RPTM Team Roster: Dr. Jen Agans | Penn State College of Health and Human Development

Dr. Jennifer Agan's Stats

Title

Assistant Professor

Team

Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management

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)

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

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!

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."