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Journal of Interpretation Research
Advisory Board Members
James Absher
James (Jim) Absher has been the Research Social Scientist for the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station for nine years. He specializes in research into communication, interpretation, and customer service issues. Prior to serving in this capacity, Dr. Absher worked as a university professor for over 17 years at the University of Illinois, University of Georgia, and the University of South Australia.
James Absher, Ph.D.
Research Social Scientist
USDA Forest Service
4955 Canyon Crest Drive
Riverside, CA 92507
phone: (909) 680-1559
fax: (909) 680-1501
e-mail: jabsher@fs.fed.us
web: www.rfl.psw.fs.fed.us/recreation/index.html
Michael Manfredo
Michael Manfredo is Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Colorado State University. His research and teaching focus is on the role of social science in natural resource management. He is published in several scholarly journals and has a book entitled Influencing Human Behavior; Theory and Applications in Recreation, Tourism and Natural Resources Management (1992). Dr. Manfredo was also recently chosen as co-editor of the new journal entitled Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Michael Manfredo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department Chair
Colorado State University
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism
233 Forestry
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1480
phone:(970)-491-0474
fax: (970)-491-2255
e-mail: manfredo@cnr.colostate.edu
web: www.cnr.colostate.edu/NRRT/people/mike.htm
Joseph Roggenbuck
Joe Roggenbuck is a Professor of Natural Resource Recreation at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Virginia. His research and teaching interests involve meanings and values of wilderness, human dimensions of wilderness and park management, and interpretation. Dr. Roggenbuck has completed numerous research projects evaluating the effectiveness of environmental interpretation; published numerous conference proceeding papers, journal articles, and book chapters about environmental interpretation; and directed the graduate programs of several young scholars of environmental interpretation.
Joseph Roggenbuck, Ph.D.
Professor, Natural Resource Recreation
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Forestry
304 Cheatham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0324
phone: (540)-231-7418
fax: (540)-231-3749
e-mail: jroggenb@vt.edu
web: www.cnr.vt.edu/forestry/faculty/roggenb.html
Larry Beck
Dr. Larry Beck has taught at San Diego State University in California for over 20 years. He teaches coursework in the areas of outdoor education, environmental interpretation, and wilderness resource management. He has written extensively in the areas of environmental interpretation and outdoor recreation management including the two widely-known books he co-authored Interpretation of Cultural and Natural Resources (with Doug Knudson and Ted Cable in 1999) and Interpretation for the 21st Century: Fifteen Guiding Principles for Interpreting Nature and Culture (2nd edition with Ted Cable, 2002).
Larry Beck, Ph.D.
Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4531
phone: 619-594-5753
e-mail: lbeck@mail.sdsu.edu
web: psfa.sdsu.edu/rec/faculty.htm
Bernard Lane
Bernard Lane is Director of the Rural Tourism Unit and the Architectural Conservation Programme and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. His work focuses on rural and sustainable tourism development issues around the world. In 1992, he founded and is co-editor of the international Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Dr. Lane has over 90 publications including three books in the field of tourism, architecture, sustainable and rural development, and heritage management.
Bernard Lane, Ph. D.
Director, Rural Tourism Unit and Architectural Conservation Programme
Co-editor, Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Centre for the Historic Environment, Dept. of Archaeology
University of Bristol,
43, Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU England
phone: 0044 (0) 117 954 6073 or 6068
fax: 0044 (0) 117 954 6067
e-mail Bernard.Lane@Bristol.ac.uk or Bernard.Lane@talk21.com
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Archaeology/staff/lane.html
Sam Ham
Sam Ham is Professor and Director for the Center for International Training and Outreach at the University of Idaho. Professor Ham teaches graduate courses in behavioral theory, environmental communication and interpretation, international issues in nature conservation, and recreation and tourism management. He has authored more than 300 publications including his book, Environmental Interpretation (1992). With travel in over 31 countries, much of his work and focus and been in the international arenas of interpretation.
Sam H. Ham, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for International Training & Outreach (CITO)
Department of Resource Recreation and Tourism
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1139 USA
phone: (208)- 882-5128
fax: (208)-882-7588
e-mail: sham2@turbonet.com
web: www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rrt/sam_ham.htm
Betty Weiler
Dr. Betty Weiler is a professor at Monash University in Australia. Betty researches, teaches, and publishes in the field of interpretation. Her research interests include tour guiding and nature/heritage interpretation, ecotourism standards, accreditation and best practice, ecotourism and natural area marketing and planning and tourism research methodology. Her latest article appears in the most recent JIR.
Betty Weiler, PhD
Professor of Tourism
Department of Management, Berwick Campus
Monash University
PO Box 1071
Narre Warren, VIC 3805 Australia
phone: 61 3 9904 7104
fax: 61 3 9904 7130 (fax)
e-mail: betty.weiler@buseco.monash.edu.au
web: www.buseco.monash.edu.au/units/tru/
Gary Machlis
Dr. Gary E. Machlis is the Visiting Senior Scientist for the U.S. National Park Service, and National Coordinator of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network. He is also Professor of Forest Resources and Sociology at the University of Idaho. He has written several books and numerous articles on issues of conservation including (with Don Field) On Interpretation: Sociology for Interpreters of Natural and Cultural History (1992), and his newest book (with Don Field), National Parks and Rural Development (2000).
Gary Machlis, Ph. D.
Professor of Forest Resources and Sociology, National Coordinator for the CESU
College of Natural Resources, Room 16
Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441133, Moscow, ID 83844-1133
phone: 208.885.7129
fax: 208.885.7080
e-mail: gmachlis@uidaho.edu
web: www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~gmachlis/
Sam Vaughn
Sam Vaughn currently serves as Associate Manager for Interpretive Planning at Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service in West Virginia. Sam has worked for Harpers Ferry Center for 13 years, in interpretive planning, visitor studies/social science, and as the service center liaison. Sam has over 30 years experience in the National Park Service at 3 parks, the National Capital Regional Office, and Harpers Ferry Center.
Sam Vaughn
Associate Manager, Interpretive Planning
Harpers Ferry Center
Denver Service Center (HFC), PO Box 25287,
Denver, CO, 80225
phone: (303)-987-6984
fax: (304)-535- 6295
e-mail: sam_w_vaughn@nps.gov
web: www.nps.gov/hfc/index.htm
Cem Basman
Cem Basman is an Assistant Professor and a new faculty member of the Department of Recreation and Park Administration at Indiana University. Previous to his academic appointments, Dr. Basman had a twenty-year career in the interpretation and tourism field in both public and private settings, including operating a consulting firm. Cem is a former president and a Fellow of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), where he was instrumental in creating an international professional certification program. He is a Certified Interpretive Trainer (CIT) and a Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG). Academic interests of Dr. Basman include persuasion theory and practice as it applies to heritage interpretation and tourism.
Cem Basman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Park Administration
Indiana University
HPER 145
1025 E. 7th Street
Bloomington, ID 47405-7109
phone: (812)-856-1981
fax: (812)-855-3998
e-mail: cmbasman@indiana.edu
Ted Cable
Ted T. Cable is Assistant Department Head and Professor of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University. Dr. Cable has consulted on conservation projects in more than 20 states, and has worked extensively in Canada, Latin America, and Africa. Dr. Cable has published widely in the fields of human dimensions of natural resource management, ecotourism, and environmental interpretation. He has authored or coauthored five books and more than 150 articles on conservation-related topics.
Ted T. Cable, Assistant Department Head & Professor
Dept of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
2021 Throckmorton
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
tel: 785-532-1408
fax: 785-532-5894
e-mail: tcable@oznet.ksu.edu
Advisory Board Members
James Absher
James (Jim) Absher has been the Research Social Scientist for the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station for nine years. He specializes in research into communication, interpretation, and customer service issues. Prior to serving in this capacity, Dr. Absher worked as a university professor for over 17 years at the University of Illinois, University of Georgia, and the University of South Australia.
James Absher, Ph.D.
Research Social Scientist
USDA Forest Service
4955 Canyon Crest Drive
Riverside, CA 92507
phone: (909) 680-1559
fax: (909) 680-1501
e-mail: jabsher@fs.fed.us
web: www.rfl.psw.fs.fed.us/recreation/index.html
Michael Manfredo
Michael Manfredo is Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Colorado State University. His research and teaching focus is on the role of social science in natural resource management. He is published in several scholarly journals and has a book entitled Influencing Human Behavior; Theory and Applications in Recreation, Tourism and Natural Resources Management (1992). Dr. Manfredo was also recently chosen as co-editor of the new journal entitled Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Michael Manfredo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department Chair
Colorado State University
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism
233 Forestry
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1480
phone:(970)-491-0474
fax: (970)-491-2255
e-mail: manfredo@cnr.colostate.edu
web: www.cnr.colostate.edu/NRRT/people/mike.htm
Joseph Roggenbuck
Joe Roggenbuck is a Professor of Natural Resource Recreation at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Virginia. His research and teaching interests involve meanings and values of wilderness, human dimensions of wilderness and park management, and interpretation. Dr. Roggenbuck has completed numerous research projects evaluating the effectiveness of environmental interpretation; published numerous conference proceeding papers, journal articles, and book chapters about environmental interpretation; and directed the graduate programs of several young scholars of environmental interpretation.
Joseph Roggenbuck, Ph.D.
Professor, Natural Resource Recreation
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Forestry
304 Cheatham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0324
phone: (540)-231-7418
fax: (540)-231-3749
e-mail: jroggenb@vt.edu
web: www.cnr.vt.edu/forestry/faculty/roggenb.html
Larry Beck
Dr. Larry Beck has taught at San Diego State University in California for over 20 years. He teaches coursework in the areas of outdoor education, environmental interpretation, and wilderness resource management. He has written extensively in the areas of environmental interpretation and outdoor recreation management including the two widely-known books he co-authored Interpretation of Cultural and Natural Resources (with Doug Knudson and Ted Cable in 1999) and Interpretation for the 21st Century: Fifteen Guiding Principles for Interpreting Nature and Culture (2nd edition with Ted Cable, 2002).
Larry Beck, Ph.D.
Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4531
phone: 619-594-5753
e-mail: lbeck@mail.sdsu.edu
web: psfa.sdsu.edu/rec/faculty.htm
Bernard Lane
Bernard Lane is Director of the Rural Tourism Unit and the Architectural Conservation Programme and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. His work focuses on rural and sustainable tourism development issues around the world. In 1992, he founded and is co-editor of the international Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Dr. Lane has over 90 publications including three books in the field of tourism, architecture, sustainable and rural development, and heritage management.
Bernard Lane, Ph. D.
Director, Rural Tourism Unit and Architectural Conservation Programme
Co-editor, Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Centre for the Historic Environment, Dept. of Archaeology
University of Bristol,
43, Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU England
phone: 0044 (0) 117 954 6073 or 6068
fax: 0044 (0) 117 954 6067
e-mail Bernard.Lane@Bristol.ac.uk or Bernard.Lane@talk21.com
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Archaeology/staff/lane.html
Sam Ham
Sam Ham is Professor and Director for the Center for International Training and Outreach at the University of Idaho. Professor Ham teaches graduate courses in behavioral theory, environmental communication and interpretation, international issues in nature conservation, and recreation and tourism management. He has authored more than 300 publications including his book, Environmental Interpretation (1992). With travel in over 31 countries, much of his work and focus and been in the international arenas of interpretation.
Sam H. Ham, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for International Training & Outreach (CITO)
Department of Resource Recreation and Tourism
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1139 USA
phone: (208)- 882-5128
fax: (208)-882-7588
e-mail: sham2@turbonet.com
web: www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rrt/sam_ham.htm
Betty Weiler
Dr. Betty Weiler is a professor at Monash University in Australia. Betty researches, teaches, and publishes in the field of interpretation. Her research interests include tour guiding and nature/heritage interpretation, ecotourism standards, accreditation and best practice, ecotourism and natural area marketing and planning and tourism research methodology. Her latest article appears in the most recent JIR.
Betty Weiler, PhD
Professor of Tourism
Department of Management, Berwick Campus
Monash University
PO Box 1071
Narre Warren, VIC 3805 Australia
phone: 61 3 9904 7104
fax: 61 3 9904 7130 (fax)
e-mail: betty.weiler@buseco.monash.edu.au
web: www.buseco.monash.edu.au/units/tru/
Gary Machlis
Dr. Gary E. Machlis is the Visiting Senior Scientist for the U.S. National Park Service, and National Coordinator of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network. He is also Professor of Forest Resources and Sociology at the University of Idaho. He has written several books and numerous articles on issues of conservation including (with Don Field) On Interpretation: Sociology for Interpreters of Natural and Cultural History (1992), and his newest book (with Don Field), National Parks and Rural Development (2000).
Gary Machlis, Ph. D.
Professor of Forest Resources and Sociology, National Coordinator for the CESU
College of Natural Resources, Room 16
Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441133, Moscow, ID 83844-1133
phone: 208.885.7129
fax: 208.885.7080
e-mail: gmachlis@uidaho.edu
web: www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~gmachlis/
Sam Vaughn
Sam Vaughn currently serves as Associate Manager for Interpretive Planning at Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service in West Virginia. Sam has worked for Harpers Ferry Center for 13 years, in interpretive planning, visitor studies/social science, and as the service center liaison. Sam has over 30 years experience in the National Park Service at 3 parks, the National Capital Regional Office, and Harpers Ferry Center.
Sam Vaughn
Associate Manager, Interpretive Planning
Harpers Ferry Center
Denver Service Center (HFC), PO Box 25287,
Denver, CO, 80225
phone: (303)-987-6984
fax: (304)-535- 6295
e-mail: sam_w_vaughn@nps.gov
web: www.nps.gov/hfc/index.htm
Cem Basman
Cem Basman is an Assistant Professor and a new faculty member of the Department of Recreation and Park Administration at Indiana University. Previous to his academic appointments, Dr. Basman had a twenty-year career in the interpretation and tourism field in both public and private settings, including operating a consulting firm. Cem is a former president and a Fellow of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), where he was instrumental in creating an international professional certification program. He is a Certified Interpretive Trainer (CIT) and a Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG). Academic interests of Dr. Basman include persuasion theory and practice as it applies to heritage interpretation and tourism.
Cem Basman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Park Administration
Indiana University
HPER 145
1025 E. 7th Street
Bloomington, ID 47405-7109
phone: (812)-856-1981
fax: (812)-855-3998
e-mail: cmbasman@indiana.edu
Ted Cable
Ted T. Cable is Assistant Department Head and Professor of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University. Dr. Cable has consulted on conservation projects in more than 20 states, and has worked extensively in Canada, Latin America, and Africa. Dr. Cable has published widely in the fields of human dimensions of natural resource management, ecotourism, and environmental interpretation. He has authored or coauthored five books and more than 150 articles on conservation-related topics.
Ted T. Cable, Assistant Department Head & Professor
Dept of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
2021 Throckmorton
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
tel: 785-532-1408
fax: 785-532-5894
e-mail: tcable@oznet.ksu.edu
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