Academic Affiliates
CREST launched its Academic Affiliates program in August 2016. Since then, CREST has established affiliations with leading tourism professors at dozens of universities, both in the United States and around the world.

CREST was co-founded in 2003 by Dr. Martha Honey, an author and internationally recognized leader in responsible travel, and Dr. William Durham, a highly respected Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. From 2003 – 2014, CREST was a bicoastal institute, with two offices and Co-Directors at Stanford University and in Washington, DC. However, in 2014, when Dr. Durham retired as CREST Co-Director, CREST closed its Stanford office, centralized its headquarters in Washington, DC, and has gradually moved to diversify and internationalize its university partnerships under the umbrella of an Academic Affiliates program. This Academic Affiliates model offers CREST flexibility to engage with institutions and faculty across a range of disciplines and geographical regions.
*Academic Affiliationes are with individual professors and do not imply organizational affiliation with corresponding universities.
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 Clausen, Aalborg University (Denmark)
Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning
Jim Barborak, Colorado State University
Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Ernesto Batista Sánchez, University of Holguín (Cuba)
Professor, Tourism
Robert Billington, Boston University & Lasell College
Adjunct Professor, Administrative Sciences (BU) & Hospitality (LC)
Christine Buzinde, Arizona State University
Associate Professor, Director of Community Resources and Development
David Cardenas, University of South Carolina
Associate Dean of Academic Programs, College of Hospitality, Retail & Sports Management
Todd Comen, Endicott College
Dean & Professor, School of Hospitality Management
Scott Curtis, The Citadel
Director, Lt. Col. James B. Near, Jr, USAF, ’77 Center for Climate Studies
Jonathon Day, Purdue University
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Rachel Dodds, Ryerson University
Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Annette George, Morgan State University
Associate Professor, School of Business and Management, Department of Business Administration
Brooke Hansen, University of South Florida
Director, Sustainable Tourism Program, Patel College of Global Sustainability
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
Yuri Horowitz,
Georgetown University
Faculty, Global Hospitality Leadership & Urban and Regional Planning Programs
Carter Hunt,
Penn State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, and Anthropology
Linnea Iantria, Missouri State University
Senior Instructor and Geotourism Program Coordinator, Department of Geography, Geology and Planning
Birendra KC, University of North Texas
Assistant Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Kristin Lamoureux, Virginia Tech
Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Feiertag 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
Seleni Matus, The George Washington University
Executive Director, International Institute of Tourism Studies
Makarand Mody, Boston University
Assistant Professor, School of Hospitality Administration (SHA)
Andrea Murray, Washington University in St. Louis
Lecturer, Anthropology
John Nauright, University of North Texas
Chair and Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
Joe Pavelka, Mount Royal University (Canada)
Assistant Professor of Hospitality Marketing, School of Hospitality Administration
Tiffany Rhodes, Johnson & Wales University
Associate Professor, Center for International Travel and Tourism Studies
Michelle Rutty, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Environment
Edwin Sabuhoro, Penn State University
Assistant Professor, Recreation, Park, & Tourism Management
Daniel Scott, University of Waterloo (Canada)
University Research Chair and Professor, Geography and Environmental Management;
Valerie Sera, Universidad Tecmilenio and Universidad de Occidente (México)
Professor, Tourism Management
Christine Vogt, Arizona State University
Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Tourism
Emily P. Yeager, East Carolina University
Assistant Professor, Recreation Sciences