In the second of a two-part article honoring 50 years of publication for the Journal of Leisure Research, Schmalz et al provide an inside look at creative approaches to collaborative research as an avenue to furthering leisure scholarship. Most leisure studies scholars realize the importance of other academic perspectives in understanding leisure behavior as part of the human condition. Most, if not all, doctoral programs in the US require that students complete a number of courses outside of the major department in either a loosely linked "collateral" area or a more formalized, approved "minor." The cross-disciplinary training demanded by graduate curricula is fitting as much leisure research draws on theories, frameworks, models, and constructs that find their roots in other fields.