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Monika Stodolska is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research focuses on social sciences and psychology, with particular attention to subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, general health professions, cultural studies, and demography.

The researcher's work spans several main topics including recreation, leisure, wilderness management, sport and mega-event impacts, psychosocial factors impacting youth, adventure sports and sensation seeking, Asian culture and media studies, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, and migration, ethnicity, and economy.

Stodolska has a number of recent papers published in notable academic journals. These include:

  • #QuarantineChallenge2k20: Leisure in the Time of the Pandemic (2020), Leisure Sciences
  • Leisure and China in the global context: Introduction to the special issue (2021), Journal of Leisure Research

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Guangzhou Chen, Jon Welty Peachey, KangJae Jerry Lee, Sunhwan Hwang, and Kimberly J. Shinew.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as Leisure Sciences and the Journal of Leisure Research, with multiple publications also appearing in Current Psychology, Journal of Global Sport Management, and Managing Sport and Leisure.

  • Leisure Sciences (11 publications)
  • Journal of Leisure Research (5 publications)
  • Current Psychology (1 publication)
  • Journal of Global Sport Management (1 publication)
  • Managing Sport and Leisure (1 publication)

Within the social sciences, Stodolska has contributed extensively to the fields of sociology and political science as well as social psychology, demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement with topics related to leisure, culture, and psychosocial phenomena.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Recreational Sport in the Adaptation of First Generation Immigrants in the United States

    Monika Stodolska;Konstantinos Alexandris

  • Assimilation and Leisure Constraints: Dynamics of Constraints on Leisure in Immigrant Populations

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  • The effects of discrimination and constraints negotiation on leisure behavior of American Muslims in the post-September 11 America.

    Jennifer S. Livengood;Monika Stodolska

  • Impacts of Immigration on Ethnic Identity and Leisure Behavior of Adolescent Immigrants from Korea, Mexico and Poland

    Monika Stodolska;Jouyeon Yi

  • The influence of religion on the leisure behavior of immigrant Muslims in the United States.

    Monika Stodolska;Jennifer S. Livengood

  • Changes in Leisure Participation Patterns After Immigration

    Monika Stodolska

  • Perceptions of Urban Parks as Havens and Contested Terrains by Mexican-Americans in Chicago Neighborhoods

    Monika Stodolska;Kimberly J. Shinew;Juan Carlos Acevedo;Dina Izenstark

  • Race and Ethnicity in Leisure Behavior: Where Have We Been and Where Do We Need to Go?

    Kimberly J. Shinew;Monika Stodolska;Myron Floyd;Dan Hibbler

  • Transnationalism, leisure, and Chinese graduate students in the United States.

    Monica Z. Li;Monika Stodolska

  • Leisure time, leisure activities, and happiness in China: Evidence from a national survey

    Xiang Wei;Songshan Sam Huang;Monika Stodolska;Yihua Yu

  • Discrimination in Leisure and Work Experienced by a White Ethnic Minority Group

    Monika Stodolska;Edgar L. Jackson

  • TRANSNATIONALISM AND LEISURE: MEXICAN TEMPORARY MIGRANTS IN THE U.S.

    Monika Stodolska;Carla Almeida Santos

  • Constraints on Recreation Among People of Color: Toward a New Constraints Model

    Monika Stodolska;Kimberly J. Shinew;Leslie N. Camarillo

  • “I Was Born in the Hood”: Fear of Crime, Outdoor Recreation and Physical Activity Among Mexican-American Urban Adolescents

    Monika Stodolska;Kimberly J. Shinew;Juan Carlos Acevedo;Caterina G. Roman

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Leisure: Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice

    Monika Stodolska;Kimberly J Shinew;Myron Floyd;Gordon J. Walker

  • Perceived discrimination in leisure settings in Latino urban communities

    Iryna Sharaievska;Monika Stodolska;Kimberly J. Shinew;Jungeun Kim

  • Constraints experienced by elite athletes with disabilities in Kenya, with implications for the development of a new hierarchical model of constraints at the societal level.

    Janna L. Crawford;Monika Stodolska

  • The influence of perceived constraints on the attitudes toward recreational sport participation

    Konstantinos Alexandris;Monika Stodolska

  • Determinants of leisure time physical activity participation among Latina women.

    Maya A. Skowron;Monika Stodolska;Kimberly J. Shinew

  • Looking beyond the Invisible: Can Research on Leisure of Ethnic and Racial Minorities Contribute to Leisure Theory?

    Monika Stodolska

  • Ethnicity and leisure: Historical development, current status, and future directions

    Monika Stodolska;Gordon J. Walker

  • The role of natural environments in developing a sense of belonging: A comparative study of immigrants in the U.S., Poland, the Netherlands and Germany

    Karin Peters;Monika Stodolska;Anna Horolets

  • Leisure Matters:The State and Future of Leisure Studies

    Gordon J. Walker;David Scott;Monika Stodolska

Frequent Co-Authors

Myron F. Floyd
Myron F. Floyd North Carolina State University
Allison M. Ryan
Allison M. Ryan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William Stewart
William Stewart University of Glasgow

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