Academic Program Director
Professor
2042 Health Science Center
kevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8210
Specialty areas:
Issues of social justice in leisure, outdoor adventure recreation, women’s physically active leisure, non-profit leadership, youth development, and leisure education & student engagement
Instructors
Assistant Teaching Professor
2040 Health Science Center
jevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8209
Professor
2044 Health Science Center
lharmon@uwlax.edu
608.785.8213
Specialty areas:
My primary areas of research are social-psychological outcomes of nature-based recreation including how we come to know and get connected to places, technology and the outdoors, and the scholarship of teaching & learning. I particularly enjoy the work I do using underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to get youth and adults connected to aquatic environments.
Associate Professor
2049 Health Science Center
bkumm-schaley@uwlax.edu
608.785.8212
Specialty areas:
* Community Recreation and Social Belonging
* Leisure and Culture
* Theories of Affect
* Qualitative and Postqualitative Inquiry
* Deleuze & Deleuzian approaches to research and leisure
Associate Professor
2044 Health Science Center
dplunkett@uwlax.edu
608.785.8204
Specialty areas:
Event planning, event management, tourism, outdoor recreation, place attachment, social media use in recreation/tourism
Graduate & Extended Learning Staff
Credit Coordinator
220 Morris Hall
osantoyo-garcia@uwlax.edu
608.785.6513
Specialty areas:
Non-credit and credit program support; event logistics; graduate program applicant and student assistance.
Primary contact for student Commencement questions and for Summer/Winter Session.
Professional Education Program Specialist
Morris Hall
amiller-adamany@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Conference services, professional development, and graduate program support. Primary contact for School Psychology Online, Recreation Management-Professional Development, and Public Health graduate programs.
May 15, 2024
Attend a free info session!
Join academic director Kate Evans, Ph.D., for an informal online session to learn more about the program and get your questions answered.