Rate My Professor Zachary Crowley-Mchattan

Dr. Zachary Crowley-McHattan is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University, within the School of Health and Human Sciences. He holds the positions of Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science, Deputy Director of Higher Degrees Research in the School of Health and Human Sciences, and Member of SCU's Human Research Ethics Committee. Crowley-McHattan completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Human Movement Science with Honours in 2007, Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, and PhD in 2013, all at Southern Cross University. He has been a lecturer at the university since 2012, advancing to his current senior role.

His research specializations include the control and learning of motor skills in functional and sporting contexts, with a primary focus on neuromuscular control and adaptation, particularly neuromuscular physiology and cross-education. He also contributes to research in skill analysis and acquisition in sports. Current supervision areas encompass residual force enhancement in human skeletal muscle, neuromechanical analysis of functional skills such as ring dips and surfboard paddling, and talent identification in football. In his teaching portfolio, he covers motor control and motor learning for coaching in the Sport and Exercise Science degree, along with neuroscience and research and analysis in health, informed by extensive experience in these areas.

Key publications include "Bench, Bar, and Ring Dips: Do Kinematics and Muscle Activity Differ?" (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022), "Fatigue Increases Muscle Activations but Does Not Change Maximal Joint Angles during the Bar Dip" (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022), "Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction in Australian firefighters" (Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2024), and "A preliminary investigation of residual force enhancement and muscle length change in vivo during maximal post-stretch isometric contractions of the hamstrings" (Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 2021). From 2017 to 2019, he coached at Liverpool International Academy NSW and continues this affiliation through research projects, coach mentoring, and coach education.