The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is a division of the Faculty of Health
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.
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
Diana C. Parry
Professor
Approved master's and doctoral dissertation supervisor
Research interests: women's leisure, gender, health and well-being, qualitative inquiry, feminist theory
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