Dr. Angela K. Beale-Tawfeeq is an Associate Professor, former chair and current Program Coordinator of the Health/Physical Education, Teacher Education (HEPETE) Program, in the Department of Science, Technology, Education, Arts, Mathematics, and Movement Education (STEAM), in the College of Education, at Rowan University. Additionally, Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq has served as the Program Director of the Kinesiology Physical Activity Program, in the College of Public Health at Temple University and has been recognized nationally for her youth development, aquatic-physical activity programming. Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq received her B.A, in English and M.S. in Therapeutic Recreation from Howard University, in Washington D.C., and her doctorate, in Physical Education, Teacher Education, from the Florida State University, in Tallahassee Florida. Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq’s interest in addressing health disparities in the African American community, promoting equity and social justice via water safety and drowning prevention in historically excluded and underserved communities, and her desire to confronts health and physical activity disparities, social justice, and other disproportionate inequities in society, aquatics, and education, redirected her professional focus toward the inclusion of public health issues. Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq went on to receive her Master of Public Health, in Community Health with a global perspective, from Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.
Dr. Beale Tawfeeq’s belief as a educator and a researcher is grounded in her mission of “building bridges to break down barriers” in communities, a trend that was established during her developmental years, via personal, educational, and physical activity experiences.
Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq currently serves as a member of the American Red Cross, Scientific Advisory Council, Aquatic Sub Council, Director of Education and Research for Diversity In Aquatics (DIA), a non-profit 501 4c organization, whose mission is to save lives and reduce the incidence of drowning through global efforts. Additionally, she founded End Needless Drowning, which specializes in aquatic physical activity-based youth development programs in underserved communities, K-12 school districts, and community-based organizations. Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq’s research, grant writing, and academic pursuits have included, community health and the evaluation of culturally competent physical activity programs, drowning prevention and water safety among African American and Latino populations, youth development, service-learning and culturally responsive pedagogy in K-12 health and physical education, and advocacy for programs and policies that will improve health conditions in African American and Latino communities. Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq has been recognized with several national awards and honors, presented on the international, national, regional and local levels, and has been published in several refereed journals. Presently, Dr. Beale-Tawfeeq seeks to examine the social, cultural, and structural determinants of health, physical activity, and education and aims to dismantle health and educational disparities, and establish racial equity to cultivate understanding and change.