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Prof. Dr. Gary Ellis Back to Academy Gary Ellis serves as Head of the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University, a position that he has held since June of 2008. Previously, he served as professor and chair of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism at the University of Utah.Read more

Prof. Dr. Rodney Dieser Back to Academy Rodney B. Dieser, Ph.D., currently is Professor of Leisure, Youth, and Human Services in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services at the University of Northern Iowa. Beyond his academic work Rod works is a licensed mental health counselor (tLMHC) 10 hours a week at aRead more

Prof. Dr. John Crompton Back to AcademyRead more

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

Prof. Dr. Elery Hamilton-Smith Back to AcademyRead more

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