Biography and expertise

Biography

I have been teaching, supervising HDR students and undertaking research in tourism studies for almost 30 years. My disciplinary background is geography but much of my research is situated within a multidisciplinary framework.

My work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

Source: Scopus

Research

My research is multi-disciplinary social science focused on: animal-human relations in tourism; tourism, leisure and sexual identity; social constructions and experiences of nature within tourism/leisure. My publications include 4 books, 20 book chapters and 50 refereed journal articles.

Supervision

I will no longer be taking on higher degree research students.

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Organisational affiliations

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University

Past affiliations

Adjunct Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University

Professor, National Centre for Flood Research, Southern Cross University

Education

University of Newcastle
1984, BA(Hons)
University of Newcastle
1991, MA
University of Newcastle
1993, BEdSt
University of Newcastle
1998, PhD