Garry Chick
Department Head, Professor
Contact Information
801G Donald H. Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA 16802
814-863-1941
(fax) 814-867-1751
gchick@psu.edu
www.hhdev.psu.edu/rptm/
www.personal.psu.edu/gec7/
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests
Leisure and culture; Leisure, culture & health, The culture-behavior relationship, Play theory
Selected Publications
Li, C. L., Chick, G., Zinn, H. C., Absher, J. D., & Graefe, A. R. Ethnicity as a Variable in Leisure Research. Journal of Leisure Research (accepted for publication).
Chick, G. (2010). Play, Work and Learning. To appear in D. F. Lancy, J. Bock, & S. Gaskins, (Eds.), Anthropological Perspectives on Learning in Childhood. Rowan & Littlefield.
Li, C. L., Chick, G., Wu, H. C., and Yen, T. M. (2010). Examining the Dimensionality of Values for Culturally Diverse Customers in Parks and Recreation. World Leisure Journal, 52, 2.
Chick, G. & Dong, E. (2009). An Ethnographic Analyses of Leisure Constraints in Six Chinese Cities. The Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 39, 31-42.
Yarnal, C., Kerstetter, D., Chick, G., & Hutchinson, S. (2009). The Red Hat Society: An Exploration of Play and Masking in Older Women’s Lives. Play and Culture Studies, 8, 144-165.
Chick, G. (2009). Culture as a Variable in the Study of Leisure. Leisure Sciences, 31, 1-6.
Liu, H., Yeh, C. K., Chick, G., & Zinn, H. (2008). An Exploration of the Meanings of Leisure: A Chinese Perspective. Leisure Sciences, 30, 482-488.
Yarnal, C., Chick, G., Kerstetter, D., Stafford, J., Yen, I. Y., Baker, B., & Hampton, R. (2008). “I did not have time to play growing up…so this is my play time. It’s the best thing I have ever done for myself”: A demonstration that older women play. Leisure Sciences, 30, 235-252.
Ling, P., Chick, G., Godbey, G., & Dong, E. (2007). Leisure Lifestyles and Constraints in Urban China: A Six-City Comparative Study. In H. Donohoe & W. J. Li (Eds.). Leisure in Context: Implications for Human Development and Wellbeing. Hangzhou, PRC: Zhejiang University Press, pp. 109-117.
Chick, G. (2006). Anthropology of Leisure. In S. Shaw & C. Rojek (Eds.), Handbook of Leisure. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, Pp. 41-54.
Courses Taught
RPTM 433W Program Evaluation & Research
RPTM 597C Leisure & Culture
Strategic Themes
- Domains of Health and Behavior
- Contexts and Social Institutions