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Nick Sanyal
 Associate Professor of
Heritage and Harvest Studies
Department of Conservation Social Sciences
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441139
Moscow, ID 83844-1139 U.S.A.
Phone (208) 885-7528 / FAX (208) 885-6226
E-mail: nsanyal@uidaho.edu
Education:
Ph.D. Resource Recreation and Tourism, University of Idaho. 1991.
Dissertation: The conceptual and empirical development of model of hunting pressure.
M.S. Wildland Recreation Management., University of Idaho. 1984.
M.S.. Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A & M University. 1975.
B.Sc. (Honours). Zoology. St. Edmunds College, Shillong, India. 1970.
Areas of Specialization:
· Directing scholarship on and learning about the wildlands, communities and institutions necessary for the recreational use, enjoyment, understanding and conservation of our natural resources.
· The Academic Advising- Service Learning-Teaching interface.
· Recreation and tourism planning; recreation and tourism behavior; human dimensions of fish and wildlife management; research and survey methodologies and public opinion measurement.
EXPERIENCE:
Teaching, Extension and Research Appointments:
2007-present. Associate Professor of Heritage and Harvest Studies, Department of Conservation Social Sciences, and Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Idaho.
2000-2007. Assistant Professor of Resource Recreation and Tourism, and member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Idaho.
1998-2002. Senior Thesis Director and Academic Program Advisor, Wildland Recreation Management, Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences, WSU.
1992-2000. Assistant Research Professor of Resource Recreation & Tourism, University of Idaho.
1989-1992. Instructor and Project Manager, Department of Resource Recreation and Tourism, University of Idaho.
1985-1989. Instructional Assistant/Instructor, Department of Wildland Recreation Management, University of Idaho.
1985. Project Manager-Idaho Travel and Tourism Study, Department of Wildland Recreation Management, University of Idaho.
1984. Research Assistant, Department of Wildland Recreation Management, University of Idaho.
1982-1983. Research Support Specialist, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
1980-1981. Department Instructional Assistant, Department of Wildland Recreation Management, University of Idaho.
1978-1979. Research Assistant, Department of Wildland Recreation Management, University of Idaho.
1975-1977. Research Assistant, Montana Forest, Wildlife and Range Research Station, University of Montana.
1972-1975. Research Assistant, Caesar Kleberg Research Program in Wildlife Ecology, Texas Agricultural Experiment and Extension Service, Texas A&M University, College Station Texas.
1969-1971. Research Fellow, Yale University - Bombay Natural History Society Gir Project, Gir Ecological Research Station, Sasan Gir, India.
1968-1969. Museum Aide, Department of Biology and Anthropology, St. Edmund's College, Shillong, India.
Current courses taught:
CSS 385 Conservation Planning and Management I
CSS 310 Social Research Methods in Conservation
CSS 386 Conservation Planning and Management II
CSS 501 Research Seminar
Teaching and Advising Honors and Awards:
UI Vandal Pride Award for Excellence and Leadership in Teaching. UI Faculty Council and UI Dept. of Athletics, 2004.
University of Idaho Faculty Award of Excellence in Teaching, 2003.
Service Learning Fellow, University of Idaho, 2003.
College of FWR (CNR) Outstanding Instructor award, 1998.
College of FWR (CNR) Outstanding Researcher award, 1995.
Selected Publications:
Smaldone, D., C. C. Harris & N. Sanyal. 2008. The role of time in developing place meanings. Journal of Leisure Research, 40(4), 479-504.
Cohen, K. & N. Sanyal. 2008. Catch and release tourism: Community, culture and consumptive wildlife tourism strategies in rural Idaho. Pages 227-238 in Brent Lovelock (Ed.), Tourism and the consumption of wildlife. London: Routledge.
Cohen, K, N. Sanyal & G. E. Reed. 2007. Methamphetamine production on public lands: Threats and responses. Society and Natural Resources, 20(3), 261-270.
De Urioste, S., W. McLaughlin & N. Sanyal. 2006. A Delphi evaluation of protected area co-management capacity in Guatemala. International Journal of Rural Management, 2(2), 191-211.
Sanyal, N., E. E. Krumpe & C. VanOrmer. 2006. Utilizing GIS to model the risk of encounters between backcountry recreationists and grizzly bears within Glacier National Park. International Journal of Wilderness, 23(3):24-29, 28.
McGuire, K. & N. Sanyal. 2006. A Human dimensions inquiry in watershed analysis: listening to constituents’ views of contested legitimacy on the national forest. Society and Natural Resources, 19(10), 889-904.
Smaldone, D., C. C. Harris & N. Sanyal. 2005. Place attachment as process: The Case of Jackson Hole, WY. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 397-414.
Smaldone, D., C. C. Harris, N. Sanyal and D. Lind. 2005. Place Attachment in Grand Teton National Park: An Analysis for Setting Management Priorities. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 23(1):90-114.
Tanna Ragan and Nick Sanyal. 2005. People skills training manual: It is more than common sense; it is uncommon behavior. Natural Resource Leadership Academy, Washington State University.
Sanyal, N. 2004. Improving the accuracy of state parks day-use visitor counts: a review of practices. Prepared for Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.
Crowser, C. and N. Sanyal. 2004. Lower Salmon River Motorized Whitewater Boater Study: Management Report, prepared for Cottonwood Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management.
Sanyal, N. 2002. Understanding ATV/OHM and hunting interactions in Idaho: a survey of ATV/OHM registrants and licensed hunters. Final Project Report. Contribution No. 953 of the Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station.
Smaldone, D., Harris, C.C., and N. Sanyal. 2002. Visitor Survey—Summer & Fall 2000: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Final report submitted to the National Park Service and Grand Teton National Park. Contribution Number 946 of the Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow.
Lackey, B. K., S. H. Ham and N. Sanyal. 2002. An assessment of the communication process focused on the human-black bear interaction conflict at Yosemite National Park. Final Report. NPS/Hornocker Wildlife Institute.
Sanyal N. and S. Auld. 2001. Study of the human dimensions of the priest lake ecosystem-3: Property Owners’ Visions for the Future. Final project Report. Contribution No. 948 of the Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station.
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