Christine Buzinde
Assistant Professor
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.