Charles H. Hammersley, Ph.D.
Research
2005 - Town of Egar - Community Park re-design
2004 - Coconino County Parks and Recreation - Tuba City Park design and public process.
2001 - NAU Bikeways Master Plan
2000 - Lake Havasu City, Tourism Profile Survey
2000 - Village of Oak Creek, Big Park Inc., Park Planning & Design
1998-99 - Red Rocks Canyon National Recreation Area (BLM), Web site development and K-12 Interpretive curriculum for the recreation area.
1999 - Coconino County Parks and Recreation Department, Conducted the Doney Park Neighborhood Needs Assessment for a proposed community park.
1999 - Town of Parker, Recreation Department, Recreation Master Plan
1999- Center for American Indian Economic Development, Colorado River Indian Tribe, Tourism Development Plan
1998- Coconino County Jail District, Conducted a Neighborhood Needs Assessment for a proposed community park.
1997- Arizona Parks and Recreation Fund, The Rural and Tribal Recreation Project.
1997 - Computer Software Online Workbook, Escom Inc., Developed a new computer applications course in leisure services.
1997 - present, Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University. Conducted research on the RCRA national certification program. Developed web-based courses and researched the educational impact of internet delivery. Continue to work with city and county park and recreation departments on needs assessment and master planning projects.
1993 - 1997, Assistant Professor of Recreation, University of Maine - Presque Isle. Continued research on vocational profiles. Provided assistance for two local recreational business plans. Initiated a job task analysis study and a national certification examination for the Resort & Commercial Recreation Association and conducted a child development survey.
1989 - 1993, Assistant Professor of Recreation and associate member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Idaho. Time dedicated to research has varied between 10 and 17 percent per year.
1992 Conducted research on the computer use and needs of municipal recreation agencies and the computer courses offered by National Recreation and Park Association accredited university/college recreation programs.
1992 Conducted research in psychological profiles of municipal recreation professionals in cooperation with American Parks & Recreation Society.
1994 - '95 Developed and released a revised RCRA Computerized Internship Directory Rec 3.0 (3rd version).
1994 - '95 Completed the Child Development Community Survey for the Caribou Recreation and Parks Department.
1994 - 95 Initiated a Job Task Analysis for the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association.
1991 Developed and released an updated version of the Recreational Internship Selection System and Re-creation Internship Program for the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association.
1991 Conducted research in psychological profiles of resort recreation professionals in cooperation with the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association.
1990 Conducted research in psychological profiles of certified therapeutic recreation specialists in cooperation with the American Therapeutic Recreation Association.
1989 Developed the computerized Recreational Internship Selection System program for the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association.
1989 Conducted a content analysis of introductory commercial recreation courses offered by universities/colleges in the US.
1988 Conducted research on motivational factors of whitewater boaters for the Bureau of Land Management in Taos, New Mexico.
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