Academic Affiliates
From 2003 - 2014, CREST functioned as a bicoastal institute, with offices and co-directors at Stanford University and in Washington, DC. In late 2014, when CREST Co-Director at Stanford, Dr. William (Bill) Durham, retired from CREST, we decided to move to diversify and internationalize our academic partnerships.
In 2016, we proudly announced academic affiliations with leading professors* working within the realm of responsible travel at a number of universities, both in the U.S. and around the world. This model permits us flexibility to engage with institutions and faculty across a range of disciplines and geographical regions, in areas such as:
- - Collaboration in applying for grants and conducting studies;
- - Co-publishing of peer reviewed journal articles, reports, books, and book chapters;
- - Conferences and workshops – co-sponsorship, hosting, providing speakers;
- - Collaboration in academic degrees, certificates, courses, and seminars;
- - Retreats, study tours, and seminars on specific areas of research;
- - Priority for internships for graduate students and exceptional undergrads
*These affiliations are with individual professors listed and do not imply organizational affiliation with corresponding universities.
To be considered as a CREST Academic Affiliate, please contact CREST Executive Director, Dr. Martha Honey.
Meet our Academic Affiliates
Nicole Ardoin, Stanford University
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education; Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Roberta Atzori, California State University Monterey Bay
Assistant Professor, College of Business , Sustainable Hospitality Management
Helene Balslev, Aalborg University
Assistant Professor, Global and Cultural Studies
Jim Barborak, Colorado State University
Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management, Warner College of Natural Resources
Robert Billington, Boston University & Lasell College
Adjunct Professor, Administrative Sciences (BU) & Hospitality (LC)
Robyn Bushell, Western Sydney University
Associate Professor, Cultural Heritage & Tourism
David Cardenas, University of South Carolina
Associate Dean of Academics and Associate Professor, School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
Todd Comen, Endicott College
Dean, School of Hospitality Management
Scott Curtis, East Carolina University
Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment
Jonathon Day, Purdue University
Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University
Professor, Biology; Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Kreg Ettenger, University of Maine
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, Maine Folklife Center
Annette George, Morgan State University
Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration
Huili Hao, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
Don Hawkins, The George Washington University
Professor Emeritus of Management and Tourism Studies, School of Business
Linnea Iantria, Missouri State University
Senior Instructor and Geotourism Program Coordinator, Department of Geography, Geology and Planning
Kristin Lamoureux, Virginia Tech
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Kennedy Obombo Magio, Technological Institute of Cancún (México)
CONACYT Research Fellow, Tourism and Sustainability Studies in the Mexican Caribbean
Robert Manning, University of Vermont
Professor Emeritus, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Makarand Mody, Boston University
Assistant Professor, School of Hospitality Administration (SHA)
John Nauright, University of North Texas
Chair and Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
Joe Pavelka, Mount Royal University (Canada)
Associate Professor and Coordinator, Ecotourism and Outdoor Leadership, Department of Health and Physical Education
David Perkins, Missouri State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning
Michelle Rutty, Michigan State University
Assistant Professor, Community Sustainability
Daniel Scott, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3);
Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Management
Valerie Sera, Universidad Tecmilenio and Universidad de Occidente
Professor, Tourism Management
Gray Shealy, Georgetown University
Head of Master's in Hospitality Management Program
Chiaki Shimoyasuba, Hokkaido University (Japan)
Professor, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies
Christine Vogt, Arizona State University
Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Tourism
Emily Yeager, East Carolina University
Assistant Professor, Recreation & Leisure Studies
