Department of Parks and Recreation Management
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 |
| Paul Hummel Crowder Lake Park Director PRM Instructor Education Building 214 F (580) 774-6015 paul.hummel@swosu.edu |
Bo Pagliasotti PRM Instructor HPE 129-A (580) 774-7089 bo.pagliasotti@swosu.edu |
| Chad Ramirez PRM Instructor Head Rodeo Coach Education Building 214 B (580) 774-3710 chad.ramirez@swosu.edu |
Toby Trotter PRM Instructor Football Secondary/ Recruiting Coordinator HPE 60 (580) 774-3702 toby.trotter@swosu.edu |
Adjunct Faculty |
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Park Law Enforcement Program
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Sport Management Program Wildland Fire Management Program |
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