Jason Kurten is the Rock Climbing Director in the Department of Recreational Sports and serves as adjunct faculty in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.  Jason has held this position since July of 2000 when he began his career in outdoor recreation and education.  Jason has attended 8 of the last 10 AORE conferences and has presented at 5 of them.  He served as the Chair of the AORE Climbing Wall Committee from 2004 to 2007.

 

Growing up a rural kid from Texas, Jason cultivated a love for the outdoors from an early age.  His love of climbing, canoeing and generally being outside has taken him throughout the United States and across international borders as well.  Jason and his wife Jenna have a 3 year old son (Jackson) and another baby that is expected in February of 2011. 

 

Jason earned his Master’s degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Science from Texas A&M University in December of 2009.  His graduate research focused on social world theory and serious leisure in indoor rock climbing.  When he’s not working, Jason can be found climbing, splitting firewood or tending his garden.