Graduate Faculty
| Name | Degree (University) | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Buzinde | PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | Social aspects of tourism with a particular emphasis on two areas: a) Politics of tourism representation b) Endogenous community tourism development |
| Linda L. Caldwell | Ph.D. (Maryland) |
Leisure education & developmental affordances of leisure, leisure time use in middle school youth, development of youth competencies, healthy lifestyle & democratic behavior through leisure |
| Garry Chick | Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) |
Cross-cultural research on leisure, work and leisure, expressive culture |
| John Dattilo | Ph.D. (Illinois) | Social psychology of leisure and disability, applied behavior analysis, leisure education, therapeutic recreation, inclusive leisure services |
| Geoffrey C. Godbey | Ph.D. (Penn State) Faculty Emeritus |
Relations between use of local government recreation and park services & personal health, use of computers for leisure purposes by older people in the US & People's Republic of China |
| Alan R. Graefe | Ph.D. (Texas A&M) |
Recreation use monitoring in the Pacific Northwest (U.S. Forest Service), water-based recreation carrying capacity (U.S. Forest Service & Army Corps of Engineers) |
| Frank B. Guadagnolo | Ph.D. (Oregon State); Faculty Emeritus |
Behavior aspects of golfers & spectators, marketing & recruitment |
| Mark I. Ivy | Ph.D. (North Carolina State) | Leisure and health, community recreation, natural resource recreation |
| Deborah L. Kerstetter | Ph.D. (Penn State) |
Heritage-based tourism and eco-tourism issues, decision-making within the context of travel and tourism, older adults & travel |
| Duarte Morais | Ph.D. (Clemson) |
Cruising & communities of consumption, overcoming constraints to participate in outfitted outdoor recreation |
| Andrew J. Mowen | Ph.D. (Penn State) | Urban park management, financing and acquiring park and recreation administration and program evaluation |
| Ralph W. Smith | Ph.D. (Penn State) |
Interprofessional perceptions & collaborations (TR and other professions), AIDS and leisure-related variables |
| George Vahoviak | Ph.D. (Penn State) | National/state EE curriculum programs, leisure and environment |
| Careen M. Yarnal | Ph.D. (Penn State) | Intersection of space and place with group social connections, social cohesion and sense of belonging |
| Harry Zinn | Ph.D. (Colorado State) |
Environmental values in families of older hunters, cross-regional patterns of outdoor recreation behavior, behavior, beliefs & attitudes of PA deer hunters, public perceptions of national forest management |