Geography, Planning, and Recreation

Education 

Professional experience

Faculty Lecturer, Parks and Recreation Management, Northern Arizona University: September 2007-present
Research Associate, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University: February 2000-present
Academic Adviser, Distance Learning, Northern Arizona University: January-September 2007

Recent papers and presentations

Divine, Aaron K. and Pamela E. Foti. 2008. “Grand Canyon National Park, Rapid Site Inventory Summary Report.” DOA / NPS internal report.
Foti, Pamela E. and Aaron K. Divine. 2007. “Indian Creek Climbing Area – Climbing and Camping Impacts: Final Report” presented BLM Monticello, UT.
Foti, Pamela E. and Aaron K. Divine. 2006. “Grand Canyon Backcountry Campsite and Human Impact Inventory: Final Report” Grand Canyon National Park, AZ.

Education

PhD in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin 1988 
MS, University of Nevada, Reno 
BS, Ohio State University 

Current research projects

Grant Staircase-Escalante National Monument Monitoring: Backcountry and Dispersed Camping 
Arizona Strip District, BLM, Recreation Impact Monitoring 
Aravaipa Wilderness, BLM, Recreation Impact Monitoring 
Red Cliffs Desert Preserve, Recreation Impact Monitoring 
Sonoran Desert National Monument, Recreation Impact Inventory/Monitoring 
Montrose Colorado BLM, Recreation Impact Assessment 

Technical reports

Foti, Pamela E. (June, 2011). A Report of the Recreational Impacts on Red Cliffs Desert Tortoise Reserve. Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Governing Board. St. George, UT. 
Foti, Pamela E. (June, 2010). A Report of the Recreational Impacts on Dry Creek Recreation Area and the San Miguel River (Montrose BLM).  
Foti, Pamela E. (May, 2010). A Report of Backcountry and Dispersed Recreation Impacts. AZ Strip BLM, St. George, UT. 
Foti, Pamela E. (March, 2010). Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: Backcountry and Dispersed Recreation Impacts. Prepared for the GSENM, BLM, UT. 
Foti, Pamela E. (November, 2008). Gunnison Gorge NCA: River Recreation Impact Assessment. Prepared for Gunnison Gorge, NCA, BLM. 
Foti, Pamela E. (December, 2009). Recreation Impacts in Table Mesa and Agua Fria NM, BLM. Prepared for the Phoenix Field Office.

PhD, University of New Mexico, 1988
MEd, Georgia State University
BS, University of Florida

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University, 2000-present
Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University, 1997-2000
Assistant Professor, University of Main- Presque Isle, 1993-1997

Publications

Hammersley, C. H. (2004). Whitewater Sports. In Cross, G. (Ed.),Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America (pp. 416-417), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Hammersley, C. H. (2003). Teaching on the Internet: the Future of Higher
Education? In S. H. Harvey & R. Geibert (Eds.), Web-Wise Learning:
wisdom from the field (pp. 277-295), Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris.
Hammersley, C.H. (2002). Computer Applications in Leisure Services.
Retrieved on December 5, 2006 from
http://www.prm.nau.edu/prm275/class-4.12/index.htm
Hammersley, C.H. (1998). Computer Applications in Leisure Services. [Online].

Education

PhD, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2003
MS, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, China, 1988
BS, Hunan Normal University, China, 1985

Academic positions

August, 2009 – Present, Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University
August, 2003 – 2009, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University
1996-1997, Visiting Scholar, School of Survey, University of East London, U.K.
1988-1998, Lecturer, Department of Geography, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University

Recent publications

Ruihong Huang and Dawn Hawley, 2009, A Data Model and Internet GIS Framework for Safe Routes to School, URISA Journal. 21(1):21-30.
Huang, Ruihong and Christina B. Kennedy, 2008. Discovering the Geography of Land Values by Hidden Markov Models, in T.J. Cova et al. (Eds.): GIScience 2008, LNCS 5266, pp.70-89.
Huang, Ruihong and Zhong-Ren Peng, 2008. A Spatiotemporal Data model for Dynamic Transit Networks, International Journal of Geographic Information Science. 22(5): 527-545.
Huang, Ruihong, 2008. Modeling Transit Networks by GML for Distributed Transit Trip Planners, Journal of Spatial Science. 53(1):1-15.
Huang, Ruihong, 2007. A Schedule-based Pathfinding Algorithm for Transit Networks Using Pattern First Search, GeoInformatica. 11:269-285.

Education

PhD, Arizona State University, 1994
MA, University of Nebraska, Omaha
BA, Baylor University

Education

Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, 2011
American Institute of Certified Planners, 1991
PhD, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1986
Master of Urban Planning, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1983
MA, Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1983
BA, Geography, University of Hawaii, Hilo, 1981

Professional experience

Editor-in-Chief, Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment (Routledge, UK), since 1999
Vice-Chair, Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change of the International Geographical Union, since 2008
Board Member, Arizona Planning Association chapter of the American Planning Association, since 2010 
External Assessor, Sustainable Tourism M.S.Sc. degree programme, Department of Geography, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, since 2010 
Fulbright Research Scholar, Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 2012
Research Associate, Centre for Innovative Planning and Development, Tourism Planning Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, since 2012
Corresponding Professor, Institute for Tourism Research, Department of Land Resource and Tourism, Nanjing University, China, since 2012

Publications

Lew, A.A.; Hall, C.Michael; and Timothy, Dallen. 2011. World Regional Geography: Tourism Destinations, Human Mobilities, Sustainable Environments. Des Moine, IA: Kendall-Hunt.
Hall, C.Michael and Lew, A.A. 2009. Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach. London: Routledge.
Cartier, Carolyn L. and Lew, A.A., eds. 2005. Seductions of Place: Geographical Perspectives on Globalization and Touristed Landscapes. London: Routledge.

Ma, Ling and Lew, A.A. 2012. Historical and Geographical Context in Festival Tourism Development. Journal of Heritage Tourism, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2011.611595 (print version forthcoming).
Huang, Xiang; Bao, Jigang, and Lew, A.A. 2011. Nature-based Tourism Resources Privatization in China: A System Dynamic Analysis of Opportunities and Risks. Tourism Recreation Research 36(2): 99-111.
Lew, A.A. 2008. Long Tail Tourism: New geographies for marketing niche tourism products. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing 25(3/4): 409-419.
Lew, A.A. 2007. Tourism Planning and Traditional Urban Planning Theory: Planners as Agents of Social Change. Leisure/Loisir: Journal of the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies, 31(2):383-392. 
Lew, A.A. and McKercher, Bob. 2006. Modeling the Movement of Tourists in a Local Destination. Annals of Tourism Research 33(2): 403-423.

Hughes, Amy and Lew, A.A. 2012. Real food on the Colorado Plateau: Planning for community food systems in Flagstaff, Arizona. In C.M. Hall and S. Gössling, eds., Sustainable Culinary Systems - Local Foods, Innovation, and Tourism and Hospitality, Oxford: Routledge (forthcoming).
Lew, A.A. 2012. Marketing and Tourism Geographies. In J. Wilson, ed., The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies. Routledge: (forthcoming).
Lew, A.A. 2010.  Defining and Redefining Conceptual Frameworks for Social Science Field Research. In C.M. Hall, ed., Fieldwork in Tourism: Methods, Issues and Reflections, pp. 19-34. London: Routledge.

Education

MEd, Educational Leadership-Higher Education, Northern Arizona University 2009
MA, Political Science-Fire and Emergency Management, Oklahoma State University 1999
BS, Police Science and Administration, Northern Arizona University 1983

Professional certifications

Certified Park and Recreation Professional, National Recreation and Park Association
Certified Park Operator-Lifetime, National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds

Professional experience

Chief Park Ranger/Park Rancher, National Park Service, 1979-2007

Professional associations

Arizona Park and Recreation Association
National Park Service Employees and Alumni Association-Life Member
National Recreation and Park Association

Education

Northern Arizona University, MA 2009 Rural Geography (GIS/Remote Sensing)\
Northern Arizona University, BS 1992 Geography/GIS

Appointments

Assistant Professor of Practice, Geography, Planning and Recreation 2010-present
Director, Geospatial Research and Information Lab 2010-present
Adjunct Faculty, Dine’ College, 2008-present
ESRI Authorized GIS Instructor 2003-2009

Selected publications

Androwski, J., A. Springer, T. Acker, M. Manone. 2010. Wind-Powered Desalination: An Estimate of Saline Groundwater in the U.S. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
Hoisch, T.S., Newell, S, Manone, M.F. and Austin, B. 2010. Application of tablet PCs to lecture demonstrations on mineral optics. Journal of Geoscience Education. 
Manone, M.F., Umhoefer P.J. and Garcia, P. 2006, Integrating emerging Technologies Throughout the Geology Undergraduate Curriculum: Using Tablet PCs, Wireless Networks, and Digital Geospatial Data in the Classroom, Lab, and Field,1st annual Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education. "The Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education: Vignettes, Evaluations, and Future Directions" editors Dave Berque, Jane Prey, and Rob Reed. Purdue University Press.
Manone, M. 2004, Comparative assessment of short term volume change on sandbars using digital softcopy stereo-photogrammetry versus two-dimentsional planimetric photogrammetry, Final report to the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, cooperative agreement # 1425-98-FC-40-22630, pp 38
Manone, M.F., and Mietz, S., 2001 Preliminary evaluation of LIDAR data acquired rior to and following the September 2001 Colorado River experimental flow, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program Science Symposium Proceedings, Flagstaff, Az. April 26-27.

Recent research awards

Grand Canyon National Park – Development of Arcaeology Geodatabase. 2010. PI. $10,683
National Science Foundation – ITEST, Examine Your Environement with the Power of Data (EYE-POD), 2009. Co-PI. $926,000
Science Foundation Arizona, - Harnessing the Power of Data, 2009, Co-PI. $400,017
TRIF – ERDENE - 2009. Devlopement of online GIS workshop modules and ArcGI server interface for Arizona GIS base data. PI. $48,756 
HP Technology for Teaching Leadership Grant - 2005, $168,000. Principal Investigator

Education

MA, University of New Mexico, 1985
BA, Western New Mexico University

Professional experience

Northern Arizona University, Part-time Instructor and Full-time Senior Lecturer, 1997-present
University of Maine- Presque Isle, Part-time Instructor, 1993-1997
University of Idaho, Assistant Director Campus Recreation/Director Intramural Sports, 1989-1993

Professional associations

National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association- Certified Recreational Sports Specialist
National Recreation and Park Association- SPRE & NTRS member
Arizona Park and Recreation Association- Professional ember

Education

PhD, University of Illinois, 1997 
MA, University of Illinois, 1994
BS, Pennsylvania State University, 1992

Academic positions

January 2005-present, Director, Office of Academic Assessment, Northern Arizona University
2009-present, Professor, Geography, Northern Arizona University
2003-2009, Associate Professor, Geography, Northern Arizona University
1997-2003, Assistant Professor, Geography, Northern Arizona University

Recent publications

Paradis, T. 2011 (forthcoming). America’s National Historic Landmarks. London: Anness Publishing.
Paradis, T. 2011 (forthcoming): Interpreting the NAU landscape: Clues to the American scene, invited introductory and concluding pieces in Drickamer, Lee, The Buildings of NAU (working title). Tucson: University of Arizona Press
Paradis, T. (ed.) 2008. Homes Through American History: Colonial America through the Twentieth Century. Greenwood Publishing Group. (10 books in the series, including one by this author.)
Paradis, T. 2008 Homes Through American History: The Civil War Era, 1861-1880. Greenwood Publishing Group. (see also: American Architectural Styles)

Education

PhD, University of British Colombia, 2004
MSc, University of British Colombia, 1999
BS, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1997

Research experience

Northern Arizona University, Assistant Professor, 2009-current
University of British Colombia, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2009
Western Canadian Cryospheric Network, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2007
Queen's University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2006

Selected publications

Schiefer, E., Gilbert, R., and Hassan, M. 2011. A Lake Sediment-Based Proxy of Floods in the Rocky Mountain Front Range, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 45: 137-149.
Schiefer, E., Hassan, M., Menounos, B., Pelpola, C., and Slaymaker, O. 2010. Inter-Decadal Controls of Total Sediment Yield in a Montane Catchment, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Geomorphology 118: 207-212.
Berthier, E., Schiefer, E, Clarke, G.K.C., Menounos, B., and Rémy, F. 2010. Ice Loss and Sea Level Rise, Contributions from Alaskan Glaciers. Nature Geoscience 3: 92-95.
Schiefer, E. and Menounos, B. 2010. Climatic and Morphometric Controls on the Altitudinal Range of Glaciers, British Columbia, Canada. Holocene 20: 517-560.
Schiefer, E. Menounos, and Wheate, R. 2008. An Inventory and Morphometric Analysis of British Columbia Glaciers, Canada. Journal of Glaciology 54: 551-560.

Education

MS, Northern Arizona University, 2002 
BS, Northern Arizona University, 1996

Professional associations

Grand Canyon River Guides
Grand Canyon Youth
Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center
American Whitewater

Professional experience

Northern Arizona University, Distance Learning Instructor: August, 2008-current
Canyon Explorations/Expeditions, Grand Canyon, Colorado River Guide: August, 2000-current (summer seasonal)
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Grand Canyon, Colorado River Guide: September, 2002-current (summer seasonal)
Alaska Rendezvou Heli-Ski Guides, Helicopter Ski Guide: March/April 2006-current (spring seasonal)