Dr. Henle has been a full-time faculty member in Applied Human Sciences at Concordia since September, 2004. Upon completion of his doctoral studies at New York University, Dr. Henle became the executive director of Adopt-A-Playground Corp, a New York non-profit, dedicated to children’s safety in public playgrounds. This career was a natural extension of Dr. Henle’s dissertation research about children’s playground-related injuries. Central to his teaching and research, Dr. Henle is concerned with transmitting accurate information that is applicable to improve human happiness through leisure and recreation opportunities. Andragogy and experiential learning form a focal point for learning. Dr. Henle received an award for innovative teaching and student retention from Concordia’s Centre for Teaching and Learning Services.
Education
Ph.D. Leisure Services and Resource Management, New York University
M.A. Leisure Studies & Recreation, New York University
B.A. Leisure Studies, Concordia University
Research interests
Leisure and recreation injury epidemiology
The role of play in leisure for Canadians
Play behavior in public recreation
Experiential learning
2023
SOCI 221: Digital Culture, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Concordia University
SOCI 310: Research Methods, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Concordia University
2022
SOCIOL 2Z03: Introduction to Sociological Research, Department of Sociology, McMaster University
2019
ASOC180: Social Problems, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC384: Sociology of Aging, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
2018
ASOC389: Special Topics in Sociology of Culture - Contemporary China through a Sociology Perspective, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC180: Social Problems, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
2017
ASOC384: Sociology of Aging, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC180: Social Problems, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC115: Introduction to Sociology, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
2016
ASOC389: Special Topics in Sociology of Culture - Contemporary China through a Sociology Perspective, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC235: Sociological Theory, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC115: Introduction to Sociology, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
2015
ASOC180: Social Problems, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
ASOC115: Introduction to Sociology, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
2014
ASOC115: Introduction to Sociology, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
Refereed journals and book chapters
Luo, Zhifan, and Muyang Li. 2022. “Collecting and Analyzing Weibo Data: A Roadmap for Social Research.” Pp. 614-632 in The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods (2nd Edition), edited by A. Quan-Haase and L. Sloan. London: SAGE.
Luo, Zhifan, and Muyang Li. 2022. “Participatory Censorship: How Online Fandom Community Facilitates Authoritarian Rule.” New Media & Society. Online first. doi: doi/10.1177/14614448221113923
Luo, Zhifan. 2022. “‘Why Should Facebook (not) Ban Trump?’: Connecting Divides in Reasoning and Morality in Public Deliberation.” Information, Communication & Society 25(5): 654-668. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2021.2021272
Luo, Zhifan. 2022. “Politicalization or Professionalism? A Case-Study of the Military’s Discourse in China.” Armed Forces & Society 48(1): 185-204. doi: 10.1177/0095327X20906848
Yang, Qinghua, Zhifan Luo, Muyang Li, and Jiangmeng Liu. 2022. “Understanding the Landscape and Propagation of Misinformation of COVID-19 and its Correction on Sina Weibo.” Global Health Promotion 29(1): 44–52. doi: 10.1177/17579759211035053
Luo, Zhifan. 2021. “Disciplining the Party: From Rectification Campaigns to Intra-Party Educational Activities.” China: An International Journal 19(4): 52-74.
Li, Muyang, & Zhifan Luo. 2020. “The ‘Bad Women Drivers’ Myth: The Overrepresentation of Female Drivers and Gender Bias in China’s Media.” Information, Communication & Society 23(5): 776-793. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2020.1713843
Major, Aaron, and Zhifan Luo. 2019. “The Political-Military Foundations of China’s Global Ascendency.” Journal of World-Systems Research 25(2): 420-448. doi: 10.5195/jwsr.2019.874
Luo, Zhifan. 2017. “Intrastate Dynamics in the Context of Hegemonic Decline: A Case Study of China’s Arms Transfer Regime.” Journal of World-Systems Research 23(1): 35-60. doi: 10.5195/jwsr.2017.600
Public commentary
Luo, Zhifan, and Muyang Li. 2022. “Online fan communities in China carry out their own form of self-censorship.” The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/online-fan-communities-in-china-carry-out-their-own-form-of-self-censorship-191644).
Luo, Zhifan, and Muyang Li. 2022. “Online posts may not reflect Chineseopinion when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.” The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/online-posts-may-not-reflect-chinese-opinion-when-it-comes-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-179136#comment_2760335).
Wu, Cary, Abidin Kusno, Ann H. Kim, Carol Liao, Dennis Kao, Guida Man, Hae Yeon Choo, Jing Zhao, Muyang Li, Min Zhou, S. Harris Ali, Sibo Chen, Sida Liu, Weiguo Zhang, Zhifan Luo. 2021. “As Asian Canadian scholars, we must #StopAsianHate by fighting all forms of racism.” The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/as-asian-canadian-scholars-we-must-stopasianhate-by-fighting-all-forms-of-racism-157743).
