Erin Seekamp
Goodnight Distinguished Professor, Director Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative
Biltmore Hall (Robertson Wing) 4008H
Bio
Education
Ph.D., Natural Resources, University of Idaho, June 2006
M.S., Forestry, Virginia Tech, December 2000
B.S., Anthropology, James Madison University, May 1998
Current Research Interests
- Partnerships, decision-making, capacity building
- Climate adaptation planning
- Community-based conservation
- Conservation behaviors
In the News
- USGS “Featured Story”: Safeguarding Our Cultural Past from Future Climate Change: Stories from Cape Lookout National Seashore
Tourism Extension
- Read recent posts about what’s new from Tourism Extension at NC State and find Tourism Extension programs, reports and factsheets.
Publications
- Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2024)
- Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers , JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2024)
- Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks , Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (2024)
- Multi-criteria decision approach for climate adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States: Application of AHP method , CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT (2024)
- Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (2024)
- Uncovering Implicit Western Science and Indigenous Values Embedded in Climate Change and Cultural Resource Adaptation Policy and Guidance , HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT-POLICY & PRACTICE (2024)
- Socio-spatial factors influence climate change adaptation decisions of rural coastal landowners , LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (2023)
- Sustainable Adaptation Planning for Cultural Heritage in Coastal Tourism Destinations Under Climate Change: A Mixed-Paradigm of Preservation and Conservation Optimization , Journal of Travel Research (2023)
- Tourist Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Ecotourism in Southern Mexico , Tourism and Hospitality (2023)
- Actor-network theory and organizational resilience to climate change in community-based tourism , JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2022)