Recreational Therapy
Graduate faculty
RM & TR Graduate Program Director
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
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
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
2048 Health Science Center
nkil@uwlax.edu
608.785.8214
Specialty areas:
- Evidence-based therapeutic interventions (e.g., nature and forest therapy, forest bathing, ecotherapy, mindfulness) for individuals of all ages and abilities, including older adults
- Interactions between humans and the environment (e.g., nature connectedness, place attachment, place meanings, community attachment)
- Healthy aging
- Health and well-being
- Measurement and evaluation
- GIS applications to community integration/inclusion, health promotion, and recreation resource planning and management
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
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
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
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
Associate Teaching Professor
2046 Health Science Center
lsavarese@uwlax.edu
608.785.8202
Specialty areas:
Adapted sports and recreational therapy
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
4049 Health Science Center
Specialty areas:
Reducing anxiety
Snuggles
Playing fetch
Bringing joy and shedding