BPE, MSc(Dalhousie), PhD(Carleton)

Professor, Cross-Appointed to Sociology

Office: BMH 2112
E-mail: sshaw@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567, ext. 35019

Research interests:

• Leisure and Gender
• Family Leisure
• Leisure and Resistance
• Leisure, Health and Well-being
• Developmental Aspects of Leisure
• Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Courses taught:

• REC 270
• REC 401
• REC 408
• REC 601
• REC 608
• REC 673
• REC 700

Selected publications:

• Shaw, S.M., & Henderson, K.A. (2005).  Gender analysis and leisure constraints: An uneasy alliance.  In Jackson, E.L. (Ed.). (pp. 23-34).  Constraints to Leisure.  State College, PA:  Venture Publishing.
• Shaw, S.M., Andrey, J., & Johnson, L.C. (2003).  The struggle for life balance:  Work, family, and leisure in the lives of women teleworkers.  World Leisure, 45(4), 15-29.
• Shaw, S.M. (2001). Conceptualizing resistance: Women's leisure as political practice. Journal of Leisure Research, 33(2), 186-201.
• Shaw, S.M., & Dawson, D. (2001). Purposive leisure: Examining parental discourses on family activities. Leisure Sciences, 23(4), 217-231.
• Shaw, S.M. (1999). Men's leisure and women's lives: The impact of pornography on women's lives. Leisure Studies, 18(3), 197-212.
• Henderson, K.A., Bialeschki, M.D., Shaw, S.M., & Freysinger, V.J. (1996). Both Gains and Gaps: Feminist Perspectives on Women's Leisure. University Park, PA: Venture Publishing.
• Book in Press:
  Rojek, C., Shaw, S.M. and Veal, A.J. (Eds.)(2006). Handbook of Leisure Studies. New York: Palgrave.