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Recreational Therapy

Graduate faculty

RM & TR Graduate Program Director

Katherine Evans  Profile of Katherine Evans  Office hours

Katherine Evans's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Professor
2052 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

Tara Delong  Profile of Tara Delong  Office hours

Tara Delong's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to noon
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only

Associate Teaching Professor
2050 Health Science Center
tdelong@uwlax.edu
608.785.8203

Specialty areas:

Mental Health, Health education, capacity building, group facilitation, trauma informed care, and cultural humility

Laurie Harmon  Profile of Laurie Harmon  Office hours

Laurie Harmon's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Tuesday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Wednesday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Thursday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Friday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment

Remote office hours offered: Virtual appointments are an option. Please contact me at lharmon@uwlax.edu if you'd like to schedule a virtual meeting.

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.

Namyun Kil  Profile of Namyun Kil

Associate Professor
2048 Health Science Center
nkil@uwlax.edu
608.785.8214

Lindsey Kirschbaum  Profile of Lindsey Kirschbaum

Assistant Teaching Professor
2045 Health Science Center
lkirschbaum@uwlax.edu
608.785.8217

Specialty areas:

Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Sensory Integration, Assistive Technology/Adaptive Equipment, Sibling Support

Brian Kumm-Schaley  Profile of Brian Kumm-Schaley  Office hours

Brian Kumm-Schaley's office hours

Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Thursday
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Remote office hours offered: Virtual meetings are an options. Please email me at bkumm-schaley@uwlax.edu to schedule a virtual meeting.

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

W. Thomas Means  Profile of W. Thomas Means

Assistant Professor
2047 Health Science Center
wmeans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8199

Specialty areas:

-Philosophy of Science, Paradigms, and Epistemological Anarchy

-Constructive Developmental Theory

-Meaning Making and Leisure

-Developmental Disability and Camp

Daniel Plunkett  Profile of Daniel Plunkett  Office hours

Daniel Plunkett's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
10 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Available to meet via Zoom during office hours or by appointment.

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

Lisa Savarese  Profile of Lisa Savarese

Associate Teaching Professor
2046 Health Science Center
lsavarese@uwlax.edu
608.785.8202

Specialty areas:

Adapted sports and recreational therapy 

Jennifer Taylor  Profile of Jennifer Taylor

Assistant Professor
2043 Health Science Center
jtaylor@uwlax.edu
608.785.8216

Specialty areas:

Director, Health Science Interprofessional Research Center

"Dr. Wags" Facility Service Dog Program

Rossi II

Rossi II

Canine Companions Facility Service Dog
4049 Health Science Center

Specialty areas:
Reducing anxiety
Snuggles
Playing fetch
Bringing joy and shedding