BA (hons),(Wellington NZ); MA (Wellington NZ);Post-Graduate dip. Museum st. (Melbourne); PhD candidate (Brisbane).

Research Officer with the University of Queensland School of Tourism Visitor Research team and the Sustainable Tourism Destinations group. Research interests include wildlife tourism experiences, museum and gallery visitor experiences, Indigenous and cultural heritage tourism and religious tourism. Currently involved in a number of research projects examining cross-cultural wildlife tourism experiences, urban restorative environments and the development of sustainable Indigenous tourism businesses.