness Young Scholar Award, 1997-98
  • University of California, Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor for Research Award, 1995-96
  • University of California Regent’s Fellow, 1994-95
  • University of California, Berkeley’s Franklin Henry Fellowship Award, 1993-94, 1994-95
  • University of California, Berkeley’s Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 1993-94

Courses

  • Kinesiology 10: Introduction to Kinesiology
  • Kinesiology 111: History of Sport & Exercise
  • Kinesiology 131: Sport & Social Justice
  • Collegiate Seminar Program
  • January Term travel courses to Turkey, Greece & Italy

Education

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1996 Ph.D Human Biodynamics, University of California - Berkeley
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1990 M.A. Kinesiology, Saint Mary's College of California
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1987 B.S. Human Performance, San Jose State University
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Contact Information

Office: Saint Joseph Hall 106
Phone: 925 631-4024
Fax: 631-4965
Mail: P.O. Box 4500

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