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RPTM Team Roster: Dr. Jen Agans
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Dr. Jennifer Agan's Stats
Title
Assistant Professor
Team
Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
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Education
B.A. in Psychology from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
M.A. and Ph.D. in Child Study and Human Development from Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Hometown
South-central New Hampshire (Wilton & Amherst)
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Area of Research, Teaching, and Service in RPTM
Research: Youth and young adult physical activity/recreation and psychosocial well-being
Teaching: Undergraduate research methods, introduction to community recreation (201), and graduate social psychology of leisure
Service: Departmental DEIB committee
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How did you find RPTM and your career path?
I discovered RPTM while looking for faculty jobs after my postdoc. It was a happy surprise to realize that there were entire departments devoted to the types of community-engaged recreation research I had already been doing.
What is your favorite college memory?
I don’t think I can pick just one!
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What do you like to do in your leisure time?
Hang out with my husband, daughter, and dogs; read fiction; and juggle!
What is the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
"Remember that any progress is progress."