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Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas

Description: This article investigates residents’ value orientation towards wildlife in the context of Bardia National Park (BNP), Nepal. Findings reveal challenges for ecotourism development.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: KC, Birendra; Min, Jihye Ellie & Serenari, Christopher
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism
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The Tourism Sector and U.S. Regional Macroeconomic Stability: A Network Approach

Description: This article investigates how the structural mix of USA regional economies affects their volatility of economic growth using four exogenous sectors: Federal Government, construction, manufacturing, and tourism. Results suggest that a larger share of Federal Government employment in an economy reduces the variability of overall employment growth, while a larger share of construction activity elevates it. Results also show that recently manufacturing has not contributed as much to such variabilit… more
Date: September 13, 2020
Creator: Min, Jihye Ellie; Agrusa, Jerome; Lema, Joseph & Lee, Harold
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism
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Faith in Fat: A Multisite Examination of University Students’ Perceptions of Fat in the Diet

Description: Article examining college students’ perceptions of health among foods with no fat relative to foods with different types of fats (unsaturated and saturated). Findings suggest that college students lack knowledge regarding the vital role played by the type and amount of fats within a healthy diet.
Date: August 24, 2020
Creator: Landry, Matthew J.; Olvany, Jasmine M.; Mueller, Megan P.; Chen, Tiffany; Ikeda, Dana; Sinclair, Danielle et al.
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism
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The Impact of Disasters on a Heritage Tourist Destination: A Case Study of Nepal Earthquakes

Description: Article examining the degree of macroeconomic recovery of the Nepal tourism industry after a natural disaster using the autoregressive integrated moving average model (ARIMA). The study investigated the case of Nepal’s earthquakes in 2015 and examined the impact of the earthquakes on tourism inflows and GDP using time series data from 1990 to 2018.
Date: July 29, 2020
Creator: Min, Jihye Ellie; KC, Birendra; Kim, Seungman & Lee, Jaehoon
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism
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A Signature Assignment Puts Vegetables on the Line

Description: This is an unpublished manuscript that delves into the use of Signature Assignments (SAs) which are real-world applications that embed curriculum learning objectives in routine classwork and facilitate assessment of outcomes across classes and disciplines. SAs tied to key learning objectives demonstrate student growth and reveal areas where instructional improvement might be needed. Additionally, SAs tied to curriculum objectives contribute to program and university understanding of teaching st… more
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism
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Factors Associated with Conservation Participation by Local Communities in Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project, Nepal

Description: This article examines how residents’ natural resource dependency and other social, economic, and access-related variables predict conservation participation.Overall, key findings suggest that conservation participation at Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project (GCAP)—a newly designated mountainous protected area in Nepal— needs to be improved with multiple outreach activities, especially to resource-dependent households.
Date: September 29, 2018
Creator: Paudyal, Ramesh; Thapa, Brijesh; Shree Neupane, Suman & Birendra
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism

I Really Should Change My Mind About These Vegetables - A Signature Assignment with Social Responsibility in Mind

Description: This poster describes an exercise in an undergraduate nutrition class that meets Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) social responsibility objectives and is assessed using a rubric adapted from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) VALUES rubrics. It was presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 51st Annual Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota from July 21-24, 2018.
Date: July 2018
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism
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Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

Description: This article examines a network of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs for bonding and bridging forms of social capital using a social network analysis approach.
Date: January 26, 2018
Creator: KC, Birendra; Morais, Duarte B.; Seekamp, Erin; Smith, Jordan W. & Peterson, M. Nils
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Partner: UNT College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism

Food Choice and Waste in Texas Middle School Cafeterias

Description: Infographic on a study of food choice and waste in Texas middle school cafeterias. During winter/spring 2011 researchers at the University of North Texas (UNT) documented school meal choices in a district that participated in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). This infographic describes the methods and results of the study.
Date: 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L. & Sandifer, Kirby
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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