Faculty research profiles
Ted Spiker
Summary
Professor Spiker’s creative activities focus on mainstream magazine writing, with an emphasis on health, fitness, and nutrition. He researches, reports, and writes stories for various national magazines, and also has worked and am working as a co-author on several health-related books.
He also has a strong interest in other forms of writing, including narrative, profiles, essays, humor, and many other genres, as well as research/teaching interests in magazine writing, magazine covers, the magazine industry, and magazine design.
Recent publications
BOOKS
Co-author, YOU: On a Diet: The Owner's Maual to Waist Management, Michael R. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. with Ted Spiker, Lisa Oz, and Craig Wynett, Free Press, October 2006.
C0-author, The Abs Diet 6-Minute Meals for 6-pack Abs, David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker, Rodale, 2006.
Co-author, Men, Love, & Sex, David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker, Rodale, Spetember, 2006.
MAGAZINES
Men's Health
Department, "Full Court Fitness," March, 2007
Feature, "The Five Pillars of Fitness," April, 2006.
Runner's World
Feature, "The Runner's Body: The Foot & Ankle," June, 2007
Feature, "The Runner's Body: The Hip & Thigh," May, 2007
Feature, "The Runner's Body: The Shin & Calf," April, 2007
Feature, "The Runner's Body: The Knee," March 2007
Cooking Light
Department, "Body Works: Eyes," April, 2007
Department, "Body Works: Joints," March, 2007
Everyday with Rachael Ray
Feature,"MoonOver Miami," April, 2007
Keywords
Magazines, Health, Journalism, Narrative journalism, Literary journalism, Magazine writing, Magazine covers
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