Associate Professor
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Keith Fulthorp has over 25 years of experience within the Recreation and School
Counseling Professions, and is currently an Associate Professor at California State
University, Long Beach in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies. Keith’s
research interests are focused in municipal recreation and parks. Specifically, the
relationship between place attachment, involvement, and agency loyalty in urban parks
and special events. In addition, he has examined job competencies for entry level
employment in municipal recreation agencies. His latest projects examine the use and
design of urban pocket parks. He completed his doctorate degree from the University of
Southern California in 2009 and continues to be closely tied to both the Recreation and
School Counseling Professions. Keith’s Municipal Recreation research and education
sessions have been presented at the California Park and Recreation Society (Annually
since 2004), the National Recreation and Park Association (Annually since 2010), The
American Therapeutic Recreation Association, The Midwest Therapeutic Recreation
Conference, and the Academy of Leisure Sciences Teaching and Research Institute. Keith
has presented both educational and research sessions at many local, state, and national
school counseling conferences related to the use of solution-focused brief counseling in
schools. He has provided training for local school districts in California, Colorado and
Nebraska as well as state school counseling associations in Alabama, Arizona, California,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington. His solution-focused
trainings have also been presented at the American School Counselor Association, the
California School Counselor Association, and the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Association.
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
