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Carter Hunt
Carter Hunt
Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and Anthropology
Director, Dual-title Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES)
Director, Intercollegiate Minor in Sustainability Leadership (SUSLD)
Director, Dual-title Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES)
Director, Intercollegiate Minor in Sustainability Leadership (SUSLD)
Summary Statement
My research interests focus on biodiversity conservation, sustainable community development, and nature-based tourism. I explore these themes through the lenses of environmental anthropology, the anthropology of tourism, and conservation psychology.
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Email
Office Address
The Pennsylvania State University
801A Donald H. Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
801A Donald H. Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
Fax
814-867-1751
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Affiliations
- Anthropology
- Latin American Studies
- Dual-title Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES)
- Institutes of Energy and the Environment
- Sustainability Institute
- Intercollegiate Minor in Sustainability Leadership (SUSLD)
- Landscape U: An NSF Research Traineeship in Landscape Science
- Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment Osa and Golfito Initiative
Interests
- Ecotourism and nature-based tourism
- Environmental anthropology & anthropology of tourism
- Biodiversity conservation & protected areas
- Sustainability and sustainable development
- Conservation psychology and pro-environmental behavior
- Ethnographic research methods
- Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Peru, and Tanzania
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