Join us at the Qualitative Research Methods Workshop to sharpen your skills in applying qualitative methods and analyzing qualitative data. Learn from your fellow tourism researchers during the research roundtables where presenters will share their qualitative methods and findings. These roundtables are designed to provide opportunities for attendees to learn from each other through discussion and engagement with a small audience. In addition to the research roundtables, this workshop features a conversation with experts Dr. Christine Buzinde (Arizona State University), Courtney Hotchkiss (North Carolina State University), and Dr. Ginger Deason (Inter-American Foundation) on the use of qualitative research methods within indigenous communities.
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Moderators: Dr. Alana Dillette, Dr. Whitney Knollenberg and Dr. Nancy McGehee
Papers to be presented:
- A Proposed Examination of the Emotional Labor of Tour Guides Who Interpret the History of Enslavement; Roslynn Powell & Whitney Knollenberg, North Carolina State University
- Autoethnography in the Indigenous Tourism Experience; Sue Beeton
- Black travel is not a monolith; Alana Dillette, San Diego State University; Stefanie Benjamin, University of Tennessee
- Centering Advocacy on the Value of Tourism: The Need for a Shared Understanding of Advocacy in the Tourism Industry; Hailey Post & Whitney Knollenberg, North Carolina State University; Ashley Schroeder, The Pennsylvania State University
- Curating a Gallery of Crisis Engagement: Analysis of User Generated Content of the 416 Fire on Instagram; Elizabeth Cartier & Lorraine Taylor, Fort Lewis College
- Drawings as a way of expressing transformation after a trip; Joelle Soulard, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Nancy McGehee, Virginia Tech University
- Incorporating Empowerment into Protected Area Governance Quality Evaluations; Camila Rojas & Bynum Boley, University of Georgia
- The Academy is like a Body Builder – Why don’t we have new theories?; Linda Lowry, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Visual research methods in tourism: from traditional visuals to Instagram; Serena Volo, Free University of Bozen