Professor & Department Chair
Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation
Northern Arizona University, Box 15016
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5016, USA

Phone: (928) 523-6567 (office); (928) 523-2650 (dept. secretary); Fax: (928) 523-2275 (office)

 E-mail: alan {dot} lew [at] nau {dot} edu

LAST UPDATE: 20 November 2001
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• AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS (AICP Certificate No. 8947), 1991.
• Ph.D., GEOGRAPHY, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1986.
• MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1983.
• MASTER OF ARTS, GEOGRAPHY, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1983.
• BACHELOR OF ARTS, GEOGRAPHY, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 1981. Asian Studies minor.
• Other schools attended: California State University, Sacramento 1973-4; University of Hong Kong, 1974-5; Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1975-6; University of California, Berkeley, 1978-9.  

• Professor, Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation, Northern Arizona University, since 1999 (Associate Professor with tenure in 1992; Assistant Professor in 1986)
• Editor, Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment (Routledge), since 1998.
• Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Asian Tourism Research and Education, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Fall 2000, Summer 2001, *Summer 2002
• Coordinator, M.A. in Rural Geography Program, Northern Arizona University, 1990-1996; 2001-current
• Associate Chair, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University, 1999-2000
• Visiting Fellow, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1997-8
• Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany, Spring 1989

 NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, 1986-present

Geography:
Geography of the United States(Interactive Television and WWW course options)
Geography of tourism and recreation  (graduate seminar)                 
World regional geography
Urban geography                                                       
Geography of Asia
Geography of Europe                                                
Computer cartography
Tourism in China (study tour)                                
Ecotourism (graduate seminar)

Planning:
Computer mapping for planning
Planning for sustainable tourism (Satellite TV and WWW-based course options)
Planning anlysis
Site Planning/Planning Studio (public planning capstone class)
Sustainble Communities
Planning on American Indian Reservations                 
Recreation planning
Introduction to planning and land use principles
Land use planning                                                            
Regional planning
Microcomputer applications in planning
Planning for sustainable tourism

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, 1997-98
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems                   
Social and Environmental Research Techniques
Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Databases      
Computer Cartography

UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN, Spring 1989
Geography of the United States                                                   
Graduate seminar: American cities

Masters Thesis Committees Chairs
Darren Adams, November 2001 (Evaluation Criteria for Assessing Local Government Use of GIS); Joseph Palermo, November 1999 (From Production to Consumption: Transformation of Former Mining Towns in Arizona through Heritage Tourism); Peter Martinez, May 1997 (Implementing Geographic Information Systems in Local Government: Theoretical Models and the Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona.); Jennifer B. Beltz, December 1996 (Interpretation as a Management Tool at National Park da Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil); Crayton Scott Walker, May 1996 (GPS and GIS in Wilderness Recreation Monitoring: Campsite Location in the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado); Zhao Kui, November 1993 (Population Change in Arizona Counties, 1920-1990); Laszlo Mariahazy, May 1991 (Digital Terrain Modeling).
 

• Roy Wolfe Award - Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, award for outstanding contributions to recreation, tourism and sports geography, April 2000
• Northern Arizona University Presidents Award for Outstanding Faculty Member 1994-1995
• Featured Site (1997), InterNIC Academic Guide to the Internet (National Science Foundation and AT&T)  for Geography USA: A Virtual Text
• Editor's Choice Award (1997), LookSmart WWW Directory  for Geography USA: A Virtual Text
  

External Grants and Contracts (not university funded)

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP. Asian Centre for Tourism Education and Research, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, *May-July 2002, HK$55,000 estimate (US$7050 grant for 7 weeks); May-July 2001, HK$52,883 (US$6780 grant for 6 weeks); October-November 2000, HK$48,950 (US$6275 grant for 7 weeks).

THE GLOBAL TRIBE: OVERSEAS ETHNIC CHINESE TOURISM AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA. Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Research Fund, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with Alan Wong, June 2001-June 2002, HK$50,320 (US$6440 grant).

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP. Asian Centre for Tourism Education and Research, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,

HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR FY 2001-2002. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with Ron Knights, 2001-2003., $74,156 grant (to fund minority graduate study in public planning).

LAND DEVELOPMENT DATABASE AND SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF THE BIG CHINO SUB-BASIN. Verde Valley Watershed Association, 2000, with R. Dawn Hawley. 1999. $12,000 contract.

GATEWAY SINGAPORE: REGIONAL COMPLEMENTARITY IN SINGAPORE OUTBOUND TOURISM, Singapore Tourism Promotion Board and the National University of Singapore, 1997-98, with K. Raguraman, and N. Sriram, S$58,400 (50% university funded) contract/grant.

TRAVEL GRANT, INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU) MEETING, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, U.S. National Committee for the IGU, $750 grant.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR FOREST LAKE CHAPTER - PHASE I, Forest Lake Chapter of the Navajo Nation, 1996-7, with George Van Otten, $25,000.

DEWEY-HUMBOLDT/MAYER-POLAND JUNCTION HIGHWAY 69 CORRIDOR PLAN, Yavapai County Planning and Building Department, 1996, with R. Dawn Hawley and Carolyn M. Daugherty, $17,900 contract.

WILLIAMSON VALLEY COMMUNITY PLANNING SURVEY, Yavapai County Planning and Building Department, 1995, with R. Dawn Hawley and Carolyn M. Daugherty, $7,600.

FIRST MESA, HOPI RESERVATION, TOURISM POLICY REVIEW, NAU Center for American Indian Economic development, 1995, $240 contract.

 DIGITIZED CADASTRAL MAPS FOR APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, NAU Office of Rural Resource Management and Planning, 1995, $200 contract.

 TOURISM STUDY FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES ORGANIZATION, NAU Office of Rural Resource Management and Planning, 1994-5, $9,000 contract.

 ARIZONA TOWN HALL, CHAPTER ON INDIAN TOURISM, Office of Indian Affairs, University of Arizona, 1994, $200 contract.

 SITE MAPPING FOR THE TONTO BRIDGE STATE PARK, Arizona State Parks Department and the NAU Hospitality Research Center, 1993, $500 contract.

 PARK AND RECREATION PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR WILLIAMS, City of Williams, 1993, $285 contract.

 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Redlands, California, 1992, gift of two copies of ArcCAD GIS software, market value: $8,000 grant.

 ARIZONA SCENIC BYWAYS INVENTORY, Arizona Office of Tourism and Arizona Hospitality Research and Resource Center, subcontract with School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University, 1990-1, $5,000.

 HOPI TOURISM MASTER PLAN, The Hopi Tribe, subcontract with Arizona Hospitality Research and Resource Center, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Northern Arizona University, 1990-1, $8,000.

 SAN LUCY RANCH VILLAGE SITE PLAN, Tohono O'odham Nation, contract with San Lucy District, with George A. Van Otten, 1989, $21,000.

 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS IN TUSAYAN, ARIZONA, contract with Grand Canyon Management, Inc., 1986, $5,000.

 FULBRIGHT AWARD for doctoral dissertation research at the National University of Singapore, 1983-4, $13,500 grant.

 University Grants

 APPLIED RESEARCH AND SERVICE GRANT, Tourism and Recreation Resource Inventory and Assessment for Rural Eastern Arizona, 1994-5, $7,000 grant.

 ORGANIZED RESEARCH GRANT, Application of Geographic Information Systems to Regional Tourism Planning and Management, 1990-1, $5,300 grant.

 OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Instructional Development Grant, 1988, Computer applications for planning courses, $750 grant.

 ORGANIZED RESEARCH GRANT, Analysis of Tourism Development Strategies of Towns in the American Southwest, 1987-8, $5,290 grant.  

* Lew, A.A.; Hall, C.Michael. and Williams, Allan. M., eds. 2003. A Companion to Tourism. London: Blackwell. (‘Blackwell's Companion to Geography' series; 500-600 pages)

* Hall, C. Michael and Lew, A.A., eds. 2002. Sustainable Tourism: A Geographical Perspective, Korean language edition. London: Addison Wesley Longman.

* Sriram, N. and Lew, A.A. 2002. Gateways, Hubs and Destinations: Transportation Hierarchies in Southeast Asia. In B.S.A. Yeoh, T.E. Ser, J. Wang and T. Wong, eds., Tourism Management and Policy: Perspectives from Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific.

* Lew, A.A. and McKercher, Bob. 2002. Trip Destinations, Gateways and Itineraries: The Example of Hong Kong. Tourism Management. (Accepted September 2001).

* Cartier, Carolyn L. and Lew, A.A., eds. 2002. The Seduction of Place: Culture/Economy/Environment/Gender in Touristed Place. London: Routledge.

* Lew, A.A.; Yu, Lawrence; Zhang Guangrui; Ap, John, eds.. 2002. Tourism in China. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

* Lew, A.A. and Wong, A. 2001. Tourism and the Chinese Diaspora. In C.M. Hall and A.M. Williams, eds., Tourism and Migration: New Relationships Between Production and Consumption.

* Lew, A.A. and Kennedy, C.L. Tourism and Culture Clash in American Indian Country. 2001. In S. Krakover and Y. Gradus, eds., Tourism in Frontier Areas. Lexington Books.

* Meyer-Arendt, Klaus and Lew, A.A. 2002. The Geography of Recreation, Tourism and Sport. In G.L. Gaile and C.J. Wilmott, eds., Geography in America. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill Publishing.

Lew, A.A. 2001. Tourism Development in China: The Dilemma of Bureaucratic Decentralization and Economic Liberalization. In David Harrison, ed., Tourism in the Less Developed World, second edition., pp. 109-136. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.+

Hawley, R. Dawn; Lew, A.A.; and Daugherty, Carolyn. 2001. Combining Participation Techniques to Identify Community Issues. Interact: Journal of Public Participation. (July)

Lew, A.A. and Yu, Lawrence, editors. 2001 (re-release of 1995 book in digital format). Tourism in China: Geographical, Political, and Economic Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview/Perseus Press. 256pp.

Lew, A.A. 2001. Ecotourism in Asia. In David Weaver, ed., Encyclopedia of Ecotourism, pp. 123-137. London: CAB International.

Hawley, R. Dawn; Lew, A.A.; and Daugherty, Carolyn. 2001. Combining Participation Techniques to Identify Community Issues. Interact: Journal of Public Participation.

Lew, A.A. 2001. Ecotourism in Asia. In David Weaver, ed., Encyclopedia of Ecotourism, pp. 123-137. London: CAB International.
Kennedy, C. B. and Lew, A.A. 2000. Living on the Edge: Defending American Indian Reservation lands and Culture. In Landscapes of Defence, John R. Gold and George Revill eds., pp. 146-167. London: Prentice Hall.

Lew, A.A. 2000. Attractions; National Character; Nongovernmental Organizations; and Remote Sensing. In J. Jafari, et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Tourism, pp. 35-37; 404-5; 414-5; 500, respectively. London: Routledge.

Lew, A.A. 2000. China: A Growth Engine for Asian Tourism. In C. Michael Hall and Stephen Page, eds., Tourism in South and South East Asia: Issues and Cases, pp. 268-85. (Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann).

Lew, A.A. 2000. National Character; Tourist Attractions; Nongovernmental Organizations; and Remote Sensing. In J. Jafari, et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Tourism. London: Routledge.

Lew, A.A. 2000. Tourism Management on American Indian Lands in the USA. In C. Ryan and S. Page, eds., Tourism Management: Towards the New Millennium, Amsterdam: Pergamon, pp. 431-50. (Originally published in 1996; published here in a best of the 1990s compilation from the journal Tourism Management).

Lew, A.A. 1999. Tourism and the Southeast Asian Crises of 1997 and 1998: A View from Singapore. Current Issues in Tourism 2(4): 304-15. (Published June 2000)

Lew, A.A. and Chang, T.C. 1999. Where the World Meets: Regionalism and Globalization in Singapore's Convention Industry. Journal of Convention and Exhibition Management 1(4):17-36.

Lew, A.A. 1999. China: A Growth Engine for Asian Tourism. In C. Michael Hall and Stephen Page, eds., Tourism in South and South East Asia: Issues and Cases. (London: Butterworth-Heinemann).

Lew, A.A. and Ahmed, Zafar Uddin. 1999. Tourism 21: Keeping Singapore on Top in the Next Century. In Hooi Den Huan and Ivan Paul Polunin, eds., Cases in Hospitality and Tourism Management in Singapore and ASEAN, pp. 1-38. Singapore: Prentice-Hall.

Lew, A.A. and Paradis, Thomas, eds. 1999. Perspectives: Geography. Boulder, CO: coursewise. (a reader and accompanying WWW website on current events and geography.)

Lew, A.A. and Wilkerson, Jeffrey. 1997 (published in 1999). Settlement History and Tourism Development in Two Arizona Mountain Communities. Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 59: 87-100.

Lew, A. A. Managing Tourist Space in Pueblo Villages of the American Southwest. 1999. In Singh, Tej Vir, ed., Tourism Development in Critical Environments. Elmsford, NY: Cognizant Communications Corporation (Tourism Dynamics Series, series editors: V. Smith and P. Wilkinson), pp. 120-36.

Lew, A.A. and Van Otten, George, editors. 1998. Tourism and Gaming on American Indian Lands. Elmsford, NY: Cognizant Communications Corporation (Tourism Dynamics Series, series editors: V. Smith and P. Wilkinson).

Hall, C. Michael and Lew, A.A., editors. 1998. Sustainable Tourism: A Geographical Perspective. London: Addison Wesley Longman.

Lew, A.A. 1998. Ecotourism Trends. Annals of Tourism Research 25(3):742-6.

Yu, Lawrence and Lew, A.A.. 1997. Airline Liberalization and Development in China. Pacific Tourism Review 1(2):129-136.

Zhang, Yongwei and Lew, A.A.. 1997. The People's Republic of China: Two Decades of Tourism. Pacific Tourism Review 1(2):161-172.

Lew, A.A. 1996. Tourism Management on American Indian Lands in the US. Tourism Management 17(5):355-65.

Lew, A.A. and Hawley, R.Dawn. 1996. The Open Range on the Urban Fringe: Land-Use Planning in Arizona [revised]. In Smith, Z., ed., Politics and Public Policy in Arizona, second edition (Westport, CT: Praeger), pp. 207-222.

Lew, A.A. 1996. Tourism Management on American Indian Lands in the US. Tourism Management 17(5):355-65.

Lew, A.A. 1996. PATA 1995 Adventure Tourism: Megatrend or Niche. Tourism Recreation Research 20(1):57-8.

Lew, A.A. 1996. Adventure Travel and Ecotourism in Asia. Annals of Tourism Research 23(2): 723-4.

Lew, A.A. and Yu, Lawrence, guest editors. 1996. Tourism Recreation Research 21(1):3 [Editorial: “Tourism in East and Southeast Asia”], special issue on Tourism in East and Southeast Asia.

Lew, A.A. and Yu, Lawrence, editors. 1995. Tourism in China: Geographical, Political, and Economic Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 256pp.

Lew, A.A. 1995. Overseas Chinese and Compatriots in China's Tourism Development. In Lew, A.A. and L. Yu, eds., Tourism in China: Geographical, Political, and Economic Perspectives, (Boulder, CO: Westview Press), pp.155-75.

Zhang, Guangrui; Yu, Lawrence; and Lew, A.A.. 1995. China's Tourism: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies. In Lew, A.A. and L. Yu, eds., Tourism in China: Geographical, Political, and Economic Perspectives, (Boulder, CO: Westview Press), pp. 237-44.

Lew, A.A. 1995. Indian Reservation Tourism in Arizona. In Merrill, Malcolm, ed., American Indian Relationships in a Modern Arizona Economy, Phoenix: Arizona Town Hall, pp. 153-163. (Chapter prepared for the annual Arizona Town Hall meeting, 31 Oct. - 3 Nov. 1994, Grand Canyon, Arizona.)

Lew, A.A. 1994. A Framework of Tourist Attraction Research. In Ritchie, Brent J.R. and Charles R. Goeldner, eds., Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality Research: A Handbook for Managers and Researchers, (New York:John Wiley & Sons), pp. 291-304. (republished and newly edited version of an article originally published in 1987)

Lew, A.A. 1994. Tourism Development Strategies in Smaller Communities of the Southwest. Trends (National Recreation and Parks Association/National Park Service) 31(1):18-21.

Lew, A.A. and Yoder, Steven M. 1993. ARC/INFO + AutoCAD = ArcCAD. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 5(1):116-120.

Lew, A.A. 1992. Perceptions of Tourists and Tour Guides in Singapore. Journal of Cultural Geography 12(2):45-52.

Lew, A.A. 1992. Autodesk and ESRI Introduce ArcCAD. CADENCE 7(12):85-9. (trade journal, software review)

Lew, A.A. and Klosterman, Richard. 1992. Taking the TIGER by the Tail: A Data and Software Review. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 4(2):106-17.

Lew, A.A. 1992. Book review: "Geographic Information Systems and their Socioeconomic Applications", by David Martin (London: Routledge, 1991), in The Professional Geographer 44(4):488-9.

Klosterman, Richard and Lew, A.A. 1992. TIGER and TIGER Products for Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association.58(3):379-385.

Lew, A.A. 1991. Place Representation in Tourist Guidebooks: An Example from Singapore. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 12(2):124-137.

Lew, A.A. 1991. Scenic Roads and Rural Development in the U.S. Tourism Recreation Research Journal 16(2):23-30.

Lew, A.A. 1991. Head-to-head: AutoCAD-based GIS. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 3(2):116-27.

Lew, A.A. 1991. Place Representation in Tourist Guidebooks: An Example from Singapore. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 12(2):124-137.

Lew, A.A. 1991. Scenic Roads and Rural Development in the U.S. Tourism Recreation Research Journal 16(2):23-30.

Lew, A.A. 1991. Head-to-head: AutoCAD-based GIS. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 3(2):116-27.

Lew, A.A. 1989. Authenticity and Sense of Place in the Tourism Development Experience of Older Retail Districts. Journal of Travel Research 27(4):15-22.

Lew, A.A. 1988. Tourism and Place Studies: An Example of Oregon's Older Retail Districts. Journal of Geography 87(4)122-6.

Lew, A.A. 1987. A Framework of Tourist Attraction Research. Annals of Tourism Research 14(4):553-75.

Lew, A.A. 1987. The English-Speaking Tourist and the Attractions of Singapore. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 8(1):44-59.

Lew, A.A. 1987. The History, Policies and Social Impact of International Tourism in the Peoples Republic of China. Asian Profile 15(2)April:117-28.

Lew, A.A. 1985. Bringing Tourists to Town. Small Town 16(1)August:4-10.

Sriram, N.; Lew, A.A. and Raguraman, K. 2000. Gateway Singapore: Regional Complementarity in Singapore Tourism. Final report to the Singapore Tourism Board, April 2000, 71 pp.

Van Otten, G.A.; Lew, A.A.; and Swift, M. 1998. Background Data for Comprehensive Planning for Forest Lake Chapter. Forest Lake, (Navajo Nation), AZ, July 1998, 69 pp. + appendices.

Hawley, R.D.; Daugherty, C.M.; and Lew, A.A. 1996. Dewey-Humboldt Citizens Survey 1996. Yavapai County Planning and Building Department, Prescott, AZ, October 1996.

Hawley, R.D.; Daugherty, C.M.; and Lew, A.A. 1995. Williamson Valley Citizens Survey 1995. Yavapai County Planning and Building Department, Prescott, AZ, September 1995, 35pp. + appendices.

Lew, A.A. 1995. Review of the First Mesa Draft Tourism Policy. First Mesa Consolidated Village, Hopi Reservation, and Center for American Indian Economic Development, Flagstaff, AZ, March 1995. 13pp.

Van Otten, G.A.; Lew, A.A.; and Salisbury, S.S. 1995. Foundations for Comprehensive Planning for the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization. Eastern Arizona Counties Organization and the NAU Office of Rural Resource Management and Planning.

Lew, A.A. and Parker, Thomas. 1994. Marketing and Public Appreciation of the Huntington Canyon and Eccles Canyon Scenic Byways to Local Communities in the Manti-La Sal National Forest Region. Consortium West, Salt Lake City (for the Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah).

Lew, A.A. 1992. Shiprock Vendor Village Site Analysis. Shiprock Chapter, Navajo Nation.

Parker, Tomas and Lew, A.A. 1992. Park City Summer Visitor Survey. Park City Visitor Bureau.

Lew, A.A. 1985. Tourist and Tour Guide Perceptions of Singapore Attractions. Singapore, Singapore Hotel Association.

Lew, A.A., ed. 1982. Tourism Development Resource Guide for Sweet Home Oregon. Salem, Oregon:Department of Economic Development, State of Oregon. (Project director and editor for the Sweet Home Tourism Study.)

Papers Presented

* ‘Trip Destinations, Gateways and Itineraries: The Example of Hong Kong' with Bob McKercher. International Geographical Congress (IGC), Durban, South Africa, 4-7 August 2002.

‘The Dragon Factor: Opportunities, Impacts and Limitations of Overseas Chinese Tourism to China' with Alan Wong. International Conference on Tourism Development and Management in Developing Countries, Guilin, China, 11-14 November 2001.

‘Creating a New Geography of Tourism' presented at the Symposium on Tourism and the New Geography, Planning and Management, Peiking University, 16 November 2001, Beijing, China.

‘Seductions of Place' with Carolyn Cartier. Association of American Geographers, 97th annual meeting, New York, New York, 27 Feb-3 March 2001.

‘New Asia Tourism.' Keynote presentation at the 4th New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 5-8 December 2000.

‘Marketing ‘New Asia': Tourism and the Emerging Postmodern Asian Identity.' Keynote presentation at the 2nd annual ATLAS Asia Conference, Hainan, China, 23-26 October 2000. (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education-Asia Pacific)

‘New Asia: Emerging Trends in Heritage and Cultural Tourism.' International Geographical Congress (IGC), Seoul, Korea, 14-18 August 2000.

‘MICE in Singapore.' IGC Sustainable Tourism Pre-Congress Meeting, Cheju, Korea, 10-13 August 2000.

‘Tourism on American Indian Lands' presented in colloquia series at the following Geography Departments (Geographisches Instituts): Henirich Henie Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany, 29 June 2000; Universität Trier, Tier, Germany, 27 June 2000; Ludwig Maximimillans Universität, Munich, Germany, 20 June 2000; Universität Tübingen, Germany, 19 June 2000 (cosponsored by the German American Institute)

‘Consuming Singapore: Place Hegemony in Tourism and Leisure Landscapes.' Association of American Geographers, 96th annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 4-8 April 2000.

With N, Sriram. ‘Gateways, Hubs and Destinations: Transportation Hierarchies in Southeast Asia,' Interconnected Worlds: Southeast Asian Tourism in the 21st Century conference, Singapore, 6-7 September 1999. (in absentia)

‘Outbound tourism from China to Asia.' Asia Pacific Tourism Association, 5th annual conference, Hong Kong SAR, China, 23-25 August 1999.

With Tina Kennedy. ‘Signs, Management, and Lawsuits: Defending Native American Culture, Reservation Land, and Sacred Space.' Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Flagstaff, Arizona, 17 April 1999.

‘Tourism in a Crisis Environment: The View from Singapore.' Association of American Geographers, 95th annual meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23-27 March 1999.

With Tina Kennedy. ‘Living on the Edge: Defending American Indian Reservation Borders.' Association of American Geographers, 95th annual meeting, 23-27 March 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii.

With Jennifer Beltz. ‘Using Employees and Guides in Park Interpretation and Management in Parque Nacional Da Chapada Dos Veadeiros, Brazil.' Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, annual meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 29 September - 1 October 1998.

'Trends in Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Development.' Governor's Rural Development Conference, Sierra Vista, Arizona, 9-11 September 1998. (Invited paper)

'Conceptualizing Tourism Gateways.' International Geographical Union Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism (meeting held in conjunction with the IGU Regional Meeting), Estoril, Portugal, 27-30 August 1998.

‘What's Wrong Here? Heritage Landscapes and Events in Singapore.' International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 14th meeting (held every 5 years), Williamsburg, Virginia, 26 July - 1 August 1998.

‘Tourism and Quality of Life in Cities: Friend or Foe? (The Singapore Model)' First International Conference on Quality of Life in Cities -- Issues and Perspectives, 4-6 March 1998, Singapore.

‘Eco-Ethnicity: Nature Tourism and the Selling Traditional Cultures.' Seminar series, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 3 October 1997.

‘Ecotourism in the Pacific Asia Region.' Pacific Rim Tourism 2000 Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 3-5 November 1996.

'Trends in the Pacific Asia Ecotourism Market.' International Geographical Congress, 28th meeting, The Hague, Netherlands, 4-10 August 1996.

'Regional Variation in Indian Reservation Tourism.' Association of American Geographers, 92nd Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Caroline, 9-13 April 1996.

'Market Segmentation of Tourist Byways.'Invited presentation at ReiselivsForum '95, (the Norwegian government's national tourism and travel conference), Oslo, Norway, 17-18 October 1995.

 'Protecting and Preserving Traditional Native Culture: Lessons from the Pueblo Indians of the U.S.' Towards the Millennium: Global Civilization in Change?, Indonesian-Swiss Forum on Culture and International Tourism, 23-26 August 1995, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

 'Ecotourism for East Nusa Tenggara Province.' Invited presentation to the Provincial Tourism Office of Nusa Tenggara Timur, 21 August 1995, Kupang, NTT, Indonesia.

 'Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Useful Concepts or Meaningless Diversions?' Invited seminar presentation at the anniversary of the founding of the Center for Research on Tourism, Institute of Technology Bandung, 15 August 1995, Bandung, Indonesia.

'Tourism Policy on American Indian Reservations.' Keynote presentation to the 1995 Southwest American Indian Tourism Conference, sponsored by the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association, 14-15 June 1995, Phoenix, Arizona.

 'American Indians in State Tourism Promotional Literature.' Association of American Geographers, 91st Annual Meeting, 15-18 March 1995, Chicago, Illinois.

'Village Design and Tourism Management on Pueblo Indian Reservations.' Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 36th Annual Meeting, 3-6 November 1994, Tempe, Arizona.

 'The Overseas Chinese Connection in China's Tourism Development.' Association of American Geographers, 90th Annual Meeting, 30 March to 2 April 1994, San Francisco, California.

'Tracking Tourist Routes through Northern Arizona.' Association of Pacific Cost Geographers, 56th Annual Meeting, 15-18 September 1993.

'Mapping Arizona's Scenic Roads.' Association of American Geographers, 89th Annual Meeting, 6-11 April 1993, Atlanta, Georgia.

'ArcCAD and AutoCAD-based GIS.' Northern Arizona Geographic Information Forum meeting, 6 November 1992, Prescott, Arizona.

 'Tourism on Pueblo Indian Reservations: Visitor Perceptions and Host Preferences in Environmental Design.' International Geographical Union, Commission 10, Geography of Leisure and Recreation Symposium, 17-19 August 1992, Telluride, Colorado.

With Thomas Parker, 'Managing Tourism Induced Acculturation: Examples from Pueblo Tribes in the American Southwest.' Heritage Interpretation International, Third Global Conference (Joining Hands for Quality Tourism: Interpretation, Preservation and the Travel Industry), 3-8 November 1991, Honolulu, Hawaii. (in absentia)

 'Overseas Chinese Tourism in South China.' Association of Pacific Cost Geographers, 54th Annual Meeting, 11-15 September 1991, Tucson, Arizona.

 'The Native American and the Tourist.' Association of Pacific Cost Geographers, 54th Annual Meeting, 11-15 September 1991, Tucson, Arizona.

 'Spatial Modeling and Quantitative Analysis.' Facilities Mapping System for AutoCAD, Fourth Annual Users Group Conference, 16 August 1991, Tiburon, California.

 'GIS Applications in Tourism Management: Three Case Studies.' Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 29th Annual Conference, 11-15 August 1991, San Francisco, California.

 'Environmental Design and Tourist Behavior on Pueblo Reservations.' Association of American Geographers, 87th Annual Meeting, 13-17 April 1991, Miami, Florida.
 

‘Tourism and Property Rights' (panel session) Association of American Geographers, 97th annual meeting, New York, New York, 27 Feb-3 March 2001.

‘Meet the Authors/Editors: Defining a Geography of Tourism' (panel session) Association of American Geographers, 97th annual meeting, New York, New York, 27 Feb-3 March 2001.

Discussant, ‘Tourism as a Rural Development Strategy' (paper session) Association of American Geographers, 97th annual meeting, New York, New York, 27 Feb-3 March 2001.

‘Ecotourism in Asia', Sustainable Tourism Revisited (panel sessions), Association of American Geographers, 97th annual meeting, New York, New York, 27 Feb-3 March 2001.

Four Presentations (Planning trends and tourism; Sustainable tourism product development; and Tourism policy), 1st Tourism Graduate Seminar, Zhongshan (Sun Yat Sen) University, Guangzhou, P.R. of China, 30 September - 8 October, 2000.

‘Tourism and Place Commodification: Old Wine in New Bottles?' panel participant. Association of American Geographers, 96th annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 4-8 April 2000.

‘Singapore, Tourism, and Social Upheaval in Southeast Asia' roundtable presentation for ‘The Asian Crisis: National and Global Implications, sponsored by Northern Arizona University Asian Studies program, with Dr. Daniel Lev, University of Washington and Dr. Shiela Nair, NAU. 24 March 2000, Flagstaff, Arizona.

‘Teaching Liberal Studies in the Classroom, on Interactive Television, and/or the World Wide Web: A Comparison of Experiences in the Variety of options.’ Instructional Innovation Fair, NAU Office of Instructional Development, 23 October 1996, Flagstaff, Arizona.

 'Ecotourism and the Travel Industry in Southeast Asia.' Panel presentation and discussion on the topic 'Ecotourism - Pros and Cons' at the Association of American Geographers, 92nd Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Caroline, 9-13 April 1996.

 Panel discussant on the topic of "Undergraduate Education at Northern Arizona University," on the television program 'NAU on the Move,' a 30 minute program hosted by Dr. Clara Lovett, President, Northern Arizona University, taped on 17 November 1995, shown five time during the month of December 1995.

 'Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Useful Concepts or Meaningless Diversions?' Invited colloquium presentation at the anniversary of the founding of the Center for Research on Tourism, Institute of Technology Bandung, 15 August 1995, Bandung, Indonesia.

'Tourism Policy: How Have Tribes Developed Tourism Policies?' Invited workshop presentation at the Third Annual Cultural Tourism Conference on Cultural Sensitivity in Building Tribal Economics, sponsored the Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates, 5-7 May 1995, Lower Brule, South Dakota.

'Planning Principles and Theory.' Invited presentation at the American Institute of Certified Planners Examination Preparation Short Course (Arizona Planning Association professional development workshop), 31 March 1995, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Panel Discussant at the Tribal Tourism Policy Development Workshop. Invited presentation at the Post-Conference Forum to the 1994 Southwest American Indian Tourism Conference, 30 September 1994, Flagstaff, Arizona.

 'NAU Curriculum in GPS and GIS Relevant to Mining and Reclamation.' Presentation with Carl Cawood at the NAU College of Engineering Technology, Orientation for Peabody Western Officials, 10, October 1994, Flagstaff, Arizona.

 'The AICP Examination, Reflections from a Recent Participant.' Invited presentation at the American Institute of Certified Planners Examination Preparation Short Course (Arizona Planning Association professional development workshop), 10 April 1992, Phoenix, Arizona.

 'Automated Mapping and Facilities Management with AutoCAD.' Invited presentation at Understanding Geographic Information Systems: An Emerging Tool for Planners (Arizona Planning Assoc. professional development workshop), 25 January 1991, Phoenix, Arizona.

2001-current - University Graduate Council and University Graduate Council Review Committee (NAU)
2000-current - U.S. Representative (Full Member), International Geographical Union (IGU) Study Group on the Geography of Leisure, Tourism and Global Change
1999-current - Resource Editor, Annals of Tourism Research
1998-current - Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster, Tourism Geographies:An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment, from Routledge, U.K; to be published quarterly from 1999.
- Coordinating Committee member, International Tourism Management certificate program, NAU (Hotel and Restaurant Management, Parks and Recreation Management, and Geography, Planning and Recreation)
1997-current - Editorial Board member, Tourism, Culture & Communication
 - Editorial Board member, Current Issues in Tourism
1996-current - Webmaster, Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers
- Webmaster, Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism, International Geographical Union
1995-current - Editorial Board member, Pacific Tourism Review
- U.S. Representative/Full Member, International Geographical Union (IGU) Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism
1994-current - International Studies Advisory Committee, Northern Arizona University
1992-current - Resource Editor, Tourism Recreation Research Journal

Selected Past Service

*2003 - Co-organizer for the Second International Conference on Tourism Planning and Management in Developing Countries, Hubei Province, China; cities and dates forthcoming.
2001 - Co-organizer for the International Conference on Tourism Planning and Management in Developing Countries, 11-14 November 2001, Guilin, China (responsible for participants from outside of China)
1999 - Organizer of the Sustaining Rural Environments: Issues in Globalization, Migration and Tourism conference, 20-23 October 1999, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1995-2000 - U.S. Representative/Full Member, International Geographical Union (IGU) Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism
1995-1997 -  Chair, Association of American Geographers - Recreation, Tourism, and Sport Specialty Group (elected)
1993-1997 - Secretary-Treasurer, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (elected twice)
1992 - Co-Organizer, with Sue Pratt (Coconino County Community Development Dept.), Computers in Planning Workshop, Arizona Planning Association Professional Development Workshop, 30 July 1992, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1992 - Co-Organizer, with Rudi Hartman (U. of CO) and Victor Teye (AZ State U.), International Geographical Union (IGU), Commission 10,  Geography of Leisure and Recreation, Symposium (17-19 August 1992, Telluride, CO) and Fieldtrip (14-22 August 1992, Denver, CO to Grand Canyon, AZ), in conjunction with the biennial congress of the IGU, Washington, D.C.
1990-1997 - Member, Professional Development Committee, Arizona chapter of the American Planning Association

American Institute of Certified Planners
American Planning Association - APA Arizona Planning Association Chapter
Asia-Pacific Tourism Association
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
Association of American Geographers - Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group
International Geographical Union - Study Group on Geography of Sustainable Tourism
International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas
National Council for Geographic Education
 

Extended Stays: Hong Kong 1974-6; 2000, 2001, *2002, Singapore 1983-4 and 1997-8, Germany 1989.
Organized and guided educational tours to China, 7-22 June 1993.

Visits: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, former Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), Denmark, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Neatherlands, New Zealand, Norway, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Portugal (forthcoming), Republic of China (Taiwan), Switzerland, Turkey, former Yugoslavia (Croatia and Slovenia)

Conversational ability in Mandarin, Cantonese, and some German.

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