Roger J. Spacht Assistant Professor Director of the Adventure Challenge Experience (A.C.E.) Program e-mail rspacht@udel.edu

Education

• 1980, Ph.D., Indiana University
• 1977, M.S., Western Kentucky University
• 1974, B.S., The Penn State University

Professional Activities

• EDA Chair for the 2004 EDA Conference; Burlington, VT March 2-7
• EDA/AAHPERD Past-President, member of the EDA Executive Board
• Bear/Glasgow YMCA Executive Board, 1998 to present
• AAHPERD/AALR-Chair, Ethics Committee and Membership Committee, 1998

Honors and Awards

• AAHPERD/EDA Outstanding Professional Award in Recreation, 1998

Publications

• "The Value and Benefit of Adventure Challenge Education", The Pennsylvania AHPERD Journal; Fall 1998.
• "Keeping it safe: Liability and Adventure Programming"; Camping Magazine: July 1995.

Presentations and Scholarly Achievements

• "PE ... there is Adventure", 2003 AAHPERD National Convention; Philadelphia, PA; March, 2003
• "Student Leadership Roundtable", 2003 AAHPERD National Convention; Philadelphia, PA; March, 2003
• AAHPERD/EDA; "Covey Counseling Approaches in Adventure Challenge Education". February, 1998.
• AAHPERD/EDA; "The Adventure Challenge Experience can go Outside the Physical Education Unit". March, 1996.
• International Camping Congress; "Adventure Based Camp Counseling"; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March, 1994.

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