Linda L. Lowry

Associate Professor

Telephone: 413-545-4041
Email: llowry@ht.umass.edu
Office: Flint 203A

Currently Teaching: HTM 433
Previously Taught: HTM 397G, HTM 633

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1991
M.A., George Washington University, 1986
B.M., University of Tennessee, 1978
A.A., Virginia Intermont College, 1974

Selected Publications

With J.K. Flohr. “Technology and change: A longitudinal case study of students' perceptions of and receptiveness to technology enhanced teaching and learning,” Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, 4 (1/2).

With J.K. Flohr. “Student assessment of using a competency-based framework for mastering the key concepts in a capstone undergraduate course in tourism policy, planning, and development,” in G. Jennings (Ed.), Annual Conference Proceedings of Research and Academic Papers: Vol. 15, New Frontiers in Tourism Research, pp. 160-168. St. Clair Shores, MI: International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators, 2003.

Academic and Professional Activities

Director of the HTM Tourism, Research, and Management Cost Center
Board Member, Northeast Chapter of the International Travel & Tourism Research Association

Research Grants

Tourism Profile for the Greater Northampton, Massachusetts, Chamber of Commerce, 2002-2003

Cultural Tourism Initiative, National Endowment for the Arts, with Shirley Sheve, 2002-2003

Tourism Economic Impact Study of the Greater Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Area, Tri-Community Area Chamber of Commerce, with honors student Thevarajan Nagarajan, 2000-2001

Impact Study of the 20th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games, the New Hampshire Gathering of the Scottish Clans, Inc., 1995-1996

Awards

UMass Amherst Teachnology Fellow, 1998-99
UMass Amherst Service Learning Fellow, 1995-96