Carter Hunt

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Research Summary

Research interests include tourism-supported biodiversity conservation and sustainable community development, impacts of tourism on both destination communities and on travelers, environmental anthropology, and Latin America.

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Projects

Recent Publications

Drivers of tropical deforestation: A global review of methodological approaches and analytical scales

Bernhard, K. P., Shapiro, A. C. & Hunt, C. A., Jan 2024, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 33, 1, p. 1-29 29 p.

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The values that linger: a tribute to Valene Smith

Hunt, C., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Tourism Geographies.

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Ecological Legacies and Ethnotourism: Bridging Science and Community in Ecuador’s Amazonia

Sarmiento, F. O., Bush, M. B., McMichael, C. N. H., Chávez, C. R., Cruz, J. F., Rivas-Torres, G., Kavoori, A., Weatherford, J. & Hunt, C. A., Jun 2024, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 16, 11, 4664.

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Setting Up Roots: Opportunities for Biocultural Restoration in Recently Inhabited Settings

Hunt, C. A., Jones, M. E., Bustamante, E., Zambrano, C., Carrión-Klier, C. & Jäger, H., Feb 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 3, 2775.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Ecotourism, eudaimonia, and sustainability insights

Lengieza, M. L., Hunt, C. A. & Swim, J. K., 2023, In: Journal of Ecotourism. 22, 1, p. 43-58 16 p.

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Regenerative landscape design: an integrative framework to enhance sustainability planning

Smithwick, E. A. H., Baka, J., Bird, D., Blaszscak-Boxe, C., Cole, C. A., Fuentes, J. D., Gergel, S. E., Glenna, L. L., Grady, C., Hunt, C. A., Iulo, L. D., Kaye, J. & Keller, K., Oct 2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 4

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Evaluating Nature-Based Tourism Destination Attractiveness with a Fuzzy-AHP Approach

Gu, X., Hunt, C. A., Jia, X. & Niu, L., Jul 1 2022, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 14, 13, 7584.

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Tourism, compounding crises, and struggles for sovereignty

Hunt, C. A., Barragán-Paladines, M. J., Izurieta, J. C. & Ordóñez L, A., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 31, 10, p. 2381-2398 18 p.

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Why Latin America Has Embraced Ecotourism

Hunt, C. A., Feb 1 2022, In: Current History. 121, 832, p. 69-74 6 p.

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Evaluating residents’ perceptions of nature-based tourism with a factor-cluster approach

Gu, X., Hunt, C. A., Lengieza, M. L., Niu, L., Wu, H., Wang, Y. & Jia, X., Jan 1 2021, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 13, 1, p. 1-19 19 p., 199.

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Service Learning as Community Development? Local Resident Perspectives of Community-Engaged Educational Travel

Habashy, N. B. & Hunt, C. A., 2021, In: Tourism Review International. 45, 2-3, p. 247-262 16 p.

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Indigenous tourism and cultural justice in a Tz’utujil Maya community, Guatemala

Harbor, L. C. & Hunt, C. A., Jan 1 2021, In: Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 29, 2-3, p. 214-233 20 p.

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Narcotourism: a conceptual framework and research agenda

Hunt, C., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Tourism Geographies.

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Effects of post-trip eudaimonic reflections on affect, self-transcendence and philanthropy

Lengieza, M. L., Swim, J. K. & Hunt, C. A., Jan 1 2021, In: Service Industries Journal. 41, 5-6, p. 285-306 22 p.

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Understanding emerging adult identity development through work at a residential outdoor environmental education program: an application of social practice theory

Mateer, T. J., Taff, B. D., Hunt, C. A., Allison, P. & Will, E., 2021, In: Environmental Education Research. 27, 9, p. 1383-1400 18 p.

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