B Leisure Studies (Hons), PhD
Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School
Contact details for Associate Professor Simone Fullagar
Associate Professor Simone Fullagar is an interdisciplinary sociologist who has published widely across the areas of health/wellbeing, leisure, sport and tourism, using post-structuralist and feminist perspectives. Simone joined Griffith University in 2003 and held previous academic positions at The University of Sydney and Charles Sturt University. Simone was awarded a PhD (Sociology) from the University of New South Wales in 1999 and a Bachelor of Arts (Leisure Studies) with First Class Honours and the University Medal from the University of Technology Sydney, 1992. Simone also has a professional background in community service management for diverse populations and an inclusive approach to sport, recreation, events and tourism participation.
Simone has taught a wide range of courses including the first year undergraduate core course Foundation Studies, Leisure Industries in the Masters program and Leadership in Leisure Services in Hong Kong. In 2012 she will be teaching a new course on Community Events and Festivals in the Event Management major. Simone is a member of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research and she has received funding from the Australian Research Council and University grants programs to conduct qualitative research into leisure and health related areas. ARC Discovery projects include the significance of non-medical practices in women’s recovery from depression and the socio-cultural context of youth suicide in rural and urban communities. She has also undertaken research on the government of family leisure, healthy lifestyles and the politics of risk as well as new work on the rise of green lifestyles and slow travel. Simone’s edited book (with K Markwell and E Wilson) Slow Travel and Tourism: Experiences and Mobilities will be published in 2012 by Channel View. Currently Simone is the current President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies and has been a Board member for seven years. She is also an Editor for the Journal of Sociology and has been an Associate Editor for the international journal Leisure Sciences since 2008.