University of Waterloo     2016-Present     Waterloo, ON, Canada
PhD Recreation & Leisure Studies Candidate – expected completion August 2020

• Researching personal online involvement and the effects of this online leisure involvement on offline public performance, with a particular focus on men, masculinities, and men’s right organizations.
• SSHRC CGS-D Scholar (2017-2020)

University of Waterloo     2014-2016    Waterloo, ON, Canada
MA - Recreation & Leisure Studies, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

• MA Thesis: Older Adult Volunteers: Understanding the meaning of volunteering in the transition to retirement
• SSHRC CGS-M Scholar (2015-2016)
• University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) – Fundamentals of University Teaching Program Certificate

Lakehead University     2006-2010       Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism (HBOR) 
Honours Bachelor of Arts Women’s Studies (HBA WS)
Bachelor of Science - Natural Sciences (BSc NS)
 

University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Seed Grant ($5,000):
Creating immersive assignments for deeper learning around diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice in leisure

Scholarships and Awards

• SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D)    2017-2020    $105,000
• University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship     2017-2020    $30,000
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship     2017-2018    $15,000 (Declined)
• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship    National Finalist
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship        National Competitor

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship    2016-2017    $15,000
• University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship     2016-2017    $5,000
• Academy of Leisure Sciences Future Scholar Award    2015    $1,000 USD
• SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarship 2015-2016    $17,500
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship    2014-2015    $15,000
• University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship    2014-2015; 2015-2016    $10,000
• University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship    2016    $2,000
• Applied Health Sciences Graduate Experience Award    2014, 2015, 2016    $6,000
• University of Waterloo Senate Scholarship for Academic Achievement, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies    2015    $2,000
• Millennium Laureate: in-course Scholarship for Academic Merit and Community Participation:     
  2008-2009    $5,000
  2009-2010    $7,500
• Datatel Scholarship    2008-2009    $1,500
• Leonard Foundation Scholarship    2008-2009; 2009-2010    $2,000
• Lakehead University President’s Award (2010) – Awarded to one student on the basis of academic performance, activities and achievements, and special contributions to a Department, School, Faculty and/or the University.    N/A
• Lakehead University Poulin Award (2010) – Awarded to one student for outstanding citizenship. Selected by his/her fellows, the faculty and administration as contributing most to the welfare of the University through his/her student activities.    N/A

REC 200 - Child Development, Creativity, and Play (Spring 2018)

A critical analysis of definitions, concepts and assumptions of classical, recent and modern theories of play with implications for programming, planning and evaluating children's play.

Research Assistantships

Spring 2017-Ongoing
Leisure Sciences Editorial Assistant
Editorial Assistant for the number one journal in the Leisure Studies field.

(Spring 2017 – Winter 2018)
Digital dilemmas: Transforming gender identities and power relations in everyday life (Book)
– Dr. Diana Parry, Dr. Corey Johnson, Dr. Simone Fullagar
Editorial Assistant and contributing author

(Fall 2016 – Winter 2018)
Collective Memory Work and Masculinities (ongoing research) – Dr. Corey Johnson 
Research collection, manuscript drafting, literature review

(Spring 2016)
SSHRC Research Colloquium – Dr. Corey Johnson, Dr. Diana Parry, Dr. Simone Fullagar
Digital Dilemmas: Transforming Gender Identities and Power Relations in Everyday Life
Conference planning/Logistics

(Fall 2015 – Winter 2016)
Ontario Teachers Retirment Village (OTRV) funded research study - Dr. Katie Misener
Exploring Sense of Community Among Older Adult Volunteers in Sport
Data Collection, Analysis, Presentations
 

Teaching Assistantships

University of Waterloo     2014-Present     Waterloo, ON, Canada
REC 120 - Program Management & Evaluation
REC 200 - Play, Creativity and Child Development
REC 220 - Program Management & Evaluation
REC 100 - Introduction to the Study of Recreation and Leisure Services

Lakehead University     2009-2010    Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
WS 1100 - Madonna to Madonna: Women's and Gender Issues

Journal Publications

• Cousineau, L.S., Mock S.E., & Glover T.D. (2018). Camper Self-Concept Promotes Environmental Awareness: A Relationship Mediated by Social Inclusion. Journal of Youth Development, 13(1-2), 144-160. 
• Cousineau, L., & Chambers, L. (2015). How Expectations Do Not Equate with Practice: The Gendered Reality of the Female Resident Assistant. Journal of College & University Student Housing, 41(2), 28-43. 
• Cousineau, L., & Roth, J. (2012). Pervasive patriarchal leadership ideology in seasonal residential summer camp staff. Leadership, 8(4), 421-440. doi: 10.1177/1742715012444052

Book Chapters

Parry, D.C., Cousineau, L S., Johnson, C.W., & Fullagar, S. (in press, 2018). Digital Dilemmas: Transforming gender identities and power relations in everyday life. In D.C. Parry, C.W. Johnson, & S. Fullagar (Eds.) Digital Dilemmas: Transforming gender identities and power relations in everyday life. Basingstoke: Palgrave Press.

Cousineau, L. S., Oakes, H., & Johnson, C. W. . (in press, 2018). Appnography: Digital ethnography for app-based culture. In D.C. Parry, C.W. Johnson, & S. Fullagar (Eds.) Digital Dilemmas: Transforming gender identities and power relations in everyday life. Basingstoke: Palgrave Press.

Cousineau, L. S., & Johnson, C. W. . (2018). Manning Up and Manning On: Masculinities, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Leisure Studies. In D.C. Parry (Ed.), Feminisms in Leisure Studies: Advancing a Fourth Wave, pp. 126-148. New York: Routledge.

Johnson, C.W., Cousineau, L.S., & Kivel, B.D. (2018). The history and methodological tradition(s) of Collective Memory Work. In C. W. Johnson (Ed.), Collective Memory Work: A methodology for learning with and from lived experience, pp. 3-26. New York, NY: Routledge.

Soucie, S. M. A., Parry, D. C., & Cousineau, L. S. (2018). The Fourth Wave: What #MeToo can teach us about Millennial Mobilization, Intersectionality, and Men’s Accountability. In D.C. Parry (Ed.), Feminisms in Leisure Studies: Advancing a Fourth Wave, pp. 149-164. New York: Routledge.

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• Cousineau, L.S. (July 12, 2018). The Leisure Labour of the Internet: Hidden and forgotten elements we could not live without. Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference. Bath, UK.
• Cousineau, L.S. & Johnson, C.W. (July 12, 2018). Learning to listen: Feminisms and men’s participation in them. Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference. Bath, UK.
• Cousineau, L.S., Oakes, H. & Johnson, C.W. (July 12, 2018). More than a profile pic: Methodological considerations into inquiry into geo-social networking applications. Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference. Bath, UK.
• Johnson, C.W. & Cousineau, L.S. (July 19, 2018). Manning up and Manning on: Masculinities, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Leisure Studies. ISA World Congress of Sociology. Toronto, ON.
• Cousineau, L.S., Oakes, H. & Johnson, C.W. (July 23, 2018). Appnography: Queering Digital Ethnography for an App-Based World. ISA World Congress of Sociology. Toronto, ON.
• Johnson, C. W., Cousineau, L.S., Kivel, D. B., Dunlap, R., Gulley, N. Y., Laird, N., & Coes, J. (February 21, 2018). Collective Memory Work: A Methodology for Learning about leisure with and from ‘Others’. Panel Presentation. The Academy of Leisure Sciences Research and Teaching Institute. Indianapolis, IL.
• Paper Presentation: Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR) 15, May 24th, 2017; Waterloo, ON, Canada.
  “Making Change – Making Meaning: Volunteering at transition to retirement”
• Workshop Presentation (one hour): The Academy of Leisure Sciences (TALS) Research Institute 2017, February 9th, 2017; Indianapolis, Illinois, USA.
  “Bringing the Unexpecting into arts-based research”
• Paper Presentation: North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Annual Conference 2016, June 2nd, 2016; Orlando, FL.
  “Exploring Sense of Community Among Older Adult Volunteers in Community Sport”
• Paper Presentation: Graduate Association of Recreation and Leisure Studies (GARLS) Research Symposium, 24th Annual – April 28th, 2016, University of Waterloo.
  “Citizen Now: Using youth sports programs to empower, include, and educate youth in attainable citizenship”
• Paper Presentation: Graduate Association of Recreation and Leisure Studies (GARLS) Research Symposium, 23rd Annual: Pushing Research Boundaries; April 30th, 2015, University of Waterloo. 
  “How expectations do not equate with practice: The gendered reality of the female Resident Assistant”
• Paper Presentation, Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR) 13, May 2011, Brock University; St. Catherine’s, ON, Canada. 
  “‘Nothing Against Them, but...’: Gender Bias and Gender Preference for Supervisors in Private, Seasonal Residential Summer Camp Staff”
• Panel Presentation at the 22nd Feminist and Women’s Studies Association Conference, Edge Hill University, Liverpool, England. June 2009.
  “Why Third-Wave Feminism is about more than Learning to Love our Thongs: Neo-Liberal Politics and Women’s Status in Canada”
• Paper Presentation; Feminisms at the Lakehead - Symposium. April 2010. Lakehead University.
  “Patriarchy and leadership in seasonal summer camp staff roles”

Guest Lectures

REC 200 - Play, Creativity and Child Development
      Lecture Title: The Facilitator Role in Play: Development outside the classroom

REC 220 - Program Management
      Lecture Title: Stage Setting: The Importance of attitudinal and style buy-in
      Lecture Title: Facilitating Buy-in: Using Adventure Programming to Engage Participants

REC 405 - Leisure and Well-Being
            Lecture Title: Volunteering and Well-Being: Social, Emotional, and Physical Health

Keynotes

University of Waterloo Mentor Assistance Through Education and Support (MATES) program annual Chili Dog Run post-run speaker. 
“The Power of being a peer: A personal journey”