Rate My Professor Ericka Zimmerman

Zimmerman's scholarly work centers on leadership barriers and successes in health professions education, employment models and policy practices for athletic trainers, risk management, stretching protocols, proprioception, and conflict resolution strategies in athletic training environments. Notable publications include "Perceived Barriers, Challenges, Successes, and Rewards of Leadership Positions in Colleges of Health Professions: A Survey of Female Leaders" (2021), "An Examination of Employment Model and Policy and Procedure Practices of Secondary School Athletic Trainers" (2021), "Perceived Barriers and Challenges of Leadership Positions in Schools and Colleges of Health Professions in Higher Education: A Survey of Faculty at ASAHP Institutions" (2020), "The Effect of Holographic Wristbands on Proprioception" (2015), and "Conflict Resolution Strategies and Improving Relationships for ATs" (2009). Her 12 publications have garnered 34 citations. She has earned significant recognition, including induction as a Distinguished Practitioner Fellow in the National Academies of Practice (2022), the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (2017), the Dan Libera Service Award from the Board of Certification (2016), the All-Southern Conference Faculty Award, the Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Service, and the Campus Career Development Champion Award (2021-2022).