These trips planted the seed for his ultimate choice of professions, to teach and conduct research related to parks and protected areas.
Expertise:
- Park Management & Conservation
Projects:
- An examination of extended day use on corridor trails at Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
- Evaluating visitor preferences for the Shenandoah National Park Visitor mobile app
- Research to inform visitor use management planning at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND
- Understanding temporal and spatial distribution of visitors at Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA
- Understanding visitor use and developing visitor use monitoring protocols for The Nature Conservancy properties in Kansas
- Visitor use management research to inform desired social and natural conditions for visitor experiences at Katmai National Park & Preserve (KATM) and Lake Clark National Park & Preserve (LACL), AK
Research Interests
- Environmental stewardship, resource recreation management, parks and protected area management, human dimensions of natural resources, effectiveness of educational programs / interpretation.
