School of Public Health

Education

• Ph.D. at University of Oregon, 1982
• M.S. at Eastern Washington University, 1977
• BSc at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1972

Background

Director - Professional Development Program, Outward Bound

Research Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service

Past President - Academy of Leisure Scientists

Branch Chief - Recreation, Wilderness, and Urban Forestry, USDA Forest Service

Professor and Department Chair, Department of Resource Recreation and Tourism, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, CANADA

Editor, Journal of Experiential Education

Professor, Indiana University

Patricia and Joel Meier Endowed Chair in Outdoor Leadership, Indiana University

Outstanding Faculty, Student Choice Award, Indiana University

William Evans Fellowship (for excellence in teaching and research), University of Otago, New Zealand, September - October, 2008

Research

Research Tracts include: (a) Developing resilience through the use of outdoor adventure activities, (b) investigating the effects of Outward Bound on Redeploying Military Veterans, (c) the effects of natural environments on human health, and (d) motivations for engaging in high risk outdoor recreational experiences.

Publications

Ewert, A., & Frankel, J. (2009). Linking goals with outcomes: Outward Bound, findings, and confounding variables. 2009 NRPA Leisure Research Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT, Oct. 13-16

Ewert, A., Overholt, J., Voight, A., & Wang, Chun Chieh. (2010). Understanding the transformative aspects of the wilderness and protected lands experience upon human health. Proceedings of the Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. (In Press)

Ewert, A., & Galloway, G. (2009). Socially desirable responding in an environmental context: Development of a domain specific scale. Environmental Education Research, 15(1), 55-70.

Ewert, A., Voight, A., Calvin, D. & Hayashi, A. (2008). Outdoor programs and environmental beliefs: Investigating the stability of outcomes and levels of salience. In: Watson, A, Sproull, J., & Dean, D. (comp.). 2007. Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress Symposium. September 30-October 6, 2005. Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-49. Fort Collins, CO. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (pp. 416-421).

Ewert, A., & Sibthorp, J. (2009). Creating outcomes through Experiential Education: The challenge of confounding variables. Journal of Experiential Education, 31(3), 376-389.

Ewert, A., & Yoshino, A. (in press). The influence of short-term adventure-based experiences on levels of resilience of university students. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning.

Books/Book Chapters

Ewert, A., Baker, D., & Bissix, G. (2004). Integrated Resource Management: The Human Dimension. Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishers.

Gilbertson, K., Bates, T., Ewert, A., & McLaughlin, T. (2005). Methods and Strategies for Teaching Outdoors, Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Ewert, A., & Wadzinski, L. (2010). Chapter 12: Physical Resources Management. In B. van der Smissen & M. Moiseichik (Eds.). Management of Park and Recreation Agencies (3nd ed.) Ashburn, VA: National Recreation and Park Association. In Press.

Ewert, A., & Garvey, D. (2007). Chapter Two: Philosophy and theory of Adventure Education. In: D.

Prouty, J. Panicucci, & R. Collinson (eds.). Adventure Based Programming and Education. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. (Pp. 19-32).

Courses Recently Taught

R-506, Human Health, Quality of Life, and Natural Environments

R-513, Theoretical Foundations of Adventure and Experiential Education

R-504, Instructional Methods in Outdoor and Experiential Education