Dr. Kim Beason

Associate Professor of Park & Recreation Management
Director, Senior Aquatics Therapy Program

Curriculum Vita

Phone: +1-662-915-5555
Office: Turner Center

Areas of Interest

• Aquatic Exercise
• Aquatics for Older Adults
• Aquatics for Special Populations
• Aquatics Safety
• Conservation Management, Fish and Wildlife Protection
• Conservation Management, Law Enforcement Education
• Cpr and First Aid Instructor and Instructor Trainer
• Economic Impact of Leisure
• Recreational Programs/Marketing
• Fantasy Sport Market
• Leisure Consumer Behaviors
• Lifeguarding and Water Safety
• Recreation and Special Event Planning
• Recreational Programs, Planning and Development
• Sport, Recreation and Tourism
• Tourism and Recreation
• Tourism and Rural Development
• Water Safety
• Youth and Teen Leisure Markets

Dr. Jim Gilbert

Professor, Park & Recreation Management
CPRP
Ed.D. University of Northern Colorado, 1985

Curriculum Vita

Email: dgilbert@olemiss.edu
Phone: +1-662-915-5553
Office: 219 Turner Center

Areas of Interest

• Area 1
• Area 2
• Area 3

Mr. David Waddell

Instructor, Park & Recreation Management
Master of Religious Education
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1980

Curriculum Vita

Phone: +1-662-915-7696
Office: 228 Turner Center

Areas of Interest

• Leadership Development
• Networking and career placement
• Recreation Programming