Our people
Classes for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 are a mix of in-person, online, and hybrid modalities. The RMTR Departmental office will be staffed from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Monday through Friday. We recommend email and/or Canvas as the best way to reach faculty, instructors, and staff.
Department Chair
Professor
2044 Health Science Center
lharmon@uwlax.edu
608.785.8213
Specialty areas:
My primary areas of research are social-psychological outcomes of nature-based recreation including how we come to know and get connected to places, technology and the outdoors, and the scholarship of teaching & learning. I particularly enjoy the work I do using underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to get youth and adults connected to aquatic environments.
Laurie Harmon's office hours
Academic Department Associate
Academic Department Associate
2038 Health Science Center
jcraig@uwlax.edu
608.785.8207
Department People
Lecturer
2041 Health Science Center
tdelong@uwlax.edu
608.785.8203
Specialty areas:
Mental Health, Health education, capacity building, group facilitation, trauma informed care, and cultural humility
Tara Delong's office hours
Associate Lecturer
2040 Health Science Center
jevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8209
Associate Professor
2042 Health Science Center
kevans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8210
Professor
2044 Health Science Center
lharmon@uwlax.edu
608.785.8213
Specialty areas:
My primary areas of research are social-psychological outcomes of nature-based recreation including how we come to know and get connected to places, technology and the outdoors, and the scholarship of teaching & learning. I particularly enjoy the work I do using underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to get youth and adults connected to aquatic environments.
Laurie Harmon's office hours
Assistant Professor
2048 Health Science Center
nkil@uwlax.edu
608.785.8214
Specialty areas:
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; GIS applications to community integration/inclusion, health promotion, and recreation resource planning and management
Associate Lecturer
2041 Health Science Center
lkirschbaum@uwlax.edu
608.785.8217
Specialty areas:
Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Sensory Integration, Assistive Technology/Adaptive Equipment, Sibling Support
Assistant Professor
2049 Health Science Center
bkumm-schaley@uwlax.edu
608.785.8212
Specialty areas:
* Community Recreation and Social Belonging
* Leisure and Culture
* Theories of Affect
* Qualitative and Postqualitative Inquiry
* Deleuze & Deleuzian approaches to research and leisure
Brian Kumm-Schaley's office hours
Lecturer
2047 Health Science Center
wmeans@uwlax.edu
608.785.8199
Assistant Professor
2044 Health Science Center
dplunkett@uwlax.edu
608.785.8204
Specialty areas:
Outdoor recreation, tourism, place attachment, social media use in recreation/tourism
Daniel Plunkett's office hours
Lecturer
2046 Health Science Center
lsavarese@uwlax.edu
608.785.8202
Specialty areas:
Adapted sports and therapeutic recreation
Assistant Professor
2043 Health Science Center
jtaylor@uwlax.edu
608.785.8216
Senior Lecturer
2049 Health Science Center
dwiduch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8208
RMTR Faculty Paddle Boarding & Kayaking at Fall Retreat