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Peter Morden

Associate Professor

Department: Applied Human Sciences

Faculty: Arts and Science


Peter Morden
Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext. 5815
Email: peter.morden@concordia.ca

Expertise:

Social-psychology of leisure, Adolescent Development, Gentrification, Quality of life, Community Development, Unemployment, Leadership, satisfaction social cohesion population displacement youth

Language(s) spoken:

English, French

Professional associations:

PhD


Prior to joining Concordia University as a full-time faculty member in 2003, Dr. Peter Morden pursued academic training in leisure studies and employment within municipal, not-for-profit, and commercial leisure services for the better part of two decades. Over this time developed a profound interest in community efforts to serve the leisure needs of adolescents, ethnocultural communities, and impoverished populations as well as the psychological outcomes of leisure participation. Dr. Morden received his Master of Arts degree from Dalhousie University in 1998 and was awarded a PhD from the University of Waterloo in 2004.

Dr. Morden has published in diverse areas including the psychological antecedents of leisure satisfaction, leisure behaviour and ethnocultural identity development, and leisure policy and practice in Quebec. He has presented at both national and international conferences and has received numerous awards for his scholarship and contributions to the scholarly community. His most recent book, Deriving Satisfaction: Needs and Emotions in Everyday Life, was published in 2010.

He is currently Chair of the Department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia and is an active contributor to university and community life, having served most recently as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts as well as a member of the Quartier Loyola committee which seeks to improve the integration of community and university life in the city’s west end.

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