Linda Lowry

Education

PhD Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991 MA Tourism Development and Travel Administration, George Washington University Washington DC, 1986 BM Music Performance, Univeristy of Tennessee Knoxville, 1978 AA Music Performance, Virginia Intermont College Briston Virginia, 1974

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Tourism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 9/1997-Present Assistant Professor of Tourism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 9/1991-8/1997 Lecturer, Tourism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 9/1986-8/1991

Research Interests

• Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism
• Environmental Impacts of Tourism
• Economic Impacts of Tourism
• Sustainable Tourism Development
• Agri-Tourism (Rural, Farm, Wine)
• Tourism Policy, Planning and Development
• Constructionist Research Methods
• Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

• Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism
• Environmental Impacts of Tourism
• Economic Impacts of Tourism
• Agri-Tourism (Rural, Farm, Wine)
• Tourism Policy
• Tourism Planning
• Sustainable Tourism Development
• Tourism Development

PhD

• Tourism Theory & Research

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Interim Director, 01-08/2004, Division of Professional and Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Selected Publications

Back, R. M. & Lowry, L. L. (2013). A cluster of delights: A case study of the wine farm as agritourism destination. In the American Association of Wine Economists (aawe) 7th Annual Conference 2013 in Stellenbosch, South Africa – June 26-29, 2013.

Cartier, E.. & Lowry, L. (2013). Control and power in tourism: A view of service encounter discourse. In Travel & Tourism Research Association, 44th Annual Conference Proceedings: Keeping it Relevant, June 20-22, 2013 in Kansas City, MO.

Lowry, L.L. (2012). Are picturesque vineyards enough: When does a wine producing region become an economically viable wine tourism destination? – A U.S. perspective. In the American Association of Wine Economists (aawe) 6th Annual Conference 2012 in Princeton, NJ June 7- 10, 2012.

Lowry, L.L. & Lee, M. (2011). CittaSlow, slow cities, slow food: Searching for a model for the development of slow tourism. In Travel & Tourism Research Association, 42nd Annual Conference Proceedings: Seeing the Forest and the Trees – Big Picture Research in a Detail- Driven World, June 19-21, 2011 in London, Ontario, Canada. 2011 Omnipress ISBN# 978-0-615-49436