Liza Berdychevsky, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae – Liza Berdychevsky, Ph.D.
Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism
College of Applied Health Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
104 Huff Hall, 1206 South Fourth St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Telephone: +1-217-244-2971; Email: lizabk@illinois.edu
Relevant websites: http://rst.illinois.edu/faculty/Bios/Berdychevsky.aspx;
http://illinois.academia.edu/LizaBerdychevsky;
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liza_Berdychevsky/
Educational Background
2009-2013 Doctor of Philosophy
Major: Health and Human Performance
Concentration: Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Minors: (1) Research and Evaluation Methodology; (2) Sociology
Dissertation Title: Women’s Sexual Risk-Taking in Tourism
Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management
College of Health and Human Performance
University of Florida, USA
2006-2009 Master of Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Thesis Title: Sex in the City vs. Sex in another City: Women's Sexual Behavior in
Tourism
Department of Business Administration
Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2003-2006 Bachelor of Arts
Major: Hotel and Tourism Management
Department of Hotel and Tourism Management
Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Research Interests
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Sexual behavior and risk-taking across the life course in leisure and tourism
Youth in gangs, violence and victimization, health and wellbeing
Gender in leisure and tourism
Wellbeing and identity in leisure and tourism
Research methods: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed
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Academic Work Experience
2013present
Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, College of
Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
[http://rst.illinois.edu/]
Responsibilities: conducting research and generating externally funded projects,
teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and serving on department, college,
and university committees
Academic affiliations:
• The Center on Health, Aging, and Disability (CHAD), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign [http://chad.illinois.edu/Default.aspx]
• The Program in Jewish Culture and Society, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign [http://www.jewishculture.illinois.edu/]
• Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign [http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/]
2009-2013 Graduate Assistant, Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management,
College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida
[http://trsm.hhp.ufl.edu/]
Research responsibilities: assisting with conceptualization, participant
recruitment, data collection, transcription, qualitative and quantitative data
analysis and interpretation, as well as writing manuscripts for the projects:
• Girlfriend Getaways: All-Female Tourist Experiences (PI: Heather Gibson)
• 2010 FIFA World CupTM: International Visitors’ Perspectives sponsored by
Tshwane University of Technology and 2010 FIFA World CupTM Host City
Office of Tshwane/Pretoria (PI: Brijesh Thapa)
Teaching responsibilities: being a teaching assistant for the undergraduate
courses (assisting with exams, providing feedback, grading, leading group debates,
and teaching certain topics)
2006-2009 Graduate Assistant, Department of Hotel and Tourism Management, Guilford
Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel [http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/fom/TourismDep/Pages/default.aspx]
Research responsibilities: assisting with data preparation, quantitative and
qualitative data analysis, conceptualization, and writing manuscripts for project:
• Depression Online Communities sponsored by NARSAD: The Mental Health
Research Association (PI: Galit Nimrod)
Teaching responsibilities: teaching undergraduate courses in Eilat Campus, Eilat,
and being a teaching assistant (including frontal instruction) for the graduate and
undergraduate courses in the Marcus Family Campus, Beer-Sheva
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Publications
Papers in Journals (Refereed)
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2015). Sex and risk in young women’s tourist experiences:
Context, likelihood, and consequences. Tourism Management, accepted for publication
(Impact Factor 2.377).
Berdychevsky, L., & Nimrod, G. (2015) “Let's talk about sex”: Discussions in seniors' online
communities. Journal of Leisure Research, 47(4), 467-484 (in press) (Impact Factor
0.592).
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2015). Phenomenology of young women’s sexual risk-taking
in tourism. Tourism Management, 46, 299-310 (Impact Factor 2.377).
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.07.008
Berdychevsky, L., Gibson, H. J., & Poria, Y. (2014). Inversions of sexual roles in women’s
tourist experiences: Mind, body, and language in sexual behaviour. Leisure Studies,
(in press) (Impact Factor 1.096). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.938770
Berdychevsky, L., Gibson, H. J., & Bell, H. L. (2013). Girlfriend getaways and women’s wellbeing. Journal of Leisure Research, 45(5), 602-623.
url: http://js.sagamorepub.com/jlr/article/view/4365
Berdychevsky, L., Gibson, H. J., & Poria, Y. (2013). Women’s sexual behavior in tourism:
Loosening the bridle. Annals of Tourism Research, 42, 65-85.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.01.006
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2013). Sexual behavior in women’s tourist
experiences: Motivations, behaviors, and meanings. Tourism Management, 35, 144-155.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2012.06.011
Berdychevsky, L., Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D. A., & Gibson, H. J. (2013). Sex as leisure in the
shadow of depression. Journal of Leisure Research, 45(1), 47-73.
url: http://js.sagamorepub.com/jlr/article/view/2942
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2013). Hospitality accommodations and women's
consensual sex. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 34, 169-171.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.03.006
Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D. A., & Berdychevsky, L. (2012). Leisure in coping with depression.
Journal of Leisure Research, 44(4), 419-449.
url: http://js.sagamorepub.com/jlr/article/view/2844
Gibson, H. J., Berdychevsky, L., & Bell, H. L. (2012). Girlfriend getaways over the life course:
Change and continuity. Annals of Leisure Research, 15(1), 38-54.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2012.670963
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Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2010). Changes in women’s sexual behavior during
the tourist activity: An exploratory study. Horizons in Geography / ‫אופקים בגיאוגרפיה‬, 75,
93-104 (in Hebrew). url: http://hevra.haifa.ac.il/~ofakim/publication_preview.php?id=79
Manuscripts under Review
Berdychevsky, L. Antecedents of young women’s sexual risk-taking in tourism. Under 2nd
Review. Journal of Sex Research (Impact Factor 2.730).
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. Women’s sexual sensation-seeking and risk-taking in leisuretravel. Under 2nd Review. Journal of Leisure Research (Impact Factor 0.592).
Berdychevsky, L., & Nimrod, G. “Sexual until we drop”: Sex as leisure in later life. Under
Review. Archives of Sexual Behavior (Impact Factor 2.783).
Berdychevsky, L., Gibson, H. J., & Bell, H. L. Girlfriend Getaway as a Contested Term:
Discourse Analysis. Under Review. Tourism Management (Impact Factor 2.377).
Book Chapters (Refereed)
Gibson, H. J., Jordan, F., & Berdychevsky, L. (2013). Women and tourism. In V. J., Freysinger,
S. M. Shaw, K. A. Henderson, & M. D. Bialeschki (Eds.), Leisure, women and gender
(3rd edition, pp. 229-244). State College, PA: Venture Publishing, Inc.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2010). Casual sex and the backpacking experience:
The case of Israeli women. In N. Carr & Y. Poria (Eds.), Sex and the sexual during
people’s leisure and tourism experiences (pp. 105-118). Newcastle upon Tyne:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Book Reviews (Refereed)
Berdychevsky, L. (2014). Book review of Frohlick, S. (2013). Sexuality, women, and tourism:
Cross-border desires through contemporary travel. Annals of Tourism Research, 45(1),
182-183. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.12.008
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2012). Book review of Hinch, T. & Higham, J. (2011). Sport
tourism development (2nd edition). Journal of Sport & Tourism, 17(3), 251-255.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14775085.2012.734062
Encyclopedia Entries (Refereed)
Berdychevsky, L. (Forthcoming). Exoticism, tourism. Accepted for publication in J. Jafari & H.
Xiao (Eds.), Encyclopedia of tourism (2nd edition). Frankfurt: Springer, in prep., to appear
in 2015.
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Berdychevsky, L. (Forthcoming). Romance tourism. Accepted for publication in J. Jafari & H.
Xiao (Eds.), Encyclopedia of tourism (2nd edition). Frankfurt: Springer, in prep., to appear
in 2015.
Technical Reports
Thapa, B., Gibson, H. J., Kaplanidou, K., Walker, M., Berdychevsky, L., Bell, H. L, Karadakis,
K., Geldenhuys, S., & Coetzee, W. (2011). 2010 FIFA World CupTM: International
Visitors Perspectives. Final research report. Prepared for the Ministry of Tourism,
Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa, 55 pp.
Publications in Professional Journals (Non-Refereed)
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2008). Women’s sexual behavior in the hotel, bed and
breakfast inn, and hostel: Liberating and vertiginous atmosphere. Melonaim (Trade
Journal for the Hospitality Industry in Israel). August, p. 19 (in Hebrew).
Scholarly Presentations
Conference Presentations/Abstracts (Refereed)
Berdychevsky, L., & Nimrod, G. (2015, July 7th-9th). "Sexual until we drop": Sex as leisure in
later life. Paper accepted for presentation at the Leisure Studies Association (LSA)
Conference – Creating Leisure. Bournemouth University, England, UK.
Berdychevsky, L. (2015, June 24th-26th). Antecedents of young women’s sexual risk-taking in
tourism. Paper accepted for presentation at the Conference of Worlds of Desire: The
Eroticization of Tourist Sites / La Fabrique des Lieux de Désir: L’Érotisation des Lieux
Touristiques. University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Berdychevsky, L. (2015, May 20th-23rd). Phenomenological analysis of young women’s
perceptions and experiences of sexual risk-taking in leisure-travel. Paper accepted for
presentation at the 11th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of
Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2014, December 9th-12th). Sex and risk in women’s tourist
experiences: Context, likelihood, and consequences. Paper presented at the 11th New
Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference – Tourism in the Asia Pacific
Region (Proceedings, pp. 18-19). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Berdychevsky, L., Nimrod, G., & Lee, C. (2014, October 14th-16th). “Let’s talk about sex”:
Discussions in seniors’ online communities. Paper presented at the 2014 Leisure
Research Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park
Association (NRPA) Congress (Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy. Ashburn, VA: NRPA).
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
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Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2014, October 14th-16th). Women’s sexual sensation-seeking
and risk-taking in tourism. Paper presented at the 2014 Leisure Research Symposium
held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress
(Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy. Ashburn, VA: NRPA). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2014, September 7th-12th). Health, risk, and sexual behavior:
Facilitating and inhibiting factors of young women’s sexual risk-taking in tourism. Paper
presented at the 13th World Leisure Congress – Leisure: Enhancing the Human
Condition (Proceedings, p. 44. Cedar Falls, IA: World Leisure Organization). Mobile
Bay, Alabama, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2014, September 7th-12th). Technological tools facilitating
qualitative data analysis. Methodological Workshop presented at the 13th World Leisure
Congress – Leisure: Enhancing the Human Condition (Proceedings, p. 96. Cedar Falls,
IA: World Leisure Organization). Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2014, May 21st-23rd). Different types of sexual risk-takers
among young female tourists. Paper presented at the 14th Canadian Congress on Leisure
Research (CCLR) – Bridging to the Future of Leisure (Proceedings, pp. 22-26. Waterloo,
Ontario: Canadian Association of Leisure Studies). Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2013, December 15th-17th). Phenomenology of women’s
sexual risk-taking in tourism. Paper presented at the 2nd World Research Summit for
Tourism and Hospitality: Crossing the Bridge (Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy [O809].
Elsevier: Amsterdam). Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central
Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
Gibson, H. J., Berdychevsky, L., & Bell, H. L. (2013, November 20th-22nd). All-female sport
tourist experiences: Sport as a purpose and a means. Paper presented at the 2013 Sport
Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ) Conference
(Proceedings, pp. 47-48). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Berdychevsky, L., Gibson, H. J., & Bell, H. L. (2013, October 8th-10th). Girlfriend getaways as
an ambivalent term: Discourse Analysis. Paper presented at the 2013 Leisure Research
Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park Association
(NRPA) Congress (Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy. Ashburn, VA: NRPA). Houston,
Texas, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D. A., & Gibson, H. J. (2012, October 16th-18th). Sex as
leisure in the shadow of depression. Paper presented at the 2012 Leisure Research
Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park Association
(NRPA) Congress (Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy. Ashburn, VA: NRPA). Anaheim,
California, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2012, September 30th-October 3rd). Sexual risk-taking in
tourism: Young women’s perspectives. Paper presented at the 12th World Leisure
Congress – Leisure and Tourism: Enhancing the Mature Destination (Proceedings, pp.
23-24. Cedar Falls, IA: World Leisure Organization). Rimini, Italy.
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Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2012, September 30th-October 3rd). Evolution of feminist
leisure scholarship. Paper presented at the 12th World Leisure Congress – Leisure and
Tourism: Enhancing the Mature Destination. Rimini, Italy.
Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D. A., & Berdychevsky, L. (2012, July 17th-19th). Fighting the devil:
Depression as leisure constraint. Paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association
(LSA) Conference – Leisure, Living, Learning: Education in Sport Tourism and the
Outdoors (Proceedings, pp. 51-52. Eastbourne: LSA). University of Edinburgh, Scotland,
UK.
Gibson, H. J., Berdychevsky, L., & Bell, H. L. (2011, December 6th-8th). Girlfriend getaways
over the life course: Change and continuity. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial
Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) Conference –
Challenging Leisure (Proceedings, p. 24). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Berdychevsky, L., Bell, H. L., & Gibson, H. J. (2011, November 1st-3rd). The link between
girlfriend getaways and women’s well-being. Paper presented at the 2011 Leisure
Research Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park
Association (NRPA) Congress (Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy. Ashburn, VA: NRPA).
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D. A., & Berdychevsky, L. (2011, November 1st-3rd). Trapped in vicious
circles: Leisure and coping with depression. Paper presented at the 2011 Leisure
Research Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park
Association (NRPA) Congress (Proceedings, 4 pp., digital copy. Ashburn, VA: NRPA).
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2011, July 5th-7th). Identity in women’s tourist experiences.
Paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Conference – Leisure in
Transition: People, Policy and Places (Proceedings, p. 20. Eastbourne: LSA).
Southampton Solent University, Southampton, England, UK.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2011, July 2nd-5th). Inversions of sexual roles in women’s
sexual behavior in tourism as technologies of self. Paper presented at the 4th
International Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) Conference – Tourism Futures: Enhancing
Creative and Critical Action (Proceedings, pp. 24-25, 53-68). University of Wales
Institute, Cardiff, England, UK.
Berdychevsky, L., Bell, H. L., & Gibson, H. J. (2011, May 18th-21st). “Woman to woman time”:
An exploratory study of girlfriend getaways. Paper presented at the 13th Canadian
Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR) – An Evolving Tapestry: Weaving Together the
Threads of Leisure (Proceedings, pp. 36-39. Waterloo, Ontario: Canadian Association of
Leisure Studies). Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J. (2010, October 25th-29th). Motivations, benefits and
constraints in women’s tourist experiences. Paper presented at the 2010 Leisure
Research Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park
Association (NRPA) Congress (Proceedings, pp. 150-154. Ashburn, VA: NRPA).
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Berdychevsky, L., Gibson, H. J., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2010, August 28th-September 2nd).
Losing or just loosening the bridle? Women’s sexual behavior in tourist experiences.
Paper presented at the 11th World Leisure Congress – Leisure and Identity (Proceedings,
p. 189. Cedar Falls, IA: World Leisure Organization). ChunCheon City, South Korea.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2010, July 11th-17th). A taxonomy of sexual
experiences in tourism: The case of Israeli traveling women. Paper presented at the 17th
International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology – Sociology on
the Move (Proceedings, p. 46. San Diego, CA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
Sociological Abstracts, ProQuest®). Gothenburg, Sweden.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2009, February 17th-18th). Sexual behavior patterns of
Israeli heterosexual women in tourism. Paper presented at the 40th Israeli Sociological
Society Annual Conference (Proceedings, p. 121, in Hebrew. Rishon LeZion: Israeli
Sociological Society). Rishon LeZion, Israel.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2009, February 15th-16th). The phenomenology of
change in women's sexual behavior in tourist experience. Poster presented at the 7th
Annual Meeting of the Academic Forum for Tourism Researchers in Israel (Proceedings,
p. 10, in Hebrew). Haifa University, Haifa, Israel.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2008, August 27th-29th). The nexus between tourist
social reality and women’s sexual behavior. Paper presented at the Royal Geographical
Society (with the Institute of British Geographers [IBG]) and Imperial College Annual
Conference – Geographies that Matter (Proceedings, 1 p., digital copy. London: Royal
Geographical Society). London, England, UK.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2008, February 20th-21st). Sex in the city vs. sex in
another city: Exploratory study of women’s sexual behavior in tourism. Poster presented
at the 3rd Israeli Conference for Qualitative Research Methods – Qualitative Language:
About Personal, Scientific and Political (Proceedings, pp. 255-256, in Hebrew). BenGurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Berdychevsky, L., Poria, Y., & Uriely, N. (2008, February 12th-14th). Exploratory research:
Women’s sexual behavior as a factor for understanding tourism phenomenon. Paper
presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Academic Forum for Tourism Researchers in
Israel (Proceedings, p. 10, in Hebrew). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat, Israel.
Invited Presentations
Berdychevsky, L., Poria. Y., & Uriely, N. (2008). Sex in the city vs. sex in another city: Israeli
women's sexual behavior during the tourist activity. Paper presentation at the Center for
Tourism, Pilgrimage and Recreation Research Seminar Series. University of Haifa,
Haifa, Israel, November 6th 2008.
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Grants
Funded
Berdychevsky, L. (PI), Shinew, K. J. (Co-PI), & Stodolska, M. (Co-PI) (2014-2015). Grant from
the Illinois Campus Research Board, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; $15,000 to support a project titled: Girls in
gangs: Violence and victimization vs. health and wellbeing.
Submitted, Pending
Berdychevsky, L. (PI), Raffaelli, M. (Mentor), & Stodolska, M. (Mentor) (2016-2020). William
T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program, Campus Limited Submission (pending);
$350,000 to support a project titled: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Sexual Health and
Exposure to Violence: Tailoring Relevant Messages for Sexual Health Education
Programs.
Submitted, Not Funded
Stodolska, M. (PI), Berdychevsky, L. (Co-PI), Shinew, K. J. (Co-PI), & Roman, C. (Consultant)
(2015-2016). National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Research on Gangs and Gang Violence
FY14, NIJ-2014-3747; $298,158 to support a project titled: Girls and gangs: A
qualitative approach to understanding the risk and protective factors associated with
gang membership, victimization and overall health.
Welty-Peachey, J. (PI), Green, B. C. (Co-PI), Berdychevsky, L. (Co-PI), & Price, K. (Co-PI)
(2014-2105). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Innovations in Research
and Practice Grant Program (not funded); $38,684 to support a project titled: Avoiding
culture shock: Identifying elements that help student-athletes adapt to college life.
Teaching Experience
Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
[http://rst.illinois.edu/]
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
• RST 110: Leisure Service Delivery [Fall 2013]
• RST 370: Research Methods and Analysis [Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015]
Graduate Courses Taught:
• RST 594ST: Sport Tourism [Fall 2014]
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Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management, University of Florida
[http://trsm.hhp.ufl.edu/]
Teaching Assistant for the Undergraduate Courses:
• LEI 3301: Principles of Travel and Tourism [Fall 2009, 2012]
• LEI 4880: Evaluation in Leisure Services [Spring 2011]
• LEI 4955: Study Abroad Program to North Queensland, Australia: Sustaining Human
Societies and the Natural Environment, University of Florida and American Universities
International Programs [Summer 2011]
• LEI 4955: Study Abroad Program to New Zealand: Sustaining Human Societies and the
Natural Environment, University of Florida and American Universities International
Programs [Summer 2010]
Department of Hotel and Tourism Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
[http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/fom/TourismDep/Pages/default.aspx]
Undergraduate Courses Taught in Eilat Campus:
• 682-1-0017: Foundations of Market Research [Spring 2009]
• 682-1-0021-01: Introduction to Leisure Services Management [Fall 2008]
Teaching Assistant for the Graduate Courses:
• 682-2-0028: Research Methods in Tourism and Hospitality Sectors [Fall 2008]
• 682-2-0006-01: Social and Cultural Aspects of Leisure Management [Spring 2009]
• Marketing Research in Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, Israel [Fall 2008]
Teaching Assistant for the Undergraduate Courses:
• 681-1-3051: Foundations of Market Research [Spring 2008, 2009]
• 682-1-1121: Finance for Hospitality [Spring 2007, 2008, 2009]
• 682-1-1091: Accounting for Hospitality [Fall 2006, 2007, 2008]
• 682-1-1041: Sociology of Tourism [Spring 2008]
• 682-1-1021: Introduction to Tourism Studies [Fall 2007, 2008]
• 682-1-1011: Introduction to Hospitality [Fall 2007, 2008]
• 682-1-0021-01: Introduction to Leisure Services Management [Spring 2008, 2009]
• 682-1-1271: Strategic Management for Tourism [Fall 2008]
• 682-1-1261: Seminar – Hospitality and Tourism [Fall 2007, 2008]
• 681-1-4021: Financial and Managerial Accounting in the Department of Industrial
Engineering and Management [Spring 2007]
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Service
Disciplinary Service
2015-2017: World Leisure Organization's (WLO) Board of Directors, Elected Member
WLO, a partner with the United Nations, is a worldwide, non-governmental association
of persons and organizations dedicated to discovering and fostering those conditions best
permitting leisure to serve as a force for human growth, development and wellbeing
[http://www.worldleisure.org/]
Editorial Advisory/Review Board Member
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Annals of Leisure Research (2014 - present)
Journal of Sport & Tourism (2014 - present)
Ad Hoc Reviewer (Journal Manuscripts, Books, and Abstracts)
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Annals of Leisure Research (2013, 2014)
Annals of Tourism Research (2013, 2014)
European Sport Management Quarterly (2014, 2015)
Gender, Place and Culture – A Journal of Feminist Geography (2013, 2014)
International Journal of Hospitality Management (2015)
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (2014)
International Journal of Tourism Research (2013)
Journal of Adolescent Research (2014)
Journal of Leisure Research (2012, 2013)
Journal of Sport & Tourism (2012, 2013, 2014)
Leisure Sciences (2014, 2015)
Leisure Studies (2014, 2015)
SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies & Recreation Education (2015)
Tourism Management (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Tourism Management Perspectives (2014)
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World Leisure Congress, Women and Gender Section, Abstract Reviewer (2014)
Hospitality and Tourism Graduate Student Research Conference, Abstract Reviewer
(2015)
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Women, Gender, Leisure Research Network, Women and Gender Commission, World
Leisure Organization, Administrator [wglrn@groups.facebook.com] (2010-present)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014-present: Steering Committee for a Program in Ukrainian Studies within Russian, East
European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC), Member
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2014: Illinois Campus Research Board Programs, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research,
Grant Reviewer
College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014-2016: Elections and Credentials Committee, Elected Member
Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2013-2015: Undergraduate Committee, Member
2013-2014: Faculty Search Committee, Member
2013-2014: Grievance Committee, Chair
Professional Memberships
2014-present: Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS), Canada
2012-present: Academy of Leisure Sciences (ALS), USA
2011-present: Leisure Studies Association (LSA), UK
2010-present: World Leisure Organization (WLO)
2008-present: National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), USA
2009-Israeli Sociological Society, Israel
Scholarships and Awards
2014
American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA) Best Dissertation
Award Finalist. Title: Women’s Sexual Risk-Taking in Tourism.
2013
1st Prize Best Paper Award at the 2nd World Research Summit for Tourism and
Hospitality: Crossing the Bridge. Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University
of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. Paper Title: Phenomenology of women’s sexual
risk-taking in tourism. Authors: Berdychevsky, L., & Gibson, H. J.
2013
Madelyn Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship Award and Emerging Scholar Finalist Award
on behalf of the Association for Academic Women (AAW) [$3,000], University of
Florida, USA.
2012
Leisure Research Symposium (LRS) Best Student Paper Award on behalf of the
Academy of Leisure Sciences [$200 and congress registration fee]. National Recreation
and Park Association (NRPA) Congress, Anaheim, USA. Paper Title: Sex as leisure in
the shadow of depression. Authors: Berdychevsky, L., Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D.A., &
Gibson, H. J.
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2012
Thomas and Ruth Rivers International Scholarship Award on behalf of the World
Leisure Organization [congress registration fee, accommodation, and flight costs] to
attend the 12th World Leisure Congress, Rimini, Italy.
2012
College of Health and Human Performance Student Poster Session Award [$150],
University of Florida, USA.
2011
Bill Simms Endowment Doctoral Student Research Award [$500] on behalf of the
Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute, Tourism, Recreation & Sport Management, College of
Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, USA.
2011
Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Burse [£100] for PhD student presenters at the LSA
Congress - Leisure in Transition: People, Policy and Places, Southampton, England.
2010
University of Florida International Student Academic Award. College of Health and
Human Performance, University of Florida, USA.
2010
Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute's Bill Sims Graduate Scholarship [$1,000],
College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, USA.
20092013
College of Health and Human Performance Graduate School Fellowship [tuition costs
and a stipend of $84,000] for a Ph.D. Program at the Department of Tourism Recreation
and Sport Management, College of Health and Human Performance, University of
Florida, USA.
2008
Scholarship of Excellence on behalf of the Dean of the Guilford Glazer School of
Business and Management [₪4,000], Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
2008
Lucille and Derby Dustin Future Scholars Award on behalf of the Academy of Leisure
Sciences and the Society of Park and Recreation Educators [$1,000] to attend the 2008
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress, Baltimore, USA.
20062008
Guilford Glazer School of Business and Management Scholarship [tuition costs, a
stipend of ₪40,800, and a teaching assistantship] for an M.B.A. program at the
Department of Business administration, Guilford Glazer School of Business and
Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
2006
"Bourses Linguistiques" Scholarship on behalf of the French Embassy in Israel
[tuition and accommodation costs] for Intensive Linguistic French Internship at the
Centre de Linguistique Appliquée (CLA), Besançon, France.
Languages
Russian
English
Hebrew
Ukrainian
Native language
Excellent
Excellent
Good
Computer Skills
ATLAS.ti - qualitative analysis software
IBM SPSS - quantitative analysis software
Mplus - latent variable modeling software
EndNote - bibliographic organization software
Very good
Very good
Good
Good
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Selected Media Coverage of Research
Women’s Sexual Behavior in Tourism
Study looks at sex mores of women on vacation. (August 20th, 2014, by Lisa Black). Chicago
Tribune, p. 3.
Study examines sexual behavior of women on vacation. (August 19th & 22nd, 2014, by Lisa
Black). Chicago Tribune.
url: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-women-travel-sex-study-met20140819-story.html
url: http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/ct-women-travel-sex-study-met20140819,0,6474386.story
url: http://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s1558990#LbH3j73d5vgKQGes.99
url: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/08/22/study-examines-sexual-behaviourwomen-vacation
Studies explore sexual risk-taking among women travelers. (August 18th & 21st, 2014, by Sharita
Forrest). InsideIllinois, p. 6. News Bureau, University of Illinois.
url: http://news.illinois.edu/news/14/0818tourism_sexuality_LizaBerdychevsky1.html
Social and sexual contexts. (August 21st, 2014). American Association of University Women
(AAUW), Dearborn (MI) Branch.
url: http://dearborn-mi.aauw.net/2014/08/21/social-and-sexual-contexts/
Women, sex and holidays: Study looks at female tourists' sexual behaviour. (August 19th, 2014).
The Sydney Morning Herald.
url: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/women-sex-and-holidaysstudy-looks-at-female-tourists-sexual-behaviour-20140820-3dz6g.html
Some female tourists seek sexual liberty on vacations: Study. (August 20th & 22nd, 2014).
Big News Network. url: http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/224901407
Avenewz. url: http://www.avenewz.com.au/some-female-tourists-seek-sexual-liberty-onvacations-study/
DARPANTM. url: http://www.darpanmagazine.com/news/interesting/some-femaletourists-seek-sexual-liberty-on-vacations-study/
IndiaOnline. url: http://news.indiaonline.in/Some-female-tourists-seek-sexual-liberty-onvacations-Study-7086
Sojho. url: http://www.sojho.com/life-style/female-tourists-look-for-sexual-freedom-onholidays/
Women tourists seek sexual liberty on vacations: Study. (August 20th-22nd, 2014).
NewsWala. url: http://www.newswala.com/International-News/Women-tourists-seeksexual-liberty-on-vacations-Study-78241.html
The Times of India. url: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/manwoman/Women-seek-sexual-liberty-on-vacations-Study/articleshow/40501471.cms
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HindustanTimes. url: http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/travel/some-women-seeksexual-liberty-on-vacations-study/article1-1254638.aspx
Why women have risky sex on vacation. (August 20th, 2014, by Lisa Black). Stuff.co.nz/Science.
url: http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/10403486/Why-women-have-risky-sex-on-vacation
Sex on holidays - why we act the way we do. (August 21st, 2014, by Lisa Black). Yahoo!
url: https://nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com/news-opinions/news/a/-/24771527/sex-on-holidayswhy-we-act-the-way-we-do/latest/mostreplied/#
Does vacation encourage one-night stands? How women are more likely to 'have sex like a man'
while traveling. (August 21st, 2014, by Erin Clements). MailOnline.
url: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2731124/Does-vacation-encourage-onenight-stands-How-women-likely-sex-like-man-traveling.html
Are you more promiscuous on vacation? According to this study, you could be! (August 28th,
2014, by Jillian Kramer). Glamour. url: http://www.glamour.com/sex-lovelife/blogs/smitten/2014/08/are-you-more-promiscuous-on-va
Female travelers and sexual risk-raking. (August 19th, 2014, by Ian Lang). AskMen.
url: http://www.askmen.com/news/dating/female-travelers-sexual-risk-taking.html
Study says women feel free to bang ‘like a man’ on vacation. (August 20th & 26th, 2014, by
Ashley Hoffman).
Styleite. url: http://www.styleite.com/news/study-says-women-feel-free-to-bang-like-aman-on-vacation/
xoJane. url: http://www.xojane.com/sex/study-says-women-feel-free-to-bang-like-a-man-onvacation?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=paidtraffic&utm_campaign=xoJaneAugust
Apparently we (women) suddenly feel like we can shag like men as soon as we go on holiday.
(August 20th, 2014, by Sophie Cullinane). The Debrief.
url: http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/2014/08/apparently-we-women-suddenly-feel-like-wecan-shag-like-men-as-soon-as-we-go-on-holiday#.VBdhHU0o-po
Fact: Women have more sex on vacation. (August 29th, 2014, by Sophie-Claire Hoeller).
Thrillist. url: http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/women-have-more-sex-on-vacationstudy-says
Vacation vixens: Why more women have sex ‘like men’ on holiday. (September 4th & 5th, 2014,
by Simone Paget).
Canoe Lifestyle. url: http://lifewise.canoe.ca/SexRomance/2014/09/04/21918551.html
Toronto Sun. url: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/09/04/vacation-vixens-why-morewomen-have-sex-like-men-on-holiday
Playing away from home. (August 21st, 2014, by Staff Writers, mX). mXnet.
url: http://www.mxnet.com.au/story/playing-away-from-home/story-fnkqjmns1227031767095
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Back to ba(sex): Are holiday hook-ups a site for sexual liberation? (September 16th, 2014, by
Sarah Iuliano). Lip Magazine - Think About It. url: http://lipmag.com/sexuality-2/back-tobasex-are-holiday-hook-ups-a-site-for-sexual-liberation/
Female tourists seek one night stands to feel like a man. (August 25th, 2014). Bihar Prabha.
url: http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/08/female-tourists-seek-one-night-stands-to-feellike-a-man/
Let's have some fun on the run. (August, 2014). Absolute India.
url: http://absoluteindianews.com/storydetail.php?nid=5848
Study: For Israeli women, going on vacation means more sex. (February 26th, 2008, by Irit
Rosenblum). Haaretz. url: http://www.haaretz.com/news/study-for-israeli-women-goingon-vacation-means-more-sex-1.240116
Flight ticket to the bed. (February 24th, 2008, by Irit Rosenblum). Haaretz (in Hebrew).
url: http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/1.1307121
The best sex – in the hotel. (October 9th, 2008, by Oded Bar-Meir). Yedioth Ahronoth – Ynet (in
Hebrew). url: http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3606343,00.html
How much sex do Israeli women want on vacation? (March 1st, 2008). BeOk – Portal for Health
and Beauty (in Hebrew). url: http://www.beok.co.il/ArticleToPrint.aspx?ArticleID=6315
Girlfriend Getaways – Women Travelling with Female Friends
All girl getaways: The importance of female friendship throughout the life-cycle. (October 24th,
2013, by Taylor & Francis). ScienceDaily®. AlphaGalileo.
url: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131024090051.htm
url: http://alphagalileo.es/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=135773&CultureCode=en
All girl getaways throughout the life-cycle. (October 26th, 2013, by Jim writer Fisher). Science
News for Writers. url: http://scienceforwriters.blogspot.com/2013/10/all-girl-getawaysthroughout-life-cycle.html
All girl holidays: There are benefits to all girl getaways at any age. (January 1st, 2014).
Psychologies. url: https://psychologies.co.uk/self/all-girl-holidays.html
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