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Lindsay Usher

Lindsay Usher

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Human Movement Sciences

Contact Information

2019 STUDENT RECREATION CTR
NORFOLK, VA 23529

Email: lusher@odu.edu

Phone: 757-683-7056

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Biography

Dr. Lindsay Usher is an associate professor of Park, Recreation and Tourism Studies. She is a graduate of Penn State University (M.S. and Ph.D. in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. in Recreation Administration and Dramatic Art). Her research interests include surf culture and tourism, as well as resilience and sustainability in the coastal tourism industry. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 2006 to 2008 working as an ecotourism facilitator.

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Education/Credentials

Ph.D. in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, (2013)

M.S. in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, (2010)

B.A. in Recreation Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (2004)

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  • Expertise

    Tourism Impacts on Local Communities
    Surf Culture and Tourism
    Tourism in the Developing World

  • Research Interests

    surf and coastal tourism, sustainable tourism

  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research