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Carter Hunt
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

Carter Hunt's research focuses on biodiversity conservation, sustainable community development, and nature-based tourism. Hunt explores these themes through the lenses of environmental anthropology, the anthropology of tourism, and conservation psychology.

Department
  • Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management - RPTM
  • Undergraduate Program
  • Graduate Program
  • Outdoor Recreation, Protected Area, and Environmental Education Research Group
  • Travel and Tourism Research Group
  • TREES
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Education
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Anthropology, Stanford University, Department of Anthropology & Woods Institute for the Environment, 2009-2012
  • Ph.D., Recreation, Park and Tourism Science, Texas A & M University, 2009
  • M.S., Recreation, Park and Tourism Science, Texas A & M University, 2003
  • B.A., Psychology, University of Kentucky, 1997
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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
Grants and Research Projects

See personal webpage for more information.

Publications