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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Site, Seasonality, and Satisfaction: A Tourism Marketing Study in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Lillian E. Oles

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Investigating the Effect of Using Humorous Threats in Recreation Area Rules Signage to Influence Behavioral Intentions, Jacob Timothy Vargas

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Outdoor Recreation Benefits in Urban Areas: An Importance-Performance Analysis of Residents' Perception in Morgantown, West Virginia, Zachary D. Cox

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Confluence: Evaluating the Individual Learning Outcomes of a Combined Citizen Science and Environmental Education Project, Evan A. Harms

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Synergies Between Residents: Evaluating Support and Concerns of Recreation and Tourism Economic Development within the Monongahela National Forest Region, Morgan R. Martin

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Outdoor recreation participation: Negotiation strategies for overcoming constraints related to Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Larissa Martins

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WVU Core Arboretum User Motivations, Demographics, and Satisfaction: A Snapshot From Summer of 2022 to Spring of 2023, Bennett F. Phillips

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Comparing activity-based market segments on the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Eric Eugene Snyder

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Mountain Biking Mountaineers: Insights into the West Virginia Mountain Biking Community, Connor Mullin

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Transference of Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy Observed Through Adventure West Virginia Student Trip Leaders, Ashley Irene Fox

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Understanding Visitor Use at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Melissa Maria Hurtado Alvarez

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Visitation to the Monongahela National Forest: An Activity-based Segmentation Approach, Connor Braxton Akers

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Adolescent Adventures in Geology: Impacts of Geoscience-focused STEM Education Combined with Recreation Activities on Adolescents’ Perceived Self-Efficacy, Lauren Janowicz

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A qualitative case study research investigation of youth outcomes during an Appalachian water-quality citizen science program, Jessica Kaplan

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Understanding Academic Relevancy: Linking Practice to Classroom Through Adventure STEM Education, Alice Morgan

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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The effect of resident attitudes, social capital, and stakeholder engagement on rural tourism development in West Virginia., Doug Arbogast

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Developing an Operational Model of Sustainable Recreation: A Qualitative Study of USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region National Forests, Jeremy A. Golston

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Predictions of Participant Satisfaction and Loyalty at the West Virginia University Outdoor Education Center, Connor R. James

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Interpreting Consultation: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Native American Perceptions of Engagement Practices, Benjamin Barron Richardson

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Wilderness recreation---an analysis of social carrying capacity, regional differences, and the role of gender, Katharina Will

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Resource-based destination competitiveness evaluation using analytic hierarchy process (AHP): The case study of West Virginia, Yanhong Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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An Analysis of Recreation User Perceptions: Crowding, Conflict, and Satisfaction at Diamond Lake, Oregon, Christoper D. Caplinger

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Rock Climbers in the New River Gorge: Attitudes toward Management Actions and Trust of Park Managers, Kathryn M. McKenney

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Public Land Management Values: A Delphi Study of Austrian and Pacific Northwest United States Recreation Resource Managers, Jessie Meybin

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An Assessment of Usage and Physical Activity Patterns, Measurement of Satisfaction Indicators and Purpose of Visit at Two University Recreation Centers, Robin L. Yeager

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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The Impacts of an Outdoor Orientation Program on Participants' Self Evaluated Trait Emotional Intelligence, Coy James Belknap III

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Understanding cliff use at the New River Gorge National River: combining visitor observations and resource impact assessments, D. Kyle Olcott

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Religious and environmental values in PCUSA and UCC church camp programs, Ross S. Bash

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Linking tourism resources and local economic development: A spatial analysis in West Virginia, David Dyre

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Constraints to participation in an outdoor orientation program, Madeleine Hoden

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An Exploration of the Spatial Distribution of National Park Units, Daniel Servian

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Social Worlds of Rock Climbers at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, Katherine A. Thompson

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Examining the influence of indicator variables on crowding and visitor experience: A case study of the White Salmon River in Washington, Candace L. Weaver

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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The role of urban forests in sustainable tourism development: A case study of Savannah, GA, Stacy L. Casinelli

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The influence of a challenge course based pre-orientation's curriculum integration on participants' perceived self-efficacy, Simon J. Grout

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Orientation of community-based tourism programs towards sustainable tourism criteria in a newly established democracy: The case of CBT Kochkor, Kyrgyz Republic, Trent F. Milam

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Contributing and constraining factors to collaborative land use planning: Consequences of proposed housing development "in and around" the New River Gorge National River, Candice Jo Ann Riley

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A needs assessment of West Virginia environmental educators: West Virginia Environmental Education Association and West Virginia University County Extension Agents, Amanda Rae Swecker See

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Development of outdoor recreation resource amenity indices for West Virginia, Jing Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Management perceptions of off-highway vehicle use on National Forest system lands in Appalachia, Katherine A. Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Geographic interpretation: The role of spatial knowledge in the interpretation of natural resources, Heidi Leigh Bailey

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Willingness to pay as a predictor of viability for three different recreational pass variables, Jessica Ann Neff

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It takes a town to build a trail: Relationships between nonprofit organizations and local governments in rail-trail and greenway development in three West Virginia communities, Kelly L. Pack

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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The changes in life effectiveness following ropes course participation for Becoming an Outdoors -Woman (BOW) participants, Maureen A. Dougherty

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Methods to examine social change during National Forest Plan revision, Jason M. Siniscalchi

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Exploring visitor meanings of place in the National Capital Parks - Central, Wei-Li Jasmine Chen

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Youth leadership life skills development of participants in the West Virginia 4-H camping program, Rebecca Diane Duncan