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P.O. Box 441139
Moscow, ID 83844-1139
Phone: (208) 885-7911
Fax: (208) 885-6226
Email: css@uidaho.edu

 

Troy Hall
Associate Professor of
Protected Area Visitor 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) 885-9455 / FAX (208) 885-6226 
E-mail: troyh@uidaho.edu

Education:

Ph.D. - Oregon State University, 1996, Forest Resources
M.A. - Duke University, 1990, Cultural Anthropology
B.A. - Pomona College, 1985, Anthropology

Professional Experience:

2002-present Associate Professor, University of Idaho
2000-2002 Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
1997-2000 Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Department of Forestry

Areas of Interest:

Recreation planning and management
: Developing creative ways to bring stakeholders together to solve challenges created by increasing demand and sociocultural changes. In particular: (1) understanding the nature of wilderness experiences and helping managers devise acceptable management alternatives for high-use destinations; and (2) working with multiple stakeholders and land managers to understand trends and management alternatives for dispersed and developed recreation sites. Recent research includes

v Displacement of recreational visitors in wilderness and developed settings.

v Trends in boater characteristics, attitudes, and experiences in Hells Canyon.

v Customer service, satisfaction, and value in the commercial whitewater rafting industry.

v Extraordinary experiences among visitors to the Dalton Highway in Alaska.

Public understanding of natural resource science: Investigating how different stakeholders conceptualize science and the role they believe science should play in resolving complex resource management problems; studying how boundary-maintaining discourse is used to empower and disenfranchise policy actors. Recent research includes:

v The use of science discourses in debates about endangered salmon recovery.

v Public perceptions of the risks and benefits of aquaculture.

Communication and persuasion: Investigating effective modes of communicating with the public; understanding how individual traits affect the search for and uptake of information by park visitors. Current research includes:

v Attention capture and holding power of signs at Yosemite National Park.

v The effect of moral and fear appeals on park visitor’s beliefs about feeding wildlife.

v The effect of audio tours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

 Honors and awards:
 

  • College of Natural Resources Outstanding Research Award. 2005.
  • University of Idaho Alumni Award for Excellence. 2004

 Selected Publications and Reports:

 Amberg, S. & Hall, T. E. (2008). Communicating Risks and Benefits of Aquaculture: A Content Analysis of U.S. Newsprint Representations of Farmed Salmon. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. In Press

Brown, R. N. K., Rosenberger, R. S., Kline, J, D., Hall, T. E., & Needham, M. D. (2008). Visitor preferences for managing wilderness recreation after wildland fire. Journal of Forestry. Jan/Feb, p. 9-15.

Farnum, J. & Hall, T. E. (In press). Using Importance-Performance Techniques to Understand Customer Loyalty in the Commercial Rafting Industry. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.

White, D. & Hall, T. E. (2008). Representing Recovery: Science and Local Control in the Framing of U.S. Pacific Northwest Salmon Policy. Human Ecology Review 15(1): 32-45.

Cole, D. N. & Hall, T. E. (2007). Changes in the motivations, perceptions, and behaviors of recreation users: Displacement and coping in wilderness. Research Paper RMRS-RP-63. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Farber, M. & Hall, T. E. (2007.) Emotion and Environment: Visitors’ Special Experiences along the Dalton Highway in Alaska. Journal of Leisure Research, 39(2): 248-270.

Hockett, K. & Hall, T. E. (2007). The Effect of Moral and Fear Appeals on Park Visitors’ Beliefs about Feeding Wildlife. Journal of Interpretation Research, 12(1): 5-27

Novey, L; & Hall, T. E. (2007). The Effect of Audio Tours on Learning and Social Interaction: An Evaluation at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Science Education, 19(2): 260-277.

Dickson, S. & Hall, T. E. (2006). An Examination of Whitewater Boaters’ Expectations: Are Pre-Trip and Post-Trip Measures Consistent? Leisure Sciences, 28, 1-16.

Farnum, J., Hall, T. E., & Kruger, L. (2006). Sense of Place in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism: An Evaluation and Assessment of Research Findings. Pacific Northwest Research Station, General Technical Report PNW-GTR-660.

Lawson. S., Roggenbuck, J., Hall, T. E., & Moldovanyi, A. (2006.) A Conjoint Analysis of Preference Heterogeneity among Day and Overnight Visitors to the Okefenokee Wilderness. Journal of Leisure Research, 38(4), 575-600.

White, D. D. & Hall, T. E. (2006). Public Understanding of Science in Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery Policy. Society & Natural Resources, 19(4), 305-320.

Wiles, R. & T. E. Hall. (2006). Can Interpretive Messages Change Park Visitors’ Views on Wildland Fire? Journal of Interpretation Research, 10(2), 18-35.

Landres, P., Boutcher, S., Merigliano, L., Barns, C., Hall, T., Hennessy, M., Henry, S., Hunter, B., Janiga, P., Laker, M., McPherson, A., Powell, D., Rowan, M., & Sater, S. (2005). Monitoring Selected Conditions Related to Wilderness Character: A National Framework. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-151. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,

Gotch, C. and T.E. Hall. (2004). “Understanding nature-related behaviors among children through a theory of reasoned action approach.” Environmental Education Research, 10(2), 157-177.

Hall, T. E., & Roggenbuck, J. W. (2002). Response Format Effects in Questions about Norms: Implications for the Reliability and Validity of the Normative Approach. Leisure Sciences, 24, 325-337.

Smith-Jackson, T., & Hall, T. E. (2002). Information Order and Sign Design: A Schema-based Approach. Environment & Behavior, 34(4), 479-492.

Farrell, T. A., Hall, T. E., & White, D. D. (2001). Wilderness Campers' Perception and Evaluation of Campsite Impacts. Journal of Leisure Research, 33(3), 229-250.

Hall, T. E. (2001). Hikers' Perspectives on Solitude and Wilderness. International Journal of Wilderness, 7(2), 20-24.

Hall, T. E. (2001). Opinion Filters in Recreation Research: The Effect of Including "No Opinion" and "Not Notice" Response Categories in Questionnaires. Tourism Analysis, 6, 1-15.

Hall, T. E. (2001). Use Limits in Wilderness: Assumptions and Gaps in Knowledge. Visitor use density and wilderness experience: Proceedings of a workshop. June 1-3, 2000, Missoula MT. Proc. RMRS-P-20. W. A. Freimund and D. N. Cole. Ogden, UT, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 39-48.

Hall, T. E. & Farrell, T. A. (2001). Fuelwood Depletion at Wilderness Campsites: Extent and Potential Ecological Significance. Environmental Conservation, 28(3), 1-7.

White, D.D., Hall, T. E., & Farrell, T. A. (2001). Influence of Ecological Impacts and Other Campsite Characteristics on Wilderness Visitors’ Campsite Choices. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 19(2), 83-97.

Hall, T.E. & Cole, D. N. (2000). An Expanded Perspective on Displacement: A Longitudinal Study of visitors to Two Wildernesses in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. Wilderness science in a time of change conference. S.F. McCool, D.N. Cole, W.T. Borrie and J. O’Loughlin. Fort Collins, Colorado, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 4: 113-121.

Hall, T. E. & Shelby, B. (2000). Temporal and Spatial Displacement: Evidence from a High-use Reservoir and Alternate Sites. Journal of Leisure Research, 4(32), 435-456.


Professional Meeting Papers:

Amberg, S. M. & Hall, T. E. (2007). An investigation of media and interpersonal effects on consumers’ decisions about fish and seafood. 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Park City, UT, June 18-22, 2007

Amberg, S. M. & Hall, T. E. (2007). Fairness, balance, and certainty of risks and benefits in U.S. newspaper coverage of farmed salmon. World Aquaculture Society, San Antonio, TX, February 2007.

Farnum, J. O. & Hall, T. E. (2007). The use of importance-performance analysis in tourism: Helpful tool or flawed technique? 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Park City, UT, June 18-22, 2007

Morse, W. C., Hall, T. E. & Kruger, L. (2007). Linking recreation and natural resource management across multiple scales. 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Park City, UT, June 18-22, 2007

Sanyal, N., Warneke, S., & Hall, T. E. (2007). Using segmentation to develop an off-highway vehicle route system in the Colville National Forest. 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Park City, UT, June 18-22, 2007

Steelman, T. A. & Hall, T. E. (2007). Session Organizers: Twenty Years of Society and Natural Resources. 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Park City, UT, June 18-22, 2007.

Amberg, S. & Hall, T. E. (2006). Communicating Risks and Benefits: Representations of Farmed Salmon in U.S. Newsprint Coverage. 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 3-8, 2006.

Cole, D., & Hall, T. E. (2006). The adaptable human: Investigations of experiences in and opinions about management of heavily-used wilderness. Paper presented at the 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 3-8, 2006.

Hall, T. & Seekamp, E. (2006). Assessing attitudinal change caused by information and deliberation in public meetings. Paper presented at the 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 3-8, 2006.

Seekamp, E., Hall, T. E., Harris, C., & Cole, D. N. (2005). Using hierarchical linear modeling to assess attitude change from participation in deliberative stakeholder involvement workshops. Human Dimensions of Natural Resources in the Western United States, October 27-29, 2005. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Amberg, S., Hall, T. E., & Krumpe, E. (2004). The Challenge of Evaluating the Accomplishment of River Management Objectives for Hells Canyon. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Keystone, CO, June 2-6, 2004.

Barnett, A. & Hall, T. E. (2004). The Relationship between Perceptions of Change, Experience Level, Motivations, and Displacement among Wilderness Mountaineers. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Keystone, CO, June 2-6, 2004.

Dickson, S. & Hall, T. E.. (2004). Management of Outstandingly Remarkable Values on the Wild Owyhee River. River Managers Society National Meeting, Lake Tahoe, May 2004.

Hall, T. E. (2004). Place-Based Collaborative Planning on Federal Public Lands: Concepts, Practices, and Challenges (invited). Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Keystone, CO, June 2-6, 2004.

Hall, T. E. & Cole, D. N. (2004). Displacement and Coping in Four Pacific Northwest Wildernesses. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Keystone, CO, June 2-6, 2004.

Hall, T. E., & Cole, D. N. (2004). The Magnitude and Causes of Displacement: A Regional Study of Wildernesses in Oregon and Washington. Paper presented out the Southeast Recreation Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February, 2004.

Johnson, B., Hall, T. E., & Cole, D. N. (2004). Naturalness, Remoteness, Primitiveness, and Wilderness: Wilderness Visitors’ Understanding of Management Concepts. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. Keystone, CO, June 2-6, 2004.

Gotch, C. & Hall, T. E. (2002). Understanding nature-related behaviors among children with the theory of reasoned action.”Paper presented at the 9th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Bloomington, Indiana, June 2-5, 2002.

White, D.D. & Hall, T. E. (2002). A discourse analysis of stakeholders' understandings of science in Pacific Northwest salmon recovery policy development. Paper presented at the 9th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Bloomington, Indiana, June 2-5, 2002.

Hall, T.E. & White, D. D. (2000). The ‘values’ of science and scientists in ecosystem management. Paper presented at 8th International Symposium on Social Science and Resource Management. Bellingham, Washington. June 2000.

Complete list of Troy Hall's Publications

Service:

bullet Co-Editor: Society and Natural Resources, 2006-present
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Associate Editor: Journal of Leisure Research, 2002-present

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Associate Editor: Forest Science, 2002-present

bullet USDA Forst Service Wilderness Information Monitoring Committee, 2007-present
bullet Associate Editor: Journal of Interpretation Research, 2006-present
bullet USDA Forest Service Wilderness Monitoring Committee, 2003-2006
bullet University of Idaho Human Assurances Committee, 2004-present

 

Courses Taught:

bullet Applications of Communication Theory in Natural Resource Management
bullet Environmental Communications Skills
bullet Environmental/Cultural Interpretation
bullet Theories of Environmental Behavior
bullet Outdoor Recreation Management
bullet Research Methods
bullet Wilderness Management
bullet Recreation Theory
bullet Integrated Natural Resources Planning

 
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