Expertise

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.
Communities
Horticulture, Forestry
Degrees
PhD, University of Georgia, Forestry and Natural Resources, 2010
MEd, Georgia College and State University, Kinesiology, 2005
BS, State University of New York at Cortland, Physical Education, 1998