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Dr. Corey W. Johnson, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Georgia

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Teaching and Service Interests

• Affiliate faculty member with the Qualitative Research Program and the Institute for Women’s Studies
• Uses advocacy, activism, civic-engagement, service-learning and community partnerships to create unique learning opportunities for individuals and institutions

Research Interests

• Qualitative Inquiry focusing on under-served populations
• Focuses on gender and race in relation to media consumption
• Co-editor for Schole: Journal for Park and Recreation Education

Personal

• Leisure includes traveling abroad with his partner Yancey and hiking, camping, cooking, and playing with his dogs Foucault and Butler

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Douglas Kleiber, Professor, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin

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Teaching and Service Interests

• Leisure and Human Development; Social Psychology of Leisure
• Jointly appointed in Psychology and the Institute for Gerontology; teaches Social Psychology for Counseling and Human Development Services

Research Interests

• Intrinsic motivation and optimal experience across the lifespan
• The role of leisure in adjusting to negative life events and other developmental transitions

Personal

• Enjoys following his grandchildren around
• Exploring the intersection of work and leisure in outdoor and community settings

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Gwynn Powell, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Clemson University

Web site: http://gpowell.myweb.uga.edu/

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Teaching and Service Interests

• Service-Learning community focused undergraduate education
• Applied-Practice focus for M.Ed.
• Study Abroad in Russian Summer Camps
• Maymester Facilities “Road Trip”

Research Interests

• Leisure Service Administration and management
• Staff training
• Children’s perceptions of leisure
• Summer camp & After-school contexts

Personal

• Loves building forts with her nieces, reading spy novels, playing games with children at summer camps in Russia

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Diane M. Samdahl , Professor, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Teaching and Service Interests

• Teaches graduate theory and research classes
• Affiliated with the Institute of Women’s Studies and the Qualitative Inquiry Program

Research Interests

• Primary focus is on women and disempowered populations
• Examines leisure as a context for power and social control
• Currently studying the volunteer dog rescue operations after Hurricane Katrina

Personal

• Home life includes three dogs, two cats, and an overgrown garden, and she has an undying loyalty to her home state of Wisconsin