Melanie Perreault

Melanie Perreault, PhD is an Associate Professor of Motor Behavior and Coordinator for the Kinesiology program in the Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies, and Physical Education at SUNY Brockport. She is also the Communications Director for the Institute of Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness. She teaches undergraduate courses on motor development and motor learning and graduate courses on research. Her main area of research focuses on motor development in children with sensory impairments. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to five books. Dr. Perreault and her research team received the Corinne Kirchner Research Award from the American Federation for the Blind and the Special Recognition Award from the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation for their contributes to the field. She received the Honors Mentor Award and Faculty-Student Engagement Award from SUNY Brockport for her work with undergraduate student research. She currently serves on the board of the American Kinesiology Association and is a Member-at-Large for the International Motor Development Research Consortium.