2024 Marcia Carter Best Paper Award

The 2024 award is presented to Mikayla Soli, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University, and Rhonda Nelson, Department of Occupational and Recreational Therapies at the University of Utah, for their manuscript “Evaluation of a high intensity interval training (HIIT) program for military personnel receiving inpatient treatment for a substance use disorder” that appeared in the Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 58(2), 2024, pp. 125–142. A monetary award accompanies this honor.

Finalists

Anderson, L. S., Heyne, L. A., & Hsieh, P-C. (2024). Testing the validity of the Flourishing through Leisure Model, Relationship of leisure to well-being. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 58(2), 155–173.

Dattilo, J. (2024). Leisure education grounded in social justice: A facilitative technique that contributes to inclusive leisure and therapeutic recreation. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 58(1), 39–60.