Researchers
Note: The researchers listed here are reasonably active in the areas of the serious leisure perspective appearing in parentheses after their names. Researchers no longer working in the Perspective are not listed here, although their relevant publications can be found in the Bibliography on this site.
Arai, Susan M. (volunteers, community)
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
University of Waterloo, Canada
Benoit, John (volunteer fire fighters)
College of Continuing Education
Dalhousie University, Canada
Brown, Carroll A. (hobbyists - activity participation, casual leisure)
Department of Management and International Business
Western Carolina University, USA
Burden, Josephine (volunteers - citizenship, community theater)
School of Leisure Studies
Griffith University, Australia
Cheng, Hui-Ping (Eva) (hobbyists, aging/retirement)
School of Tourism
University of Queensland, Australia
Cuskelly, Graham (volunteers in sport)
Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management
Griffith School of Business, Australia
Codina, Nuria (serious leisure, sport)
Department of Social Psychology
University of Barcelona, Spain
Cohen-Gewerc, Elie (leisure education)
Research and Evaluation Unit
Beit Berl College, Israel
Davidson, Lee (nature challenge activities)
Department of Museum & Heritage Studies
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Elkington, Sam (general serious leisure, flow)
Department of Tourism, Leisure and Sport Management
University of Bedfordshire, UK
Elsweiler, David (casual leisure)
Universitat Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Fenech, Anne (disabilities, casual leisure, serious leisure)
School of Health Sciences
University of Southampton, UK
Fine, Gary Alan (general serious leisure, amateurs in science - mycologists)
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University, USA
Finnegan, Ruth (amateurs in science and music)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Open University, UK
Freire, Teresa (leisure education – adolescents)
Institute of Education and Psychology
University of Minho, Portugal
Gallant, Karen (volunteering)
School of Health and Human Performance
Dalhousie University, Canada
Getz, Don (event studies, tourism)
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary, Canada
Gould, James (general serious leisure - measurement)
School of Human Sciences
University of Northern Colorado, USA
Graham, Margaret M. (volunteers in museums/heritage sites)
Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development
Caledonian University, Scotland
Green, Christine B. (sport, volunteering, tourism)
Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Education
University of Texas at Austin, USA
Hall, Michael C. (special interest tourism)
Department of Touuism
University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand
Hamilton-Smith, Elery (general serious leisure, hobbyist activity participation - bushwalking, caving)
Department of Environmental Sciences
Charles Stuart University, Australia.
Harrington, Maureen (volunteers in sport)
Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management
Griffith School of Business, Australia
Hartel, Jenna (general serious leisure, hobbyists - cooks)
Faculty of Information
University of Toronto, Canada
Hastings, Donald W. (hobbyist sport - swimmers)
Department of Sociology
University of Tennessee, USA
Heidorn, P. Bryan (amateur science)
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Heo, Jinmoo (amateur sport)
Department of Tourism, Conventions, and Event Management
Indiana University Purdue University (Indianapolis), USA
Hunt, Stephen J. (identity, historical re-enactment)
Department of Sociology and Criminology
University of the West of England, UK
Jones, Ian (general serious leisure, liberal arts hobbyists)
School of Services Management
Bournemouth University, UK
Kleiber, Douglas A. (general serious leisure, casual leisure - relaxation, benefits of)
School of Health and Human Performance
University of Georgia, USA
Law, Alan (sport, work/life balance)
Department of Sociology
Trent University, Canada
Lee, Youngkhill (amateur sport)
Department of HPERDS
Calvin College, USA
MacKellar, Joanne (special interest tourism)
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Southern Cross University, Australia
Mannell, Roger C. (general serious leisure)
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
University of Waterloo, Canada
McQuarrie, Fiona A. E. (serious leisure and work)
Department of Business Administration
University College of the Fraser Valley, Canada
Nichols, Geoff (volunteers - general)
Leisure Management Division
University of Sheffield, UK
Nimrod, Galit (aging)
Department of Gerontology
University of Haifa, Israel
Orr, Noreen (volunteers in museums/heritage sites)
Chelsea School Research Centre
University of Brighton, UK
Parker, Stanley R. (general serious leisure, volunteers - general)
Independent scholar
London, UK
Patterson, Ian (serious leisure and disabilities)
School of Tourism and Leisure Management
University of Queensland, Australia
Perkins, Kenneth B. (volunteer fire fighters)
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Studies
Longwood University, USA
Piskunova, Inna (amateurs, serious leisure perspective)
Office of International Relations
Saratov State Socio-Economic University,Russia
Puddephatt, Anthony J. (amateurs - chess)
Department of Sociology
Lakehead University, Canada
Raisborough, Jayne (general serious leisure)
Applied Social Sciences
University of Brighton, UK
Reid, Donald G. (work, serious leisure, social policy)
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
University of Guelph, Canada
Riley, Mary C. (amateur science - astronomy)
PCRPS - Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois (Chicago), USA
Rojek, Chris (general serious leisure, casual leisure, deviant leisure, nonprofit sector)
Theory, Culture, and Society Centre
Nottingham Trent University, UK
Scott, David (general serious leisure, amateurs in sport and games - bridge players)
Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences
Texas A&M University, USA
Siegenthaler, Kim L. (amateurs - sport)
Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science
Appalachian State University, USA
Spector, Corinne (leisure education, serious leisure and youth)
Ministry of Education
Government of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Stalp, M.C. (hobbyists)
Department of Sociology
University of Northern Iowa, USA
Stebbins, Robert A. (serious leisure perspective)
Department of Sociology
University of Calgary, Canada
Thompson, Mary C. (general serious leisure, volunteers)
Department of Sociology
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Urban, Richard (online pursuits and serious leisure)
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Wearing, Stephen (volunteers - volunteer tourism)
School of Leisure , Sport, and Tourism
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Wilson, Max L. (casual leisure)
Future Interaction Technologies Lab, Department of Computer Science
Swansea University, UK
Yarnal, Careen M. (volunteer fire fighters, hobbyists - activity participation)
Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Pennsylvania State University , USA
Yoder, Daniel G. (general serious leisure, amateurs in sport/games)
Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Administration
Western Illinois University, USA
