Callie Schultz

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Associate Professor
College of Education and Allied Professions
Human Services

122-F Reid Gymnasium Building

Biography

Callie Spencer Schultz, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the M.S. Experiential and Outdoor Education Program. Her classrooms concentrate on critical and poststructural perspectives of leisure and the ways in which leisure both shapes and is shaped by culture. At ĢƵshe teaches courses focused on diversity & social justice, leadership & group dynamics, research methods, social media, international travel & global citizenship, and programing & evaluation. Dr. Schultz’s research interests include leisure and new media, leisure and social justice, and the performance of subjectivities in transmedia leisure spaces. Utilizing qualitative methodologies that trouble notions of traditional epistemologies, her work aims to challenge us to think about “what counts” as leisure scholarship.

Education

  • Ph D, University of Utah, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
  • MA, La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia, Outdoor and Environmental Education
  • BA, University of Virginia, Studio Art and Religious Studies

Teaching Interests

<u>Courses Taught EOE:</u><br>EOE 502: Diversity and Social Justice<br>EOE 600: Advanced Research Methods & Evaluation Techniques<br>EOE 622: Social Theory in EOE<br>EOE 628: Scholarly Writing Intensive for EOE<br>EOE 698: Thesis/Project I<br>EOE 699: Thesis/Project II<br><br><u>Courses Taught PRM:</u><br>PRM 270: Leadership & Group Dynamics<br>PRM 275: Diversity & Inclusion in PRM<br>PRM 322: International Adventure Travel & Global Citizenship<br>PRM 361: Programming & Evaluation in PRM<br>PRM 383/4/5: Mini-Internship in PRM<br>PRM 495: Senior Seminar<br>PRM 483/484: Senior Capstone Internship<br>Travel Course: PRM 435 Sites, Programs, Facilities: Snowsports Management Trip to Utah (taught in early January)

Research Interests

My research interests center on boundary-pushing scholarship that challenges us to reimagine what is possible methodologically, pedagogically, and conceptually. I am drawn to work that stretches the contours of the field—scholarship that is intellectually daring, creatively rigorous, and unafraid to unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions. A core commitment of my work is amplifying narratives that have too often gone unheard, particularly those emerging from marginalized positionalities, and holding space for these perspectives to reshape our conversations and priorities. I am especially devoted to mentoring and supporting graduate students, encouraging them to push their own boundaries while also expanding those of the field. Ultimately, I believe scholarship should be edgy and transformative: it should provoke us to think differently, imagine expansively, and inhabit new ways of being. It should not simply inform us—it should change us.