Nancy McGehee
Associate Professor
Office: 351 Wallace Hall
Phone: (540)231-1201
Email: nmcgehee@vt.edu
Courses: HTM 2454 (Introduction to Tourism Management), HTM 3484 (Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism), HTM 5444 (Qualitative Research Methods in Business)
Education
Ph.D., Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MS, Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MS, Tourism Marketing and Management, North Carolina State University
BA, Sport Marketing and Management, Marshall University
Research Interests
Tourism and Entrepreneurship
Rural Tourism Development
Resident Attitudes toward Volunteer Tourism
Teaching Interests
HTM 2454 (Introduction to Tourism Management)
HTM 3484 (Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism)
HTM 5444 (Qualitative Research Methods in Business)
Professional Affiliations
Editorial Boards: Journal of Travel Research
Member: Travel and Tourism Research Association, Southern Sociological Society
Selected Publications
N.G. McGehee and F. Meng (forthcoming). “The Politics of Perception: Legislative Images of the Tourism Industry in Virginia and North Carolina” Journal of Travel Research.
McGehee, N.G., F. Meng and Y. Tepanon (forthcoming). “ Understanding U.S. Legislators and Their Perceptions of the Tourism Industry: The Case of North Carolina, 1990-2003.” Tourism Management.
McGehee, N.G. and C. Santos (2005). “Social Change, Discourse, and Volunteer Tourism” Annals of Tourism Research, 32:3, 760-779.
McGehee, N.G. and K. Andereck (2004). “Factors Influencing Rural Resident’s Support of Tourism” Journal of Travel Research. 43:2, 131-140.
McGehee, N.G. and K. Kim (2004). “Motivation for Agri-tourism Entrepreneurship.” Journal of Travel Research. 43:2 161-170.
McGehee, N.G. (2002). "Alternative Tourism and Social Movement Participation." Annals of Tourism Research, 29:1, 124-143.
McGehee, N.G. and W.C. Norman (2002). "Alternative Tourism as Impetus for Consciousness-Raising." Tourism Analysis, 6:3/4, 239-251.
McGehee, N.G. and A. C. Meares (1998). "A Case Study of Three Tourism-related Craft Marketing Cooperatives in Appalachia: Contributions to Community." The Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 6:1, 4-25.
Works in Progress
Using Volunteer Tourism to Develop Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Traditionally Underprivileged Communities
Developing a Model For Agri-tourism Entrepreneurship