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Carter Hunt
Carter Hunt
Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and Anthropology
Summary Statement
My research interests focus on biodiversity conservation, sustainable community development, and nature-based tourism. I explore these themes through the lenses of environmental anthropology, the anthropology of tourism, and conservation psychology.
Department
Education
Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Phone
Email
Office Address
The Pennsylvania State University
801A Donald H. Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
801A Donald H. Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
Fax
814-867-1751
Additional Websites
Affiliations
- Anthropology
- Latin American Studies
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resource and the Environment (HDNRE)
- Institutes of Energy and the Environment
- Sustainability Institute
- Landscape U: An NSF Research Traineeship in Landscape Science
- Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment Osa and Golfito Initiative
Interests
- Ecotourism and nature-based tourism
- Environmental anthropology & anthropology of tourism
- Biodiversity conservation & protected areas
- Sustainability and sustainable development
- Conservation psychology and pro-environmental behavior
- Ethnographic research methods
- Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Peru, and Tanzania
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Publications