Articles
A Means-End Analysis of Special Olympics Volunteers (with Breanne Long), Leisure/Loisir (2010)
Many non-profit recreation, parks and tourism organizations utilize volunteers. To attract and retain volunteers, these...
A Qualitative Investigation of Californian Youth Interests in the Outdoors (with Katherine Wassenberg, Jerusha Greenwood, William Hendricks, Jeff Jacobs, and Jason Cummings), Journal of Youth Development (2010)
Prior research has found connections between youth participation in recreational activities and academic achievement, civic...
A Benefits-Based Study of Appalachian Trail Users: Validation and Application of the Benefits of Hiking Scale (with Barbara Freidt, Eddie Hill, and Edwin Gómez), Physical Health Education Nexus (PHENex) (2010)
Lack of exercise has been linked to poor health issues (e.g., obesity) in American society....
An Outdoor Bill of Rights for California Children: A Soild Case for Connecting Children with Nature and the Outdoors (with Jeff Jacobs, Kelly Bricker, Nina Gordon, William Hendricks, and Jerusha Greenwood), Parks & Recreation (2010)
Enhancing Recreation, Parks, Tourism Courses: Using Movies as Teaching Tools (with Jason W. Lee and Teresa O'Bannon), Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport, & Tourism Education (2010)
The use of movies provides educators with a valuable tool for presenting information as learners...
Presentations
Designing a WEA Course Using Collaboration, National Conference on Outdoor Leadership Proceedings: Bloomington, IN (2006)
This panel discussion explored the successes and struggles of running a WEA course through collaboration....
Building and Using Portable Ropes Course Initiatives, Wilderness Education Association, Proceedings of the 2005 National Conference on Outdoor Leadership (2005)
This experiential workshop utilized various portable ropes course initiatives that could be used in either...
Expanding the Horizons of the WEA Legend, Wilderness Education Association, Proceedings of the 2005 National Conference on Outdoor Leadership (2005)
This workshop examined the WEA Newsletter, formerly the Legend, and recently changed to the Journal...