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Faculty Research

Faculty Research Biographies

S.M. Arai †
S.L. Dupuis †
P.F.J. Eagles †

L. Ferries
A.A. Gilbert
T.D. Glover †

B.S.R. Grimwood

M.E. Havitz †

H.L. Mair †
R.C. Mannell †
R.E. McCarville †

K. Misener

S.E. Mock

D.C. Parry †

B. Smale †
S.L.J. Smith †

† = faculty members who are Approved Doctoral Dissertation Supervisors

Note - all faculty members listed here are eligible to serve as Master's Supervisors


S.M. Arai †

Associate Professor

BMH 2212
sarai@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 33758

Research Interests:

S.L. Dupuis †

Professor;
Director of MAREP

BMH 2205
sldupuis@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 36188

Research Interests:
  • Leisure in Later Life
  • Caregiving
  • Therapeutic Recreation
  • Dementia and Dementia Care
  • Leisure and Health

P.F.J. Eagles †

Professor,Cross-Appointed to Planning

BMH 2214
eagles@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 32716

Paul's Home Page

Research Interests:
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Park Planning
  • Applied Ecology
  • Ecotourism
  • Park Tourism
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Resource Management
  • Outdoor Education
  • Task Force on Tourism for Protected Areas

L. Ferries

Instructor

BMH 2203
lferries@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 36350

Research Interests:
  • Therapeutic Recreation
  • Evidence-based Practice
  • Leisure and Persons with Disabilities
  • Leisure and Mental Health

A.A. Gilbert

Lecturer, Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies

BMH 2201
agilbert@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 33015

Research Interests:
  • Therapeutic Recreation
  • Leisure Education
  • Leisure, Health and Well-being
  • Inclusion in Community
  • Eating Disorders

T.D. Glover †

Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies;

Director, Healthy Communities Research Network

BMH 2110
tdglover@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 ext. 33097

Troy's Home Page

Research Interests:
  • Healthy Communities
  • Social Capital Development
  • Place Meanings
  • Urban Recreation
  • Grassroots Organizing
  • Narrative Inquiry

B.S.R. Grimwood

Assistant Professor

BMH 2202

bgrimwood@uwaterloo.ca

(519) 888-4567 ext. 32612

Research Interests:

  • Geographies of nature-based travel, tourism, outdoor recreation, and leisure
  • Tourism ethics and environmental responsibility
  • Polar tourism and special places (e.g., Thelon River)
  • Community-based participatory research
  • Experiential education and outdoor learning

M.E. Havitz †

Professor, Department Chair

BMH 2206
mhavitz@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 33013

Mark's Home Page

 Research Interests:
  • Marketing (in both profit and not-for-profit settings)
  • Ego Involvement with Leisure Activity
  • Psychological Commitment to Leisure Brands
  • Leisure and Unemployment
  • International Tourist Roles

H.L. Mair †

Associate Professor, Director of Tourism Policy and Planning Program (2011)

BMH 2208
hmair@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 35917

Research Interests:
  • Collaborative and community-based tourism planning and development
  • The politics of tourism and leisure policy and planning
  • Leisure, social activism and citizenship
  • Leisure and social movements

R.C. Mannell †

Professor, Cross-Appointed to Public Health and Health Systems

BMH 2211
mannell@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 35404

Research Interests:
  • Social Psychology of Leisure
  • Aging
  • Lifestyle and Health
  • Work and Leisure
  • Programme Evaluation
  • Research Methods
  • Children's Play

R.E. McCarville †

Professor, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies

BMH 3118
mcarvill@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 33048

Research Interests:
  • Marketing
  • Management
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Persuasion
  • Service Quality

K. Misener

Assistant Professor

BMH 2112

k.misener@uwaterloo.ca

(519) 888-4567 ext. 37098

Research Interests:

  • Nonprofit Management
  • Organizational Capacity
  • Community Sport Organizations
  • Sport and Social Capital
  • Social Responsibility Through Sport
  • Service-Learning

S.E. Mock

Assistant Professor,

Cross-Appointed to Public Health and Health Systems

BMH 2209

smock@uwaterloo.ca

(519) 888-4567, ext. 38796

Research Interests:

  • Lifespan Development
  • Sexual Minority Development
  • Social Nature of Coping and Decision-making
  • Retirement Planning

D.C. Parry †

Associate Professor

BMH 2114
dcparry@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 33468

Diana's Home Page

Research Interests:
  • Women's Leisure
  • Leisure, Health and Well-being
  • Qualitative Inquiry
  • Feminist Theory

B. Smale †

Professor, Director

Canadian Index of Wellbeing

BMH 2116B
smale@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 35664

Research Interests:
  • Leisure and Well-Being Across the Lifespan
  • Leisure, Coping, and Health Relationships
  • Time Use Allocation
  • Spatial Analysis of Leisure Behaviour and Resources
  • Place, Space, and the Sense of Place
  • Leisure and the Quality of Community Life
  • Methodological and Statistical Issues

S.L.J. Smith †

Professor, Cross-Appointed to Environmental Studies

BMH 2109
slsmith@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567, ext. 84045

 

Steve's Home Page

Research Interests:
  • Tourism Economics
  • Tourism Statistics and Visitor Surveys
  • Culinary Tourism
  • Tourism Policy
  • Destination Marketing