Welcome

Areas of expertise include outdoor programming and leadership, adventure education, youth development, recreation land management, as well as constraints and barriers to visiting parks and public lands. An authority on race, culture and gender issues in parks and outdoor recreation. Click here for Curriculum Vitae

Courses - Fall 2013

RPT 550 (senior capstone class) - Planning and Evaluation
RPT 440 (undergraduate elective) - Urban Recreation, Parks, & Leisure Services

Campus and Community Service

SF State

Pacific Leadership Institute (PLI): Director
(30th Anniversary Celebration: Fort Miley Adventure Challenge Course - video)
NOLS Gateway Partner: National Outdoor Leadership School
Environmental Studies Program: Affiliate Faculty
Academic Program Review Committee (2012-2013)
Undergraduate Assessment: Coordinator, Dept of Recreation, Parks, & Tourism

Community

Healthy Parks/Healthy People, Bay Area, Advisory Council for BVHP - 2012-curent
The Center for Park Management (NPCA), Advisory Council - 2012-current
National Parks Centennial Steering Committee - Member, 2011-present
The Nature Conservancy, National Youth Poll, Steering Committee - 2011
National Parks Promotion Council - Research Committee Co-Chair, 2010-present
Center for Diversity and the Environment - Advisory Council Member, 2009-present
GirlVentures - Advisory Council Member, 2005-present
NPS Second Century Commission, Visitation & Public Engagement - Committee Advisor, 2008-2009
"The Untold Stories" from the Ken Burns America's National Parks project" - City Kids in National Parks"; Consultant, 2008

Professional Associations/Memberships

Nina S. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate Professor ~ Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism

A few resources of interest

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