Dr. Kelly S. Bricker completed her Ph.D. research
with The Pennsylvania State University where she specialized
in sustainable tourism development.
She has special research interest in sustainable tourism,
natural resource management, outdoor recreation, and community
and heritage tourism development, ecotourism, sense of place
and incentive travel programs.
Dr. Bricker has worked all over the world, employed as guide,
tourism manager, wilderness instructor, scuba and sailing
instructor, professor, and researcher.
She has taught at the University of the South Pacific in
Fiji, West Virginia University, and Sacramento State.
She is currently Senior Scientist in recreation with Devine
Tarbell & Associates, part-time professor at Sacramento
State University, Chair of the board for the International
Ecotourism Society, and co-founder of WILD-U.
