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Agritourism Research: The Clemson Campus Connection

South Carolina's Tourism Higher Education Players. "South Carolina is too small for a republic, and too large for a mental asylum."

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Agritourism Research: The Clemson Campus Connection

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    1. Agritourism Research: The Clemson Campus Connection Dr. William C. Norman Associate Professor Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management wnorman@clemson.edu

    2. South Carolina’s Tourism Higher Education Players "South Carolina is too small for a republic, and too large for a mental asylum." — James Pettigrew But we have five tourism programs and six tourism research centers!

    3. Clemson University Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management (PRTM): Dr. Sheila Backman (back@clemson.edu) Dr, Greg Ramshaw (gramsha@clemson.edu) PSA: Dr. Ken Backman (frank@clemson.edu) Dr. Bill Norman (wnorman@clemson.edu) Clemson International Institute for Tourism Research & Development Dr. Bob Brookover (bob@clemson.edu) Ms. Laurie Jodice (jodicel@clemson.edu)

    4. University of South Carolina School of Hotel, Restaurant, & Tourism Management International Tourism Research Institute Dr. Richard Harrill (rharrill@mailbox.sc.edu) Sloan Foundation Travel & Tourism Industry Center Dr. Robert Li (robertli@mailbox,sc.edu)

    5. College of Charleston Department of Hospitality and Tourism Dr. Steve Litvin (litvins@cofc.edu) Dr. Wayne Smith (smithww@cofc.edu) Dr. John Crotts (crottsj@cofc.edu) Office of Tourism Analysis Dr. Bing Pan (bpan@cofc.edu)

    6. Coastal Carolina University E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration Resort Tourism Management and Clay Brittain Jr. Center for Resort Tourism Dr. Taylor Damonte (tdamonte@clemson.edu) BB&T Center for Economic and Community Development Mr. Gary Loftus (gloftus@coastal.edu) Dr. Donald Schunk (dschunk@coastal.edu)

    7. University of South Carolina Beaufort (Bluffton Campus) Hospitality Management Program Dr. Charles Calvert (calvert@uscb.edu) LowCountry and Resort Islands Tourism Institute Dr. John Salazar (salazar@uscb.edu)

    8. Clemson University Food & Tourism Initiatives Teaching Research Service

    9. Teaching Culinary Tourism Creative Inquiry Team A collaboration between PRTM and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Marge Condrasky (mcondra@clemson.edu) Travel and tourism undergraduate concentration (n=100) Travel and tourism graduate program (MS, MPRTM, Ph.D.)

    10. Research Thoroughbred Country Tourist Conversion and Destination Branding Study Lower Savannah Council of Governments Sustainable Tourism Destination Project for Floyd and Patrick Counties in Southwestern Virginia National Park Service and Blue Ridge Heritage Incorporated Partnered with Clemson’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and Virginia Tech

    11. Research: Collaborative College of Health, Education and Human Development Tourism and Community Development Collaborative Team Collaboration between: PRTM Department of Applied Economics and Statistics Clemson International Institute for Tourism Research and Development Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development

    12. Research: Collaborative Projects Building Sustainable Community-Based Economic Development and Management Linkages Between Traditional Coastal-Dependent Business and SC’s Recreation and Tourism Industry South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Rural Development RBEG Grant - Pee Dee Agritourism Initiative Blake Lanford USDA Development of an Action Plan to Increase the Sustainable and Regionally Appropriate Use of Natural and Historic Resources in Union County, South Carolina U.S. Forest Service

    13. Service Foodways and Byways: The Role of Food in Rural Tourism Marketing, Product Develop-ment and Supply Chain Management My PSA Project Research builds on previous PSA project on shrimp and tourism research. South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Pilot test of Food Importance Scale (FAS) based on the Sajna Shenoy’s (2005) dissertation “Food Tourism and the Culinary Tourist” Web and mail survey of visitors (on-going) utilizing FIS

    14. Reward System Keys to working with faculty in the current fiscal climate: Generates extramural funding with overhead Funds faculty salary and graduate student assistantships Opportunity for dissertations, thesis and projects Provides learning experiences for undergraduates Class projects Internships Results in peer reviewed publications and conference presentations Media friendly

    15. Thank You Questions?

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