{"id":13309,"date":"2019-10-16T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T20:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/?page_id=13309"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:34:43","slug":"faculty-experts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/research\/faculty-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our People Are Our Greatest Asset<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management is recognized worldwide for its <strong>cutting-edge research<\/strong> in outdoor recreation, sustainable tourism, parks and protected areas, environmental education and communication, sport and society, equity and environmental justice, geoanalytics, community health and well-being, and community capacity and resilience. <strong>Our research teams are cross-disciplinary<\/strong> and are often comprised of experts from a variety of fields within the department, the broader College of Natural Resources, other colleges at NC State and representatives from government agencies, the private sector, industry or other universities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/group\/prtm\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Browse Faculty and Staff<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get to know some of our amazing departmental faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/carla-barbieri\/\">Carla Barbieri<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in agritourism, seeking to maximize farmers\u2019 gains, conserve natural and cultural resources, and foster societal benefits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/jason-bocarro\/\">Jason Bocarro<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in nature-based health programming, built environment and public spaces and human health, sport for health and community development, leadership and management of sport and recreation organizations, legacy of mega sport events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/kyle-bunds\/\">Kyle Bunds<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in sport and sustainable community development, primarily in the areas of environmental policy and management, political ecology, and equitability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/kimberly-bush\/\">Kim Bush<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in social equity and inclusion in sport and physical activity and scholarship of teaching and learning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/jonathan-casper\/\">Jonathan Casper<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in sport marketing and sustainability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/bethanycutts\/\">Bethany Cutts<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in human dimensions of the environment and geospatial analytics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/michael-b-edwards\/\">Mike Edwards<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in sport for health and community development, rural physical activity and health, youth sport, sport organizational management, and program evaluation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/myron-floyd\/\">Myron Floyd<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in the promotion of parks and public greenspaces as settings for physical activity and understanding race and ethnic disparities in outdoor recreation participation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/aaron-hipp\/\">Aaron Hipp<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in the use of public spaces and active living, primarily using quantitative methods and new technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/whitney-knollenberg\/\">Whitney Knollenberg<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in the role of leadership and policy in sustainable tourism development, particularly in the context of rural tourism and food and beverage tourism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/lincoln-larson\/\">Lincoln Larson<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in human dimensions of natural resource management.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/yu-fai-leung\/\">Yu-Fai Leung<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in the study of innovations in planning, management, and monitoring of visitor (recreation and tourism) use and impacts in parks and protected areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/duarte-morais\/\">Duarte Morais<\/a> &#8211; Specialises in the development of tourism microentrepreneurship and its integration in formal tourism systems for added destination equity and competitiveness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/erin-seekamp\/\">Erin Seekamp<\/a> &#8211; Specializes in climate adaptation planning, community-based conservation and conservation behaviors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/kathryn-tate-stevenson\/\">Kathryn Stevenson<\/a> &#8211; 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