James Watkins (researcher)

James Watkins is Professor of Biomechanics in the College of Engineering at Swansea University, Swansea, Wales UK (2002–2014). During the period 2000–2009, he was Head of the Department of Sports Science and Director of the Sport and Exercise Science Research Centre. Watkins was formerly at Jordanhill College, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (1974–1993) and at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (1993–2000). He is an advisory board member of the Journal of Sports Sciences.

He was chairman of the biomechanics section of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences from 1993 to 1996 and a member of the sports-related subjects panel in the 1996 and 2001 Research Assessment Exercises.

He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES), a fellow of the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom (FPEAUK) and an honorary member of the Association for Physical Education (afPE).