Credentials

• Ph.D., Recreation, Sport and Tourism; University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 2011

• M.A., Leisure, Youth and Human Services; University of Northern Iowa, 2008

• B.A., Psychology; University of Iowa, 2006

Advisor

• Leisure Planning and Management

Primary Courses Taught

• Program Planning

• Public Relations

• Pre-Practicum

• Commercial Recreation

• Advance Program Delivery Methods

Selected Presentations

• Abbott-Anderson, K., Chiou, H.S., & Burk, B.N. (2019). Spring engAGEment: An inter-professional collaboration to enhance community interaction and university education. Perspectives of ASHA Special Interest Groups.

• Burk, B.N., Sharaievska, I., Fuller, R. H. & Montandon, K. (2016). Teens & cyberbullying: Promoting the internet as a safe place. Presented October 2016 at the National Recreation and Park Association Conference. St. Louis, MO.

• Burk, B.N., Fuller, R. & Montandon, K. (2015, October). Preventing Bullying in Your Parks and Programs. Presented at the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association. Mankato, MN.

• Burk, B.N. & Sharaievska, I. (2015, February). Examining the health and recreation needs of adults with developmental disabilities. To be presented at the Active Living Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

• Ceurvorst, R. & Burk, B.N. (2015, October). Playing Nice: Experiential Learning and Assessment Go Hand-in-Hand. Presented at the Association for Experiential Education Conference. Portland, OE.

• Herrick, E., Burk, B.N. Bissonnette, D., Peterson, E. J., & Gonzalez, E. (2017). Identifying ecological and personal factors that prevent obese individuals from effectively losing weight. Presented April 2017 at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Mankato, MN.

• Koeneke, A., Spicer, B., Hauge, G., Stasi, L., Trench, R., & Burk, B.N. (2017). Having a ball: The impact of recreation on literacy interventions. Presented at the Minnesota Speech and Hearing Association Conference. Mankato, MN.

• Montandon, K. & Burk, B.N. (2015, October). Creating University-Agency Partnerships. Presented at the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association. Mankato, MN.

• Sharaievska, I. & Burk, B.N. (2015, September). Online/Offline Support: Discussions of Leisure among Families with Children with Disabilities. Presented at the National Recreation and Park Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

• Mahowald, M., Burk, B.N., Vruwink, O. & Krenik, E. (2018, November). Camp Maverick: Rec N’ Read. An interprofessional collaboration to improve literacy and well-being among youth. Presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

• Barr, C., DeBettingnies, C., Burk, B., & Mahowald, M. (2019, April). Impact of recreation duration and type of literacy outcomes. Presented at Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Bloomington, MN.

• Ganley, E., Mahowald, M., & Burk, B. (2019, April). Longitudinal case study of literacy outcomes for two elementary aged children. Presented at Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Bloomington, MN.

• Moenkedick, S., Voight, S., Zellmann, K., McCarthy, M., Mahowald, M., & Burk, B. (2019, April). Exploring parent perceptions of services for children with literacy disorders. Presented at Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Bloomington, MN.

• Mueller, M., Haglin, K., Mahowald, M., & Burk, B. (2019, April). Exploring how recreation impacts behavior and outcomes of literacy intervention. Presented at Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Bloomington, MN.

Selected Publications

• Abbott-Anderson, K., Chiou, H.S., & Burk, B.N. (2019). Spring engAGEment: An inter-professional collaboration to enhance community interaction and university education. Perspectives of ASHA Special Interest Groups.

• Bissonnette, D., Knoblich, P., Hadley, M., & Burk, B.N. (2022). Development of a screening tool to detect sarcopenia. International Journal of Obesity.

• Burk, B.N. & Sharaievska, I. (2022). Facilitators and Constraints: Toward an Understanding of Father’s Involvement in Their Children’s Youth Programs. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.

• Burk, B. N. (2020). Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Writing Intensive Courses. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 1-5.

• Burk, B.N., DiRenzo, A., & Fuller, R.H. (2019). Examining bullying in leisure settings: The voices of parents and youth. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.

• Burk, B.N. & Mahowald, M.C. (2022). Case Study: Rec N’ Read Programs and Services. Interprofessional Collaboration in Parks, Recreation, and Human Services: Theory and Cases.

• Burk, B. N., Pechenik Mausolf, A., & Oakleaf, L. (2020). Pandemic Motherhood and the Academy: A Critical Examination of the Leisure-Work Dichotomy. Leisure Sciences, 1-7. 

• Burk, B.N. & Sharaievska, I. (2021). “That’s not a problem here”: Recreational youth programs and cyberbullying. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure.

• Burk, B.N. & Sharaievska, I. (2017). Examining the health and recreation interests of adults with developmental disabilities. Therapeutic Recreation Journal.

• Oakleaf, L., Burk, B. N., & Mausolf, A. P. (2019). Shouldn’t leisure scholars know better? How the work/leisure dichotomy affects policy and culture for academic mothers. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 34(2), 96-108.

• Olsen, H. & Burk, B.N. (2017).  The role of supervision in youth work: Perceptions of students preparing to be youth workers. Journal of Youth Development, 12 (2), 84-102.

• Sharaievska, I. & Burk, B.N. (2018). Recreation of families with a child who has a developmental disability: The caregiver’s use of online and offline support groups. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 52 (1), 42-57.

• Spicer, B. J., Burk, B. N., & Mahowald, M. (2021). Student Perceptions of an Interprofessional Collaboration in an Experiential Learning Setting. SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 1-11.

• Theriault, D. & Burk, B.N. (2020). Introduction to the Special Issue–Building Bridges Instead of Walls: Marketing with Minoritized Populations. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.

• Rec N’ Read Programs and Services