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Name & Email |
Webpage(s) |
Areas of Expertise & Interest |
| Linda Allin | University of Northumbria | Outdoor and sport careers, Identity, Gender, Sports studies, Sociology, co-editor JAEOL |
| Peter Allison | The University of Edinburgh | Phenomenology, Values, Expeditions, Moral Philosophy Research design, ex-editor of Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning |
| Aram Attarian | North Carolina State University | Artificial adventure environments, Climbing area management, Outdoor leadership, Adventure program design, Risk management |
| Peter Barnes | University of Strathclyde | Philosophy of Outdoor Education, Staffing and training issues within outdoor education, most notably the validity and content of outdoor education degrees and higher education programmes |
| Simon Beames | The University of Edinburgh | Youth expeditions, symbolic interactionism |
| Brent Bell | University of New Hampshire | Wilderness orientation programs, Rites of passage, Social capital, Social support |
| Jason Bocarro | North Carolina State University | Youth at risk, Youth development, Mentoring, Outreach programs, Outdoor recreation, Research methods, Qualitative research |
| Mike Boyes | University of Otago | Outdoor learning, Outdoor safety management, Sail training, Naturalistic decision making, Leadership |
| Ian Boyle | Glengarry Outdoor Education Centre | Sports psychology, Facilitation, Safety |
| Andrew Brookes | School of OE & Envt, La Trobe University | Outdoor education and relationships with place, Cultural dimensions of outdoor education, Interdisciplinary perspectives on outdoor education, Safety and fatalities in outdoor education. |
| Dave Boynton | Adventure Links | Staff training and performance, Camp-based, General population outdoor education. |
| Mike Brown | Monash University | Philosophy of adventure & experiential education, Facilitation, Processing, Leadership, Globalisation of outdoor education/recreation |
| Eric Brymer | University of Wollongong | Extreme Sport, Eco/Adventure, Experiential Issues, Phenomenology, Leadership, Teams |
| Camille Bunting | Texas A&M University | Physiological responses to adventure activities, Ropes courses, Meta-analysis |
| Peter Bunyan | University College Chichester | Outcomes, Research design, Self-concept |
| Julie Carlson | Stephen F. Austin State University | History of experiential & outdoor education; Lloyd Burgess Sharp: the Father of Outdoor Education; scholar-practitioner leadership |
| Rebecca Carver | Deceased | Experiential education theory |
| Philippe Charbonneau | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière | PhD student, Adventure therapy, Psychodrama group psychotherapy/Morenean theory, Personality psychodiagnostic,
Psychoanalytic theories, Addictive disorders, Attachment theories, Teaching and learning process. |
| Preston Cline | Adventure Management | Risk, Risk management, Human interaction with uncertainty, crisis response and preparation |
| Michael Conner | Psychologist, Clinical, Medical & Family Psychology, WildernessTherapy.org | Outcomes and consumer protection in wilderness therapy programs |
| Simon Crisp | Systemic Wilderness Adventure Therapy: Research & Development | Adventure therapy |
| Beth Christie | University of Edinburgh | PhD student, Youth at risk, Outcomes |
| Alan Ewert | Indiana University | Outward Bound, Recreation, Leadership, Psychological aspects of outdoor education, Editor of Journal of Experiential Education |
| Richard Flor | Capella University | Research, policy analysis & program evaluation, Team and organizational learning, Staff training and development, Experiential education in schools (project-based & interdisciplinary), Sustainable change & development |
| Shayne Galloway | University of Otago | Naturalistic decision making and outdoor leadership, Social judgment theory, Wilderness orientation programs, positive forms of social deviance (adventure) |
| Dan Garvey | Prescott College | Moral development, Leadership, International education |
| Michael Gass | University of New Hampshire | Program evaluation, Adventure therapy, Service Learning |
| PJ Giampietro | University of New Hampshire | PhD student, Educational Philosophy, Ethics, Feminism, Philosophy of Identity |
| Lee Gillis | Professional Home Page Adventure Therapy Web Georgia College and State University |
Adventure therapy, Facilitation, Project Adventure, Psychology, Group process |
| Marni Goldenberg | California Polytechnic State University | Adventure education outcomes |
| Tonia Gray | University of Wollongong | Leader preparation, Outcomes, Staff Burnout, Spiritual |
| Randall Grayson | Vision Realization | Camping, Outcomes, Research design, Instrument design, Organizational culture, Organizational development, Child development |
| Roger Greenaway | Active Reviewing | Experiential learning cycles; Learner's experience; Activity design; Reviewing; more Research interests |
| Steve Guthrie (email) Go to: Professional Page |
Unity College | Philosophy (esp. phenomenology; experiential education; sociology of knowledge); Editorial Board of Journal of Experiential Education; Outdoor recreation leadership; Teaching motor skills |
| Tracy Hans | Bonnie Brae Residential Treatment | Adventure therapy, Outcomes, Benchmarking, Program evaluation, Residential therapy programs |
| Karla Henderson | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Women's studies, Leisure |
| Eddie Hill | Old Dominion University | Therapeutic recreation, outdoor programs for adolescents with diabetes, youth development |
| Jude Hirsch | Georgia College and State University | Curriculum, Instruction, Program evaluation |
| Johan Hovelynck | Centre for Organizational & Personnel Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium | Experiential learning, Organizing processes, Safety management, Facilitation methods |
| Sean Hoyer | OMNI Youth Services | Adolescent outpatient community-based wilderness therapy addressing, Delinquency, Addictions, Emotional conflict, Theory-informed practice |
| Barbara Humberstone | Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College | Sociology, Qualitative, Gender studies, Outdoor learning, Diversity, Nature, Culture, Identity, Editor of Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning |
| Christian Itin | Greater Rochester Collaborative MSW Program | Experiential education, Social work education, Adventure therapy, Adventure-Based Practice, Addiction, Family, Adolescents, Change Process, Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy |
| Bruce Johnson | Arizona | Environmental education |
| Abdul Kahlid | Republic Polytechnic, Singapore | Program evaluation and research, impact of adventure programs on youth development, facilitation skills, program design, artificial and natural environments in adventure program design |
| Alain Kerjean | www.experientiel.com akerjean@numericable.fr | Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education were founded in France in 1986 by Alain Kerjean : Hors limites-Outward Bound France, then Association Apprendre par l'expérience (youth, education, welfare, since 1994, French partner of the European project Non-Formal Education through outdoor activities 2004-2006) and Expérientiel - Outdoor Management Development (vocational training, management, team building, since 1999). |
| Bruce Kime | Colorado Mountain College | PhD student, Postsecondary Faculty Teaching: Outdoor and Adventure Education |
| Sarah Leberman | Massey University | Outdoor recreation management, Experiential learning, Qualitative methodology, Action learning, Transfer of learning |
| Chris Loynes | Outdoor Education Theory, Qualitative methods, Narratives | |
| Alison Lugg | The University of Edinburgh | Conceptualization of outdoor education, Curriculum and pedagogy, Environmental education and sustainability, Theory-practice relationships, Social justice |
| Andy Martin | Massey University | Case study, Action research, Outward Bound, Dramaturgy |
| Marcia McKenzie | Simon Fraser University | Outdoor education, Curriculum theory, Moral and environmental education, Ethics of care |
| Leo McAvoy | University of Minnesota | Wilderness programs, Inclusive programs |
| Norm McIntyre | Lakehead University | Leisure, Experience Sampling Method |
| Travis D. Mead | Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania | Action Research: Identifying Standards for Experiential Education |
| Todd Miner | Cornell University | Adventure/Experiential Training & Development, Wilderness Safety/Survival/Medicine, Higher Education and Experiential Learning |
| Brooke Moran | University of New Hampshire | Experiential education, Pre-service teaching training |
| James Neill | University of Canberra | PhD student, Program evaluation, Research design, Self-concept, Coping, Resilience, Meta-analysis, Psychoevolutionary theory, Former editor of Australian Journal of Outdoor Education |
| Joshua Nelson | University of New Hampshire | PhD. Candidate, Environmentally Enhanced Outdoor Education, Placed Based Education, Agricultural Education- Shaping Value-Attitudinal System of School Aged Children-Jamaica WI. |
| Tony Nester | Ancient Pathways Northern Arizona University |
Outdoor survival, Primitive technology |
| Sandy Newes | Sandy Newes' Publications | Adventure therapy, theory, research, facilitation, ethics |
| Geoff Nichols | University of Sheffield | Outcomes, Program evaluation, Research design |
| Simon Priest | eXperientia, tarrak.com, virtualteamworks | Program evaluation, Research design, Corporate, Instrument design |
| Anita Pryor | Deakin University/ Adventure Therapy Specialist | Wilderness and Adventure Therapy, Holisitc health and wellbeing benefits, PhD candidate |
| Toby Rhodes | Sheffield Hallam University | Outdoor management development, Transfer |
| Garry Richards | University of Western Sydney | Outcomes, Research design, Instrument design |
| Kaye Richards | Liverpool John Moores University | Adventure therapy, Qualitative methods, Eating disorders, Women's Issues |
| Martin Ringer | Martin Ringer Consulting | Organizational change, Adventure therapy, Group process, Staff training |
| Jay Roberts | Earlham University | Philosophy of experience in education, environment and education, critical theory |
| Nina Roberts | Roberts,
Gray & Associates San Francisco State University |
Diversity training, Youth development, Outdoor programming and leadership,Adventure education, Program evaluation, Race and gender issues, Recreation resource management, Urban-wildland interface |
| Keith Russell | University of New Hampshire | Adventure therapy, Outdoor behavioral healthcare, Outcomes, Residential care, Cost-benefit analysis, Quantitative, Qualitative |
| Kara Sammet | University of California, Berkeley | PhD student, Social & cultural studies, Female programs, Higher education, Mixed-methods program evaluation |
| Jim Sibthorp | University of Utah | Program evaluation, Research design, Causal processes, Transfer of learning, NOLS |
| Tammie Stenger | Southeast Missouri State University | School-based outdoor education, Camping, Outcomes, Youth programs, Doctoral preparation in Recreation/Leisure Studies |
| Loretta Sudds | St Martins College Ambleside | PhD student, Young offenders, Outdoor adventure programmes, Youth, Mixed methods, Qualitative, Process, Outcome |
| Deb Sugarman | University of New Hampshire | Older adults, Gender, Disability |
| Nic Tucker | University of Nottingham Brathay Hall Trust Foundation for Outdoor Adventure |
PhD student, Process, Qualitative, Mixed mode methodology, Outcomes |
| Ivana Turcova | Charles University Prague, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport | Diversity in outdoor terminology, Cross-cultural perspectives on outdoor education |
| Michael Antony Ugiono | POSEIDON Adventure Activities Agency Jogjakarta Indonesia | Corporate Adventure-based Training, Team Building Training, Curriculum Development and Practice, Adventure Safety, Risk Management, Adventure-based Education, High & Low Ropes Challenge Course, Camping, Jungle & Sea Survival, Wilderness First Aid, Outdoor Education for Youth, Outdoor Leadership & Motivation Training, Adventure Therapy |
| Deborah Twemlow | Pali Institute CA USA |
PhD student, Long-term outcomes |
| Ron Watters | RonWatters.com | Outdoor literature, Safety, Common adventure, College programs, Cost-benefit analysis, Historical |
| Helen Wedin | Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA | PhD student and longtime nurse. Working on Arctic canoe Expedition (greater than 42 days Nunavut) outcomes especially related to health, phenomenology, journals, emerging adult women, self-concept and transition |
| Erin Witter | University of Utah | Ph.D. student, Facilitation, Self-Efficacy, Outdoor Leadership, College Student Development, Therapeutic Recreation |
| Dan LaPasha | Learning Technologies, Inc. | PhD in Behavior Science, Facilitation, Experiential learning, Applied personality theory, Change management, Ropes course design, Skill transference |
| Rita Yerkes | Aurora University | Experiential Leadership, Outdoor Education, Risk Management, Gender Studies, Outdoor Pursuits Administration |
| Robyn Zink | Monash University Victoria Australia |
OE Student and Teacher Experience, Curriculum and Practice, Risk, Risk Management |
John Herbert,office@ehrf.org,European HR Forum//Pioneer in the use of outdoor experiential learning in the context of corporate leadership development, in particular managing complexity/uncertainty, characteristic of organisations operating in fast changing, turbulent environments. 25 years experience in the design, implementation and facilitating experiential programmes. Author of many tasks to address specific issues in particular large scale, complex, open ended tasks of over 36 hours duration - a managerial equivalent to military war games. Background and formal education in business administration, business strategy, organisation development and effectiveness, and learning and development. Currently the architect of an international, not-for-profit corporate network to advance the quality of Human Resource strategy and practice www.ehrf.org