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Dr. Heather J. Gibson Back to Academy Dr. Heather J. Gibson is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, at the University of Florida.  Her research interests leisure, tourism and sport behavior in mid and later life, women as tourists, sport tourism (specializing in sport events and active sport tourism, andRead more

Dr. Miklos Banhidi Back to Academy Dr. Banhidi is currently working as professor and coordinator for Recreation and Health Promotion program at the Szechenyi University in Gyor/Hungary. His teaching areas are the Theory and Practice of Recreology, Geography of Sport, Tourism and Recreation, Project Development. His research interest is Community development to improve the qualityRead more

Prof. Dr. Douglas Kleiber Back to Academy Douglas A. Kleiber, Ph.D., is Professor of Counseling and Human Development Services and adjunt faculty in Psychology and Gerontology at the University of Georgia. He received an A.B in Psychology from Cornell University in 1969 and a Ph.D in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at AustinRead more

Prof. Dr. Bevan Grant Back to Academy Bevan Grant has been teaching and researching about recreation, leisure and sport for the past four decades. After spending a few years in the late 70’s at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada as an undergraduate, he moved back to New Zealand in 1980 where he gained hisRead more

Prof. Dr. Susan Shaw Back to Academy Susan (Sue) Shaw is a Sociologist who worked at Dalhousie University and the University of Waterloo prior to her retirement in 2011. Her research has focused primarily on issues related to gender equity and social justice. She has given particular attention to the intersection of work, family, andRead more

Prof. Dr. Gilles Pronovost Back to AcademyRead more

Prof. Dr. James Murphy Back to Academy Dr. Murphy’s scholarly interests included concepts of leisure, delivery of services, holistic management perspectives, and services for the economically and culturally disadvantaged. Author or co-author of seven books, six chapters in books, and many articles on these themes, he has also given many presentations and workshops. Dr. MurphyRead more

Prof. Dr. David Mercer Back to AcademyRead more

Prof. Dr. Edgar Jackson Back to Academy A native of Great Britain and a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Jackson emigrated to Canada in 1968, where he completed a master’s degree at the University of Calgary (1970) and a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (1974). He began hisRead more

Prof. Dr. Mark Havitz Back to Academy Dr. Mark Havitz is Professor and Chair of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo. His research interests involve the study of leisure and consumer behaviour in recreational, sport, and touristic contexts; as well as management issues in public sector and not-for-profit sector delivery systems whichRead more