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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Parks and Recreation Management

Parks and Recreation Management
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 774-3291
Fax: (580) 774-7059
prm@swosu.edu

Faculty and Staff

 
The PRM faculty is a group of knowledgeable, student-oriented instructors holding master's or doctoral-level degrees. The faculty has vast practical experience in parks, recreation, and leisure-related areas including: park management, aquatic program management, adventure program management, ropes course management, high-angle rescue, climbing, backpacking, trail riding, canoeing, sailing, wilderness survival, wilderness first aid, emergency medicine, park law enforcement, sports management, rodeo management, campus recreation, youth sports, and theme park programming. The PRM department also utilizes a number of part-time, adjunct instructors that are primarily employed as park rangers, lake patrolmen, highway patrolmen, game wardens, wildlife refuge law enforcement officers, emergency medicine physicians, and adventure program directors.
Dr. Chad Kinder
Associate Dean, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Chair, Parks and Recreation Management Department
Education Building 123
(580) 774-3291
chad.kinder@swosu.edu
Ryan Haggard
PRM Instructor
Education Building 214 D
(580) 774-7191
ryan.haggard@swosu.edu
Josiah Keeton
Crowder Lake Park Director
PRM Instructor
Education Building 214 F
(580) 774-6015
josiah.keeton@swosu.edu
Shelly Pond
PRM Instructor
Head Coach Women's Basketball
HPE 108
(580) 774-3290
shelly.pond@swosu.edu
Chad Ramirez
PRM Instructor
Head Rodeo Coach
Education Building 214 B
(580) 774-3710
chad.ramirez@swosu.edu
 

Adjunct Faculty