The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is a division of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Karla Boluk
Assistant Professor
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: ethical consumption, fair trade, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, volunteer tourism
Sherry L. Dupuis
Professor, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: culture change in long-term care; dementia and dementia care; leisure, aging and care; leisure, health and wellness; arts-based research; participatory action research
Corey W. Johnson
Professor
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: dominant and non-dominant relations in leisure contexts, inclusive recreation and disability, masculinity, sexual and gender identity, activism and anti-hegemonic volunteering, cultural and digital media, qualitative methods - ethnography, collective memory and creative analytic practice
Kimberly J. Lopez
Assistant Professor
Research interests: narrative inquiry; participatory action research; community engagement; qualitative methods and methodologies; critical social theories; caring and care work; leisure, wellness, well-being, and health; inclusive/therapeutic recreation and leisure; leisure, aging, and later life; difference and marginalization; digital storytelling, body mapping, photo-elicitation and photo voice, digital, arts-based methods and representation
Steven E. Mock
Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: lifespan development, sexual minority development, leisure as a coping resource, social nature of coping and decision-making, retirement planning
Luke R. Potwarka
Associate Professor
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: consumer behaviour related to sport events, exploring the role of mega-sport events in the promotion of physical activity and sport participation, exploring commercial and tourism-related responses to mega-sport events, cognitive function and leisure/sport participation
Zara Rafferty
Continuing Lecturer
Approved master's committee member
Research interests: leisure and the arts, qualitative inquiry, inclusion in leisure contexts, experiential education, child and youth leisure
Bryan Smale
Professor
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: leisure, health, and well-being of individuals and communities; social indicators research; spatial analysis of leisure and well-being; time use allocation