Patti Ann Freeman

Department Chair
Recreation Management and Youth Leadership, Department of

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Office: W451 TNRB
Phone: 801-422-1286
Email: patti_freeman@byu.edu
Expertise:
  • Backpacking
  • Facilitation
  • Family Recreation
  • Leadership Development
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Processing
  • Qualitative Research
  • Quantitative Research
  • Winter Camping
Research:
  • My research focuses on the leisure experiences of mothers and fathers, the role of leisure in family functioning, and characteristics of experiential learning that lead to meaningful experiences.
Education:
  • PHD, HUMAN PERFORMANCE, INDIANA UNIV BLOOMINGTON, 1993
  • MS, RECREATION ADMINISTRATION, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIV, 1990
  • BS, REC MANAGEMENT & YOUTH LEADERS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1988
Group Affiliations:
  • Family Recreation - Primary
  • Leisure Services Management - Primary
Selected Publications:
  • "Family Leisure Involvement and Family Functioning In Samoa," Abstracts from the 2008 Leisure Research Symposium Pages 57 - 59, October, 2008    
  • "Nonresident fathers leisure patterns during parenting time with their children.," Fathering Volume six, Pages 205-225, July, 2008    
  • "A call for theory: Moving leisure research beyond description.," Abstracts from the 2007 Symposium on Leisure Research Pages 212-216, October, 2007    
  • "An examination of family skiing and its relationship to family functioning.," Abstracts from the 2007Symposium on Leisure Research Pages 45-46, October, 2007    
  • "Family Deepening: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Experience of Families Who Participate in Service Expeditions.," Journal of Leisure Research Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 438-458, July, 2007    
  • "Rituals and Relationships: Examining the Relationship between Family of Origin Rituals and Young Adult Attachment," Journal of Marriage and Family Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 5-28, January, 2007    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Professor, Brigham Young University, 1999
  • Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 1997-1999
  • Assistant Professor, Murray State University, 1993-1997
Awards:
  • Honored Faculty Lecture , College of Health and Human Performance , 2007
  • Excellence in Teaching , College of Health and Human Performance , 2006