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Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management
Jim Barborak is a multilingual specialist in protected area planning and management with over 40 years experience in over 25 nations
Assistant Professor
Climate & environmental justice, political ecology of conservation & development, Indigenous rights, Latin America
Professor, Sustainable Tourism, Coordinator of Global Tourism Concentration
His research focus includes sustainable tourism development - linking tourism, nature conservation and protected areas; collaborative conservation and protected area management; and perceptions of landscape disturbance - implications for human dimensions of natural resources, recreation and tourism.
Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management
Protected Area Management, Ecotourism, Environmental Interpretation, and Conservation Leadership
Assistant Professor; Natural Resource Tourism
community-based tourism, sustainability, empowerment, poverty alleviation, tourism resilience
Master Instructor | Undergraduate Coordinator | Internship Coordinator | Conference Coordinator
Internships, career preparation, event planning, natural resource ecology and measurements.
Director of Enterprise Programs, Program Manager for Conservation Leadership
Leadership development with emphasis in environmental education.