Kyle M. Woosnam
Abbreviated curriculum vitae
May 2015
Education
Clemson University
Virginia Tech
University of Illinois
Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management (Ph.D.)
Forestry (M.S.)
Leisure Studies (B.S. with High Honors)
May 2008
August 2003
January 2001
Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences (Associate Professor)
Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences (Assistant Professor)
Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management (Adjunct Professor)
Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management (GRA/GTA)
Forestry (GRA/GTA)
Forestry (Field/Lab Technician)
National Laboratory for Tourism and e-Commerce (RA)
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (RA)
2014-present
2008-2014
2007-2008
2004-2008
2001-2003
2001
2000
1999-2000
Tourism Review International
Tourism Analysis
Leisure Sciences
Event Management
Journal of Travel Research
2014-present
2014-present
2013-present
2012-present
2011-present
Academic appointments
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Clemson University
Clemson University
Virginia Tech
Mississippi State University
University of Illinois
University of Illinois
Editorial board appointments
Courses taught
Texas A&M University
Course evaluation avg1
RPTS 336: Recreation research and analysis (11 times)
RPTS 615: Analytic techniques in RPTS (3 times)
RPTS 426: Tourism impacts (2 times)
RPTS 626: Social impacts of tourism (2 times)
RENR 400: Study abroad in natural resources—South Pacific (5 times)
4.69
4.54
4.91
4.79
4.63
Teaching awards
Texas A&M University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Achievement
Award for Early Career Teaching Recipient
2013
Fish Camp Namesake
2013
Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Scholars Program
2012-2013
Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence
2011
Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence
2010
Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence
2009
Journal articles
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Woosnam, K.M., & Aleshinloye2, K.D. (accepted, in press). Residents’ emotional solidarity with tourists:
Explaining perceived impacts of a cultural heritage festival. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism
Research.
Woosnam, K.M., Jiang2, J., Van Winkle, C., Kim2, H., & Maruyama, N.E. (accepted, in press). Explaining
festival impacts on a hosting community through motivations to attend. Event Management.
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Woosnam, K.M., Dudensing, R.M., & Walker, J.R. (accepted, in press). How does emotional solidarity
factor into visitor spending among birders in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas? Journal of
Travel Research.
Choi, Y., Kim2, H., Woosnam, K.M., Marcouiller, D.W., & Kim, H.J. (accepted, in press). Urban
resettlement in residential redevelopment projects: Considering desire to resettle and willingness to
pay. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.
Maruyama, N. & Woosnam, K.M. (2015). Residents’ ethnic attitudes and support for ethnic neighborhood
tourism: The case of a Brazilian town in Japan. Tourism Management, 50, 225-237.
Boley, B.B., Maruyama, N., & Woosnam, K.M. (2015). Measuring empowerment in an eastern context:
Findings from Japan. Tourism Management, 50, 112-122.
Kim2, H., Woosnam, K.M., & Marcouiller, D.W. (2015). Spatial and temporal contours in economic losses
from natural disasters: A case study of Florida. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 19(3), 457464.
Woosnam, K.M., Shafer, C.S., Scott, D., & Timothy, D.J. (2015). Tourists’ perceived safety through
emotional solidarity with residents in two Mexico-United States border regions. Tourism
Management, 46, 263-273.
Woosnam, K.M., & Kim2, H. (2014). Hurricane impacts on Southeastern US coastal national park
visitation. Tourism Geographies, 16(3), 364-381.
Woosnam, K.M., & Aleshinloye2, K.D., Van Winkle, C. & Qian2, W. (2014). Applying and expanding the
theoretical framework of emotional solidarity in a festival context. Event Management, 18(2), 141152.
Jiang2, J., Woosnam, K.M., & Draper, J. (2014). Structural elements of articles and diachronous citation
analysis among top-ranking tourism journals (1990-2010). Tourism Management Perspectives, 12,
48-56.
Van Winkle, C., & Woosnam, K.M. (2014). Sense of community and perceptions of festival social
impacts. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 5(1), 22-38.
Woosnam, K.M., Van Winkle, C., & An, S. (2013). Confirming the Festival Social Impact Attitude Scale
in the context of a rural Texas cultural festival. Event Management, 17(3), 257-270.
Woosnam, K.M. (2013). Modifying the IOS Scale among tourists. Annals of Tourism Research, 42, 431434.
Woosnam, K.M., & Aleshinloye2, K.D. (2013). Can tourists experience emotional solidarity with
residents? Testing Durkheim’s model from a new perspective. Journal of Travel Research, 52(4),
494-505.
Van Winkle, C., Woosnam, K.M., & Mohammed, A.M (2013). Sense of community and festival
attendance. Event Management, 17(2), 155-163.
Woosnam, K.M. (2012). Using emotional solidarity to explain residents’ attitudes about tourism
development. Journal of Travel Research, 51(3), 315-327.
Woosnam, K.M. (2011). Comparing residents’ and tourists’ emotional solidarity with one another: An
extension of Durkheim’s model. Journal of Travel Research, 50(6), 615-626.
Choi, Y., Kim2, H., Woosnam, K.M., & Hur, C. (2011). Planning for natural resources: Overcoming
environmental crisis through an adaptive management system in a Texas urban forest region.
Journal of the Korea Planners Association, 46(6), 189-201.
Woosnam, K.M. (2011). Testing a model of Durkheim’s theory of emotional solidarity among residents of
a tourism community. Journal of Travel Research, 50(5), 546-558.
Draper, J., Woosnam, K.M. (first author), & Norman, W.C. (2011). Tourism use history: Exploring a new
framework for understanding residents’ attitudes toward tourism. Journal of Travel Research,
50(1), 64-77.
Woosnam, K.M., & Lee2, Y.J. (2011). Applying social distance to voluntourism research. Annals of
Tourism Research, 38(1), 309-313.
Arsal, I., Woosnam, K.M., Baldwin, E.D., & Backman, S.J. (2010). Residents as travel destination
information providers: An online community perspective. Journal of Travel Research, 49(4), 400413.
Lee2, Y.J., & Woosnam, K.M. (2010). Voluntourists’ transformation and the theory of integrative crosscultural adaptation. Annals of Tourism Research, 37(4), 1186-1189.
Woosnam, K.M., & Norman, W.C. (2010). Measuring residents’ emotional solidarity with tourists: Scale
development of Durkheim’s theoretical constructs. Journal of Travel Research. 49(3), 365-380.
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Woosnam, K.M. (2010). The Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) Scale. Annals of Tourism Research,
37(3), 857-860.
Woosnam, K.M., Norman, W.C., & Ying, T. (2009). Exploring the theoretical framework of emotional
solidarity between residents and tourists. Journal of Travel Research, 48(2), 245-258.
Woosnam, K.M., McElroy, K.E., & Van Winkle, C. (2009). The role of personal values in determining
tourist motivations: An application to the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, a cultural special
event. Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, 18(5), 500-511.
Woosnam, K.M., Jodice, L.W., Von Harten, A., & Rhodes, R. (2008). Investigating marine recreational
fishing stakeholders’ perspectives across three South Carolina coastal regions: The first step
towards collaboration. Journal of Extension [On-line], 46(2). Accessible at
http://www.joe.org/joe/2008april/rb2.shtml
Woosnam, K.M. (2007). Emotional solidarity: Transcending the superficial relationships between residents
and tourists. e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR). 5(4), 74-80.
Woosnam, K.M., Dixon, H.E.T., & Brookover, R. S. (2006). Influence of campus recreation facilities on
decision to attend a southeastern university: A pilot study. Recreational Sports Journal, 30(1), 7076.
Manuscripts in progress
Erul2, E., & Woosnam, K.M. (in 2nd review). Antalya residents’ perceived impacts of all-inclusive resorts
in the Turkish coastal destination. Submitted to Tourism Management.
Maruyama, N., Woosnam, K.M., & Boley, B.B. (in review). Comparing levels of empowerment among
two culturally-diverse resident populations in Oizumi, Japan. Submitted to Journal of Sustainable
Tourism.
Harmon2, J., & Woosnam, K.M. (in review). Leisure expatriation: Building on past experience. Submitted
to Leisure Sciences.
Woosnam, K.M., Maruyama, N., & Boley, B.B. (in review). Perceptions of the “Other” residents:
Implications for attitudes of tourism development focused on the minority ethnic group. Submitted
to Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing.
Woosnam, K.M., Aleshinloye2, K.D., & Maruyama, N. (in review). Solidarity at the Osun Osogbo Sacred
Grove—A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Submitted to Tourism Planning & Development.
Kim2, H., Woosnam, K.M., Marcouiller, D.W., & Aleshinloye 2, K.D. (in review). Urban residential
mobility preference: Considering the role of geography of opportunity and place attachment.
Submitted to Growth and Change.
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Overall mean score on instruction (17 positively-worded items on scale of 1-5, where 1 = strongly disagree; 5 =
strongly agree)
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Graduate student