Once again, it's been a quite while since I posted the last blog. But, finally, I have got some "free time" to write a blog. More importantly, our society is experiencing a major event that is impacting leisure lives of many: COVID-19. I am sure that whatever lifestage...

So, it's been more than a year since the last blog. I would like to think that this means I was productive over the past year. Now I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta (Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation). 

Today, I want to discuss the pro...

This post is meant for my research project on therapeutic recreation in post-disaster contexts. As I re-analyzed some of my past interview studies, I would like to be transparent with my analysis by showing all the memos associated wit it. 

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"Reading and writing English papers feels like trying to move in water. Every move is heavy and slow - and exhausting. I have to constantly look up words. Reading again and again sentences, or paragraphs. Being left with this muddling feeling even after finishing readi...

On December 18, 2017, I passed the PhD final defense. It was an intellectually challenging experience as well as an important milestone in my academic life. There may be many students who wonder about this event. So, let me reflect on it.

At the University of Alberta an...

This blog post is to share some of memos I wrote through my doctoral research on leisure and ikigai, using grounded theory (Corbin & Strauss, 2015). Doing this, I hope, would make my analysis process more transparent, and potentially inspire other researchers who are i...