Kimberly Batty; Ph.D.

Types:

Bloomsburg University Employee
Title(s)
Assistant Professor, Recreation Management
Education

Ph.D., Work Force Education and Development, The Pennsylvania State University

Contact Information

Courses Most Commonly Taught

  • Introduction to Recreation and Leisure
  • Program Planning and Design in Recreation
  • Special Event and Convention Center Management
  • Commercial Recreation
  • Assessment, Evaluation, and Research in Recreation 

Areas of Expertise

Recreation Program Planning, Student Internship Constraints

Professional Publications:

Batty, K.Preparing Recreation Management students for internships. Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks, Summer issue, 2013

Batty, K., & Mowen, A. Intern appeal: Making an agency attractive to tomorrow’s workforce. Parks and Recreation Business, June, 2012.

Batty, KImplications for globalization for workforce education and higher education. Workforce Education Forum (WEF). In press. 

Professional Presentations:

The International Ecotourism Society, Ecotourism in Fiji (September, 2012)

Resort and Commercial Recreation Association, College Internships (November, 2011)

Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society State Conference, Student Constraints to internship selection (March, 2010)