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Prof. Dr. David Compton Back to Academy Dr. Compton is retired yet continuing his research in healthy communities employing dynamic systems modeling. He is former Dean, College of Health, University of Utah, Department Chair at Missouri-Columbia, Department Chair, North Texas State University and Department Chair, Indiana University. He is Professor Emeritus from the University ofRead more

Prof. Dr. Roger Coles Back to Academy Dr. Roger Coles is a Canadian, a Professor and the Interim Vice Provost for Community Engagement at Central Michigan University. He has spent 42 years at that institution as an educator, Department Chair of the 2nd largest Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services Program in the US. He hasRead more

Prof. Dr. Fred Coalter Back to Academy Dr. Fred Coalter previously was the Director of the Centre for Leisure and Tourism Studies at the University of North London and Director of the Centre for Leisure Research at the University of Edinburgh. In these roles he undertook a wide range of research and provided advice forRead more

Mr. Trevor Garrett Back to AcademyRead more

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Prof. Dr. Tony Veal Back to Academy A.J. (Tony) Veal is Adjunct Professor in the Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He began his academic career at the University of Birmingham in 1968, moving to the then Polytechnic of  North London in 1980 and to UTS in 1986. He retired from full-time employment inRead more

Prof. Dr. Ricardo R. Uvinha Back to Academy Full Professor of the Bachelor in Leisure and Tourism and the Graduate Program in Tourism (MSc and PhD) at the University of Sao Paulo USP, Brazil. He holds a master’s degree in Leisure Studies by the State University of Campinas, Ph.D. in Tourism and Leisure by USPRead more

Prof. Dr. Robert Stebbins Back to Academy Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He received his Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Minnesota. He has written over 230 articles and chapters and written or edited 50 books, including recently, Serious Leisure: A Perspective forRead more

Prof. Atara Sivan Back to Academy Prof. Atara Sivan is Head of the Department of Education Studies of Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. She is the President and Senior Fellow of the World Leisure Academy, the Editor-in-Chief of the World Leisure Journal and the founder and Chairperson of World Leisure Organization – Hong KongRead more

Prof. Dr. Chris Rojek Back to Academy Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology at City University, London. He joinedthe University in 2013. Since 1994 he has held Chairs of Sociology atStaffordshire University, Nottingham Trent University and BrunelUniversity (West London). He received a BA(Hons) in Social Sciencefrom the University of Leicester in 1976; and MPhil inRead more