Kelly S. Bricker

Kelly S. Bricker, PhD

Academic Office Information

kelly.bricker@health.utah.edu

Kelly S. Bricker is a professor and Chair in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism in the College of Health. She has research and teaching interests in nature-based tourism, sense of place, gateway communities, natural resource management, health benefits of nature-based experiences, and the impacts of tourism. Bricker is the co-author or editor of seven books on sustainable tourism, ecotourism, and the restorative qualities of nature. She has contributed numerous chapters to books on tourism’s environmental and social impacts and authored more than 60 journal articles. Bricker serves the boards of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, the Tourism and Protected Area Specialist Group of the IUCN, and the Central Wasatch Stakeholders Council. With her husband, partners in OARS, and 12 communities in the rural highlands of Fiji, Bricker established a lease for conservation on the Upper Navua River, through an ecotourism project they created called Rivers Fiji. She completed her doctorate degree at The Pennsylvania State University, where she specialized in sustainable tourism and protected area management.

Research Statement

I am a sociologist and geographer with an interest in sustainable forms of tourism development, with a particular focus on nature-based tourism and socio-cultural tourism impacts. I approach these concepts from multi-disciplinary perspectives by incorporating into my investigations aspects of socio-cultural anthropology, geographical concepts of place attachment, and principles of ecology, outdoor recreation and natural resource management.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Winter, P, Bricker, K, Schultz, J (In Press). Value Orientation and Sustainable Recreation and Tourism: Perspectives from Forest Service Managers. (Epub ahead of print)
  2. Winter PL (12/20/2019). Outdoor Recreation, Nature-Based Tourism, and Sustainability. Sustainability (New Rochelle), 12, 81.
  3. Joyner L (12/05/2019). Community Engagement: An Appreciative Inquiry Case Study with Theodore Roosevelt National Park Gateway Communities. . Sustainability (New Rochelle), 11, 7147.
  4. Bricker K (10/01/2019). Dare to Dream Big.
  5. Bricker K (10/01/2019). The Meaning of Professionalism. 7.
  6. Brownlee M (10/01/2019). Doing More With Less. . 7.
  7. Snyman S (07/01/2019). Living on the edge: Benefit-sharing from protected area tourism. . 27, 705-719.
  8. Hendricks B (04/01/2019). The Future of Parks and Recreation: One Health. . 37.
  9. Schwab K (03/01/2019). Life of Mind. 37.
  10. Schmalz D (02/01/2019). The cycle of food socialization: leisure as resistance.
  11. Bricker K (02/01/2019). Shattering Stereotypes and Glass Ceilings Alike. 37.
  12. Brownlee M (02/01/2019). Lessons from the Legends: Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Leaders. 37, 154-157.
  13. Dustin D (02/01/2019). Lessons from the Legends: Pay It Forward. 37.
  14. Schwab K (02/01/2019). “Lessons from the Legends: Recreation for All.”. 37, 155-158.
  15. Schmalz D (01/01/2019). Post-tenure pathways: Individualized careers in higher education. . 34.
  16. A Schroeder (05/01/2014).
  17. Dusitn, DL and Bricker, K (Feb 2011). Life as Synecdoche: Ansel Adams and the Expanding Liberal Democratic Tradition. Leisure (Waterloo), 35(1), 7-17.
  18. Kerstetter D, Bricker K, Li H (2010). Vanua and the people of the Fijian Highlands: Understanding sense of place in the context of nature-based tourism. 15(1), 31-44.
  19. Dustin D, Bricker K, Schwab K (2010). People and Nature: Toward an Ecological Model of Health Promotion', Leisure Sciences, 32: 1, 3 — 14. Leis Sci, 32(1), 3-14.
  20. Kerstetter D, Bricker K (2009). Exploring Fijian's sense of place after exposure to tourism development. 17(6), 691-708.
  21. Walker J, Mowen A, Hendricks W, Kruger J, Morrow J, Bricker K (2009). Physical Activity in the Park Setting (PA-PS) Questionnaire: Reliability in a California Statewide Sample. J Phys Act Health, 6(1), S97-S104.
  22. Bricker K, Chavez DJ, Hendricks WW (2008). Recreation and fire management in urban national forests: a study of manager perspectives. Fire social science research from the Pacific Southwest Research Station: studies supported by National Fire Plan funds. PSW-GTR-209., 69-87.
  23. Hendricks WW, Chavez DJ, Bricker K (2008). Place attachment and recreational constraints relating to fire management. Fire social science research from the Pacific Southwest Research Station: studies supported by National Fire Plan funds. PSW-GTR-209., 21-31.
  24. Kyle G, Bricker K, Graefe A, Wickham T (2004). An examination of recreationists relationships with activities and settings. Leis Sci, 26, 123-142.
  25. Bricker K, Kerstetter D (2002). An interpretation of special place meanings whitewater recreationists attach to the South Fork of the American River. 4(4), 396-425.
  26. Bricker K, Sirakaya E, Berno T (2002). Sustainable tourism curriculum development. Ann Tour Res, 29(2), 562-564.
  27. Berno T, Bricker K (2001). Sustainable tourism development: The long road from theory to practice. 3(3), 1-18.
  28. Bricker K, Kerstetter D (2000). Place attachment and whitewater specialists: A case study on the South Fork of the American River. Leis Sci, 22(4), 233-257.
  29. Cottrell S, Bricker K, Verhoven P (1999). An exploratory assessment of changes in traveler perceptions of two exotic incentive travel destinations: Fiji and Tahiti. 41(1), 29-34.
  30. Kerstetter D, Confer J, Bricker K (1998). Industrial heritage attractions: Types and tourists. 7(2), 91-104.
  31. Cottrell S, Bricker K, Kerstetter D, Verhoven P (1998). A qualitative analysis of the decision making process for selecting travel as a “value-added” incentive. 17(1), 11-22.
  32. Kerstetter D, Bricker K, Gitelson R (1996). The influence of a spouse or partner in travel decision-making. 15(2), 40-44.

Book Chapter

  1. Bricker K, Kerstetter, D (In Press). Impacts on Tradition: A Case Study of Rural Fijian Ecotourism Development (Invited) (Publish date January 2011). In Dodd, J (Eds.).
  2. Bricker K (08/01/2019). Business Models and Sustainable Tourism. In Edward Elgar Publishing, UK (pp. 126-139). Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.
  3. Kerstetter D, Bricker K (2012). Relationship Between Carrying Capacity of Small Island Tourism Destinations and Quality-of-Life. In Uysal M, Perdue R, Sirgy, J (Eds.), Handbook of Tourism and Quality of Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities (pp. 445-462). New York: Springer Publishers.
  4. Bricker K, Dustin D, Bricker N (2010). Leisure, the Environment, and Sustainability (Invited). In Human Kinetics (Ed.), Dimensions of Leisure for Life: Individuals and Society (First Edition, p. 384). Champaign: Human Kinetics.
  5. Kelly S Bricker (2010). Why Ride Roughshod Over the Great Outdoors? In Karen Paisley, Daniel L. Dustin (Eds.), Speaking Up, Speaking Out (First). Champaign: Sagamore.
  6. Bricker K (2009). USA Policy Initiatives and Environmental Performance of Tourism Enterprises (Invited). In David Leslie (Ed.), Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development: International Perspectives on the Responses to the Sustainability Agenda (First Edition). Routledge: Advances in Tourism Research Series.
  7. Andereck K, Bricker K, Kerstetter D, Nickerson N (2007). Making the visitor experience memorable (Invited). In G Jennings, N Nickerson (Eds.), Quality Tourism Experiences (First Edition, pp. 81-96). Butterworth Heinemann.
  8. Bricker K, Kerstetter D (2006). Saravanua ni Vanua: Exploring the meanings of place in the rural highlands of Fiji (Invited). In G. Jennings & N. Nickerson (Eds.), Quality Tourism Experiences? (pp. 99-109). Butterworth Heinemann.
  9. Bricker K, Daniels M, Carmichael B (2006). Quality tourism development and planning (Invited). In G. Jennings & N. Nickerson (Eds.), Quality Tourism Experiences? (pp. 171-189). Butterworth Heinemann.
  10. Bricker K (2003). Ecotourism development in Fiji: Policy, practice, and political instability (Invited). In R.K. Dowling & D.A. Fennell (Eds.), Ecotourism policy and planning (pp. 187-204). Wallingford, UK: CABI Publications.
  11. Cottrell S, Bricker K (2001). Het effect van servicekwaliteit bij promotiereizen op de loyaliteit van klanten (Invited). In J. Lengkeek & L. Boomars (Eds.), Producten van verbeelding (pp. 161-173). Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen University Press.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Bricker, K, Ezaki, A (2009). Ecotourism Outlook 2009. In Suzanne Cook (Ed.), Marketing Outlook Forum, Washington DC: US Travel Association.

Other

  1. Bricker K, Winter P, Schultz J (Sept 2010). Health, Economy, and Community: USDA Forest Service Managers' Perspectives on Sustainable Outdoor Recreation. Malin (Ed.), Rural Connections (5(1), pp. 38-42). Logan, UT: Western Rural Development Center.
  2. Dustin, DL, Schwab, K, Bricker, KS (2010). Thermus aquaticus and You: Biodiversity, Human Health, and the Interpretive Challenge. Linda Kruger, USDA FS (Eds.), Rural Connections (2010, 51(1), pp. 47-50). Western Rural Development Center.
  3. Jacobs, JA, Bricker, KS, Gordon, N, Hendricks, WW, Goldenberg, M, Greenwood, JB (2010). Youth Outdoors: California Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights. Sue Myllykangas (Ed.), Parks and Recreation Magazine (January, 2010, 45(1), pp. 33-39). Ashburn, VA: National Recreation and Park Association.