The Academy of Leisure Sciences was created in 1980 by 30 founding members. Since then, more than 70 Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their outstanding contributions to knowledge about leisure and recreation.

	President:	Jim Murphy (San Francisco State University)
	President-Elect:	Linda Caldwell (Penn State University)
	Past President:	Deb Bialeschki (American Camping Association)
	Secretary-Treasurer:	Doug Kleiber (University of Georgia)
	Nominations Committee:	Charlie Bullock (University of Nevada, Reno), Lynn Barnett (University of Illinois), Deb Bialeschki (ACA)
	Future Scholars:	Mike Mahon, Chair (University of Alberta)
	Historian:	Mark Havitz (University of Waterloo)

2009 Lucille and Derby Dustin Future Scholars

    Link to Information Packet

     2009 Future Scholars Application Form

    Note: The 2009 Future Scholars' application deadline is extended to May 15, 2009.

Congratulations to our 2008 Lucille and Derby Dustin Future Scholars:

Yelyzaveta Berdychevsky, B.A. Yelyzaveta is presently enrolled in the MBA program at Be-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel studying Hotel and Tourism Management. Her sponsors are Dr. Yaniv Poria and Professor Natan Uriely, both from Department of Hotel and Tourism Management, Be-Gurion University of the Negev. Yelyzaveta’s research interests relate to tourist experience and motivations; liminality effects and deviant behaviour; and, sexual behaviour in tourism. She is interested in the potential of conducting mixed methods studies as a part of her doctoral program.

Bryan Clift, B.Sc. Bryan is a Master of Arts student at the University of Georgia studying in the area of Recreation and Leisure Studies. His sponsor is Dr. Diane Samdahl, Professor in the Recreation and Leisure Studies Program at the University of Georgia. Bryan’s research interests center on the collegiate sporting experience, with a particular focus on women’s sport. He has developed a number of research questions related to gender, race, power, capitalism and other such social constructions within this context of the sporting experience with the possibility of exploring qualitative research as a part of his doctoral program

Anthony Schoenecker, M.S. Anthony completed his M.S. degree at the University of Minnesota in Natural Resources Science and Management. His sponsor is Dr. Ingrid Schneider, Associate Professor of Forest Resources and Director of the Tourism Centre at the University of Minnesota. Anthony’s research interests lie within human dimensions of natural resources. To date he has focused on the constructs of specialization and flow in outdoor recreation experiences. Anthony would like to continue to learn more about optimal experience that can inform recreation resource management practices and enhance benefit outcomes.

Carena van Riper, B.A. Carena is completing her M.S. in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Her sponsor is Dr. Robert Manning, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Carena’s research is evaluating visitor perceptions of social, ecological, and managerial impacts to protected areas on four mountain summits in the northeastern US. Carena plans for her future research to fall under the umbrella of visitor experiences in the National Park system. She is committed to enhancing her understanding of human dimensions of natural resources use and preservation.

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