Associate Professor

• B.S. (Forestry), Utah State University
• M.S. (Recreation Resources Management), Utah State University
• Ph.D. (Leisure Studies) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Academic interests: Media images of place, movie induced tourism, childhood play, sense of place, and recreation conflict.
• Acting Core Curriculum Director for Radford University.
• Executive editor and co-founder of the Journal of Unconventional Parks, Tourism & Recreation Research (JUPTRR).
• Serves on the Foundation Board of the Virginia Recreation and Park Society.

Office: 141 Waldron Hall, (540) 831-7644.