{"id":4604,"date":"2023-11-30T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/?page_id=4604"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:31:55","slug":"ashley-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/directory\/staff\/ashley-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Hamilton, MS, CTRS, CARSS II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4280 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/Ashley-Hamilton-scaled-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/Ashley-Hamilton-scaled-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/Ashley-Hamilton-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/Ashley-Hamilton-scaled-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Lecturer &amp; Director of Field Education<\/span><br \/>\nRecreational Therapy<br \/>\n1914 Andy Holt Ave<br \/>\nHPER 362<br \/>\nPhone: 865-974-7252<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:ashleyhamilton@utk.edu\">ashleyhamilton@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h4>Biography<\/h4>\n<p>Prior to coming to the University of Tennessee, Ashley served as a clinical specialist in recreational therapy at an inpatient physical\u2002rehabilitation facility in Knoxville. In August of 2018, Ashley joined the Volunteer family and the KRSS department as an adjunct instructor in the Therapeutic Recreation program. Ashley has held several positions in KRSS since 2018 and now serves as a lecturer and the Director of Field Education, overseeing all the practicums and internships in the KRSS department. When Ashley is not in the office, she enjoys spending time with her sweet husband, her two delightful and wild boys, and her dear friends. Some of her favorite things to do with her family and friends are going camping and hiking, eating a really good meal, playing board games, and playing music.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h4>Education<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville &#8211; Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies (in-progress)<\/li>\n<li>M.S. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville &#8211; Recreation and Sport Management, Therapeutic Recreation (2012)<\/li>\n<li>B.A. from Valdosta\u00a0 State University &#8211; History (2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecturer &amp; Director of Field Education Recreational Therapy 1914 Andy Holt Ave HPER 362 Phone: 865-974-7252 Email: ashleyhamilton@utk.edu Biography Prior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":4329,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4604","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ashley Hamilton, MS, CTRS, CARSS II - Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/directory\/staff\/ashley-hamilton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ashley Hamilton, MS, CTRS, CARSS II - Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lecturer &amp; 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