May 23, 2025 | Ethan Simmons As a graduate student, Liza Berdychevsky didn’t expect much fanfare when she first visited a Leisure Research Symposium as a “future scholar,” on behalf of The Academy of Leisure Sciences (TALS). In 2008, she was completing her master’s program and searching for a university to complete her doctorate. Yet […]
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People who viewed sex as a leisure activity enjoyed more, better sex during the pandemic
Oct. 23, 2023 | Sharita Forrest People who found ways to explore their sexuality and use it as a coping mechanism during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had more active and fulfilling sex lives, according to studies conducted by RST Associate Professor Liza Berdychevsky. The fear, uncertainty and stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic […]
How recreation programs can be used to mitigate youth gang involvement and violence
Aug. 28, 2019 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Researchers at AHS argue that recreation can be an effective piece of addressing youth gang violence Recreation programs, in addition to other strategies, can potentially be effective in addressing youth gang involvement and violence, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The study, titled, […]