The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is a division of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Karla Boluk
Associate 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
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
Kelsey Johansen
Lecturer
Approved master's committee member
Research interests: narratives produced by and for tourists/recreationists, the transmission of inter-cultural knowledge and sustainability practices, host and guest interactions, the phenomenological experience of tourism, recreation and leisure, and rural community tourism development.
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
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
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
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