Christine Buzinde

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Assistant Professor

cbuzinde@psu.edu

801A Ford Building

Phone: 814-863-9773

Fax: 814-867-1751

PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Current Research Interests

Social aspects of tourism with a particular emphasis on two areas:
a) Politics of tourism representation within heritage sites
b) Endogenous community tourism development

Recent Courses Taught

RPTM 300W Tourism and Leisure Behavior
RPTM 410 Marketing

Selected Publications

Buzinde, C. N., Santos, C. A., & Smith, S.L.J. (2006). Ethnic representations: destination imagery. Annals of Tourism Research, 33, 707-728.

Santos, C.A. & Buzinde, C. N. (2007). Politics of identity and space: Representational Dynamic. Journal of Travel Research, 45(3), 322-332.

Buzinde, C. N. (2007). Representational politics of plantation heritage tourism: The contemporary plantation as a social imaginary. In C. McCarthy, A. A. Filmer, M. D. Giardina & M. Malagreca (Eds.), pp.229-252, Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions in Theory, Method & Policy. Peter Lang.

Buzinde, C. N. & Santos, C. A. (2008). Representations of Slavery. Annals of Tourism Research, 35(2), 469-488.