Faculty & Research
Rasul A. Mowatt
- Assistant Professor, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies Department
Education:
- B.S. at University of Illinois, 1995
- M.S. , 2002
- Ph.D. , 2006
Contact Information:
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Background:
- President, Champaign-Urbana Sunrise Club of Rotary International
- Chair, Human Relations Commission of the City of Champaign
- State Coordinator, Illinois, Voter Empowerment Program of the NAACP
Research
Academic interest are centered on leadership development, management of leisure services, diversity in leisure, and the study of deviancy and violence associated with leisure. While research interests range in areas examining and discussing social justice in leisure, redefining race-based research, use of visual methodologies in leisure research, issues of violence in leisure settings, and discussing the meaning of leadership and identity.
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Spectators looking at charred corpse of Jesse Washington hanging from tree after lynching, Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916, LC-USZ62-38917. In Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Visual Materials from the NAACP Records. |
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Publications:
Books
Mowatt, R. (2007). The king of the damned: Reading lynching as leisure; The analysis of lynching photography for examples of violent forms of leisure. In McCarthy, C. Durham, A., Engel, L., Filmer, A.A., Giardina, M.D., Logue, J. and Malagreca, M. (Eds.), Globalizing cultural studies: Ethnographic interventions in theory, method & policy. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing. This chapter was first published and accepted in Policy Futures in Education.
Articles
Mowatt, R. (2008) The king of the damned: Reading lynching as leisure; The analysis of lynching photography for examples of violent forms of leisure. Policy Futures in Education, 6(2).
Shinew, K., Mowatt, R., & Glover, T. (2007) An African American community recreation center: Participants and volunteers perceptions of racism and racial identity. Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration, 25(2), 84-106.
Presentations
Shinew, K.J., Stodolska, M. & Mowatt, R. Increasing our understanding of African Americans' and Latinos' use of urban parks (2007). Presentation. National Recreation and Park Association Conference. Leisure Research Symposium.
Mowatt, R. The Visual Analysis of Lynching Photography for cues of Leisure, Violence, Deviancy, and Meanings of Place in America's Past (2007). Presentation. 6th Annual International Symposium On Aspects of Tourism, Eastbourne, UK.
Mowatt, R. Getting rid of problem: employees or practices (April, 2007). Presentation. Indiana University Employee Development Program.
Mowatt, R. & Lovett, M. Leadership in the everyman: A critical look at the redevelopment after Katrina (February, 2007. Presentation. Official Black History Month Calendar of Events. Indiana University.
Mowatt, R. Reading lynching as leisure (January, 2007). Presentation. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Mowatt. R. Violence as a form of leisure: The visual and textual analysis of lynching in America history (2005). Poster Presentation. National Recreation and Park Association Conference. Leisure Research Symposium.
Courses Recently Taught:
• R354: Violence in Sport and Leisure (Summer, 2007)
• R317: Leadership and Diversity (Spring, 2007)
• R466: Management of Leisure Services (Spring, 2007)
• R466: Management of Leisure Services (Fall, 2007)
• RST 120: Foundations of Community Recreation (Spring, 2006) -University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• LEIST 120: Community Recreation (Fall, 2005) -University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign