Profile for Namyun Kil

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Specialty area(s)

Evidence-based therapeutic interventions (e.g., nature and forest therapy, forest bathing, ecotherapy, mindfulness); Interactions between humans and the environment (e.g., place attachment, place meanings, community attachment); Health and well-being (e.g., behavioral, mental, emotional, environmental); Measurement and evaluation in therapeutic recreation; Diversity and inclusion (e.g., community integration and inclusion); GIS applications to community integration/inclusion, health promotion, and recreation resource planning and management

Kudos

awarded

Tara Delong, Namyun Kil, Lindsey Kirschbaum, Wayne Means, Nancy Richeson, Lisa Savarese and Jennifer Taylor, all Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation, received the award for Therapeutic Recreation Program of Excellence at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association Annual Conference on Sept. 15 in Reno, NV.

Submitted on: Sept. 16, 2019

 

presented

Namyun Kil and Samantha Petitte, both Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation, presented "Benefits of Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy as a TR Intervention" at Minnesota Therapeutic Recreation Association on Nov. 9, 2018 in Bloomington, MN.

Submitted on: Nov. 15, 2018

 

presented

Namyun Kil, Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation, presented "Exploring Relationships Between Experiential Recreation Benefits, Place Attachments, Health/Well-Being, and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors among Forest Therapy Campers" at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association annual meeting on Sept. 27, 2018 in Grand Rapids, MI.

Submitted on: Sept. 27, 2018

 

presented

Namyun Kil, Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation, presented "Influences of Nature Therapy on Mindfulness, Nature, Connectedness, and Well-Being" at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association annual meeting on Sept. 27, 2018 in Grand Rapids, MI.

Submitted on: Sept. 27, 2018