Adam Grimmitt

Adam is a graduate student in the department of Kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  He is a teaching assistant across a variety of classes, ranging from team based discussions to large scale lectures. He was an instructor for the Neuromechanics of Human Locomotion (SU23;SP24) and is a First Year Seminar instructor for students within the Exploratory tract and the School of Public Health and Health Sciences. His research interest revolves around gait-specific biomechanics in older adults. As an instructor - Adam tries to bring play to his students. He does this by framing learning as an act of curiosity and growth. Inclusive frameworks allow him to play with concepts and relationships to improve student learning.