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  • Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management - RPTM
Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and Anthropology
Director, Dual-title Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES)
Director, Intercollegiate Minor in Sustainability Leadership (SUSLD)
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.

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  • Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management - RPTM
Professor of Commercial Recreation and Tourism
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I am interested in investigating the marketing, the economics, and the benefits of the travel and tourism phenomenon with data analytics.

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  • Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management - RPTM
Assistant Professor
Summary Statement

My research focuses on national parks and protected areas, transboundary conservation area management, human and wildlife co-existence, and the impacts of tourism on biodiversity conservation and community development.

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Associate Teaching Professor
Meetings and Event Management Certificate Faculty Coordinator, RPTM
Faculty Senate, Senator
Summary Statement

I intertwine my research on in and out of classroom experiences (mostly, international) with my teaching approach by bringing the out-of-class learning experience into the classroom.

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Graduate Students

Last updated: October 2021

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