- Phone:
- 317-274-9312
- Email:
- nbarton@iu.edu
- Department:
- Kinesiology
- Personnel type:
- Faculty
- Campus:
- IU Indianapolis
PE/Nat
901 W. New York Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5193
901 W. New York Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5193
Nancy A. Barton, M.S., ACSM/EP-C, CWHC, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology. She lectures in lifestyle wellness, stress management and prevention, complementary and alternative approaches to health, and consumer health.
Prior to beginning her appointment as faculty at the School of Health & Human Sciences, she was employed at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis from 1987 to 2003. At St. Vincent, Barton delivered wellness and fitness programs to corporate and community clients and was the program director of the Healthy Lifestyles Program, the wellness program offered to St. Vincent employees.
Barton received the 2016 trustees’ teaching award for the School of Health & Human Sciences. In 2015, she received a curriculum enhancement grant that supported the development of a minor in wellness coaching. In 2012, she received a RISE to the Challenge curriculum grant to create an experiential component to a consumer health class.
Barton graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in 1976 and received her M.S. in physical education in 1987 from Indiana University. She is a certified wellness and health coach by Real Balance Global Wellness and a certified exercise physiologist by the American College of Sports Medicine.
Barton was instrumental in the development of campus kitchen at IU Indianapolis. Working with the Office of Sustainability, campus kitchen resulted from the class work of Barton’s consumer-health class. It minimizes food waste on campus and Indianapolis, and works to reduce hunger in the Indianapolis area. In February 2016, the Office of Sustainability recognized Barton in the sustainability spotlight. She is the faculty advisor for the campus kitchen student organization.