Garry Chick

Professor

gchick@psu.edu

814A Ford Building

Phone: 814-863-1941

Fax: 814-867-1751

www.personal.psu.edu/gec7/

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

Current Resarch Interest

Leisure and culture; Expressive culture; Research methods

Recent Courses Taught

RPTM 433W Program Evaluation & Research

LEST 597C Leisure and Culture

Recent 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. (2006). Anthropology of Leisure. In S. Shaw & C. Rojek (Eds.), Handbook of Leisure. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, Pp. 41-54.

Chick, G., & Dong, E. (2005). Cultural Constraints on Leisure. In Constraints on Leisure. E. Jackson (Ed), State College, PA: Venture Publishing, Pp. 169-183.

Chick, G. & Gonzalez, L. (2005). Case Studies in Cultural Control: John M. Roberts’ Four Southwestern Men. Cross-Cultural Research, 39, 322-346.

Kyle, G. T., & Chick, G. E. (2004). Enduring leisure involvement: The importance of relationships. Leisure Studies, 23. 243-266.

Selected Publications

Cohen, J., Gijón-Cruz, A. S., Reyes-Morales, R. G., & Chick, G. (2003). Understanding transnational processes through the analysis of migration in the central valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. Field Methods, 15, 36-385.

Kyle, G. T., & Chick, G. (2002). The social nature of leisure involvement. Journal of Leisure Research, 34, 426-448.

Chick, G. (2002). Cultural Consonance in a Mexican Festival System. Field Methods, 14, 26-45.