Meet Us
Staff
Krystle Peay
Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Location: Solano Hall 4000
- Phone: (916) 278-6752
- k.peay@csus.edu
MaVie Ivashkevich
Administrative Support Assistant II
- Location: Solano Hall 4000
- Phone: (916) 278-6752
- mavie.marquez@csus.edu
Full-Time Faculty
Dr. Samantha Blackburn
Department Chair, Professor
- Location: Solano Hall 4000
- Phone: (916) 278-6259
- samantha.blackburn@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community Program Planning and Administration, Community Health
Dr. Mary Breunig
Assistant Professor
- Location: Solano Hall 4013
- mary.breunig@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Experiential education; Outdoor recreation; Community activism; Environmental and social justice
Dr. Christina Davis, CTRS
Assistant Professor, RMA Advisor & RT Internship Coordinator
- Location: Solano Hall 5024
- c.davis@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Recreation Therapy, Biofeedback, Mental Health Interventions, Optimal Performance Training
Dr. Lisa Easterla
Professor, Minor Advisor
- Location: Solano Hall 4006
- lisa.easterla@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Research background and interest in fear of crime in parks as it pertains to environmental design in parks and sociable spaces, creating healthy and safe parks, and women's constraints to leisure.
Dr. Beth Erickson
Professor, RA Internship Coordinator
- Location: Solano Hall 4018
- erickson@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community recreation; outdoor leadership and natural resource management; technology and recreation; adaptive outdoor equipment for individuals with disabilities.
Dr. Jamie Hoffman, CTRS
Associate Professor, On Sabbatical Spring 2022
- Location: Solano Hall
- Phone: (916) 278-5021
- jamie.hoffman@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Recreation Therapy, Disability Awareness and Sensitivity, Inclusion, Adaptive Sports and Recreation, Faculty Knowledge Awareness and Perception of Students in Higher Education
Dr. Jungyun Christine Hur
Associate Professor, HTM Academic Advisor
- Location: Solano Hall 4012
- Phone: (916) 278-5025
- hur@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Social Media and Hospitality, Hospitality and Event Management, Hospitality Marketing, Service Management, Destination Management & Branding, Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Industry Analysis
Dr. Leah Joyner
Assistant Professor
- Location: Solano Hall
- leah.joyner@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community & non-profit organizations; Social & environmental justice; Community engagement; Sustainable food systems and food sovereignty
Dr. B. Dana Kivel
Professor, Director of Community Engagement Center
- Location: Solano Hall 4018
- Phone: (916) 278-4769
- kivelb@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community recreation (non-profit and municipal); Leisure and identity; Leisure and ideology - issues of gender, sexuality and race.
Arlene Krause, M.S., CTRS
Lecturer
- Location: Solano Hall 4020
- krausea@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Non-profit management; Advocacy; Civil rights for individuals with disabilities
Dr. David Rolloff
Professor
- Location: Solano Hall 4046
- rolloff@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Resource management in recreation, wilderness and Park stewardship; Environmental policy; Recreation planning; Outdoor leadership
Dr. Anthony Sheppard
Professor, HTM Program Coordinator
- Location: Solano Hall 4014
- Phone: (916) 278-6752
- tony@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Commercial recreation; Tourism; Hospitality management, services, marketing; Consumer behavior; Statistical applications
Dr. Abhijeet Shirsat
Assistant Professor, HTM Faculty Advisor, Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Solano Hall 4030
- Phone: (916) 278-7046
- shirsat@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Hospitality; Hotel management; Food tourism; Services and experiential marketing; Restaurant management
Part-Time Faculty
Dr. Catharine Bening
- Location: Solano Hall 4007
- cbening@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Working with youth - college level athletes; community services for at-risk populations
Jason Blessinger, M.Ed.
- Location: SLN 4007
- Phone: (916)278-2244
- blessing@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Campus Recreation
Scarlet Boggs, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4011
- boggs@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Outdoor Recreation
Dr. Hyunsuk Choi
- Location: Solano Hall 4011
- choi@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Hospitality, Event Management, Hospitality Technology, Service Learning, Data Analytics, Hospitality and Tourism Education, Hotel Management, Consumer Behavior
Lindsay Dao, M.H.A., CTRS
- Location: Solano Hall 4005
- dao@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Recreation Therapy
Jason De Wall, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4007
- jason.dewall@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: California State Parks; Law enforcement
Cole Forstedt, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4011
- cole.forstedt@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Volunteer management; Grant writing
Tad Mackey, Ed. D, RTC
- Location: Solano Hall 4005
- tmackey@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Educational Leadership, Campus Recreation Programming, Facilities Management and Informal Recreation
Hunter Merritt, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4011
- hmerritt@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Leisure theory; Recreation programming; Outdoor education; Experiential education; Leadership development; Environmental education and sustainability
Abigail Morrissey, M.A.
- Location: The Well
- a.morrissey@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Guiding; Outdoor Leadership; Expedition Planning; Group Facilitation; Therapeutic Recreation; Adaptive Recreation; Social & Environmental Justice
Troy Nichols, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4007
- troy.nichols@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Youth Leadership, Community Development, Diversity/Inclusion/Justice Initiatives, Community Recreation for Underserved Populations.
Andre Pichly, M.S., CPRP
- Location: Solano Hall 4007
- apichly2@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community recreation; Facility operations; Agency accreditation; Leisure education; Parks & Recreation management; Professional certification; customer service
Andrew Reddish, M.S.
- Location: The Well
- Phone: (916) 278-3592
- reddish@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Campus recreation, Professional training and development, Recreation programming, Leadership development
William Reliford, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4005
- william.relifordjr@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community recreation; Youth leadership
Chris Shannon, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4007
- christopher.shannon@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community development; Sports and recreation
Garrett Werner
- Location: The Well
- Phone: (916) 278-4598
- garrett.werner@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: outdoor education; group facilitation
Jael Young, M.S.
- Location: Solano Hall 4007
- jael@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community recreation; Outdoor leadership and natural resource management; Technology and recreation; Adaptive outdoor equipment for individuals with disabilities
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Steve Gray
Professor Emeritus
- Location: Solano Hall 4011
- graysw@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Management and administration of recreation agencies; Computers and computer applications; Sports management; Campus recreation; Commercial recreation; Rugby coaching
Dr. Ernest Olson
Professor Emeritus
- Location: Solano Hall 4005
- olsoneg@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Culture; Leisure education