1. Faculty and Staff
  2. Kimberly Batty

Kimberly Batty

Types:

CommonwealthU University Employee
Title(s)
Assistant Professor of Sport Management
Department
Education

Ph.D., Work Force Education and Development — The Pennsylvania State University

Contact Information

Courses Most Commonly Taught

  • Introduction to Recreation and Leisure
  • Program Planning and Design in Recreation
  • Special Event and Convention Center Management
  • Commercial Recreation
  • Assessment, Evaluation, and Research in Recreation

Areas of Expertise

  • Recreation Program Planning, Student Internship Constraints

Professional Publications

  • Batty, K.Preparing Recreation Management students for internships. Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks, Summer issue, 2013
  • Batty, K., & Mowen, A. Intern appeal: Making an agency attractive to tomorrow’s workforce. Parks and Recreation Business, June, 2012
  • Batty, K. Implications for globalization for workforce education and higher education. Workforce Education Forum (WEF)

Professional Presentations

  • The International Ecotourism Society, Ecotourism in Fiji (September, 2012)
  • Resort and Commercial Recreation Association, College Internships (November, 2011)
  • Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society State Conference, Student Constraints to internship selection (March, 2010)