education and training
- Ph.D. in Leisure Studies, Minor in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University - (State College, Pennsylvania, United States) 1990
selected publications
Academic Articles66
- Lee, K. J., Fernandez, M., Scott, D., & Floyd, M. (2022). Slow violence in public parks in the US: can we escape our troubling past?. SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. 1-18.
- Lee, J., Lee, S., Heo, J., & Scott, D. (2021). Deconstructing serious leisure using identity theory. JOURNAL OF LEISURE RESEARCH. 52(5), 599-618.
- Zou, S. S., & Scott, D. (2018). Constraints to Pickup Basketball Participation among Chinese American Women. LEISURE SCIENCES. 40(5), 307-325.
- Joo, D., Woosnam, K. M., Shafer, C. S., Scott, D., & An, S. (2017). Considering Tobler's first law of geography in a tourism context. TOURISM MANAGEMENT. 62(C), 350-359.
Chapters2
- Scott, D. (2017). Why Veblen Matters: The Role of Status Seeking in Contemporary Leisure. The Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory. 385-399. Springer Nature.
- Scott, D. (2013). THE LEISURE CLASS From Veblen to Linder to MacCannell. ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF LEISURE STUDIES. 110-119.
Conference Papers2
- Lai, P., Cheng, C., & Scott, D. (2006). Building stewardship with recreation users: an approach of market segmentation to meet the goal of public-lands management. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2006 NORTHEASTERN RECREATION RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM. (P-14), 356-+.
- SCOTT, D., & CASAVECCHIA, C. (1994). An importance performance appraisal of bugfest. INTERPRETIVE SOURCEBOOK: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1994 NATIONAL INTERPRETERS' WORKSHOP. 315-319.
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- RPTS201 Found Of Rec Park & Toursm Instructor
- RPTS340 Rec Pks Tour & Div Populat Instructor
- RPTS485 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
- RPTS601 Rec & Leisure Concepts Instructor
- RPTS684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Ingram, Linda Jean (2015-12). By Her Own Hand: Crafts, Creativity, Commerce, and Community - Women-Owned, Tourism-Related Craft Businesses in the Verde Valley, Arizona. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Lum, Clinton S (2015-08). 'Hiker Trash' Along the Pacific Crest Trail: An Application of the Social World and Serious Leisure Frameworks. (Master's Thesis)
- McMahan, Kelli (2015-08). Wilderness Accidents as Complex Life Events in Cognitive, Social, and Recreational Life Domains: Application of a Stress-Coping Model. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Lee, KangJae (2013-08). Bourdieuian Analysis on African Americans' Under-representation at Parks and Outdoor Recreation. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
dscott@tamu.edu
First Name
David
Last Name
Scott
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Recreation, Parks & Tourism Science; 2261 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2261
USA