Expertise

His research interests in tourism include heritage, community-based planning, political boundaries and supranationalism, shopping and consumption, peripheral and rural regions, less-developed countries, and religiously-motivated travel.

Expertise:

  • biodiversity
  • climate change and adaptation
  • tourism
  • heritage and cultural conservation
  • international security
  • international border studies
  • urban development

Dr Timothy's Current Research Projects

  • Political boundaries as heritage resources in the cultural landscape (data collection in Europe, North America, South America, Africa)
  • International borders in popular media and place promotion (data collection in Canada, USA, and Mexico)
  • Religious tourism and community development (data collection in Nepal and India)
  • International borders, microstates and exclaves (data collection in Western Europe)
  • Souvenirs, place and destination identity (data collection in Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine))
  • Economic development and cross-border cooperation in divided cities (data collection in Western Europe, North America, South America)

Research Interests: International boundaries, heritage tourism and conservation, religious tourism, politics of heritage, global tourism

Dr Timothy's Research Interests

  • International borders, tourism and socio-economic development
  • Religious tourism and pilgrimage
  • Tourism and sustainable development
  • Environmental and social impacts of tourism
  • Heritage and cultural conservation
  • Globalization processes
  • Tourism, biodiversity and climate change
  • Global tourism, peace and international security
Affiliations

Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University West Campus, Arizona State University
2007

Recreation Management & Tourism, College of Public Service & Community Solutions, Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus, Arizona State University

Professor, Center for Sustainable Tourism, School of Community Resources and Development, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University West Campus, Arizona State University

Visiting Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington
2010

Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Knowledge Enterprise, Arizona State University

Past Affiliations

Senior Scientist, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University Tempe Campus, Arizona State University (past)

Communities
Natural Resources Conservation, Hospitality and Tourism
Degrees
PhD, University of Waterloo, Geography, 1996
MA, Western University, Geography, 1993
BS, Brigham Young University, Geography, 1991
Keywords
africa islands or island chains bermuda greenland albania argentina bhutan botswana brazil bulgaria cape verde chile comoros cyprus czech republic finland gambia hungary iceland lesotho luxembourg madagascar malawi maldives mali malta mauritania mexico monaco mozambique mauritius estonia latvia lithuania macedonia moldova liechtenstein serbia and montenegro andorra equatorial guinea latin america culture heritage tourism parks and recreation management conservation biology environmental conservation