Carter Hunt

Carter Hunt is an Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University, jointly appointed in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management (College of Health and Human Development) and the Department of Anthropology. He directs the Dual-title Graduate Program in Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES) and the Intercollegiate Minor in Sustainability Leadership (SUSLD), and holds affiliations with the Latin American Studies Program, Charles Darwin Foundation, and Universidad de Monterrey.

Research interests include

• Biodiversity conservation
• Nature-based tourism
• Environmental anthropology
• Conservation psychology
• Community development in biodiverse regions
• Biocultural restoration

Key article trends focus on tourism's role in

• Conservation and development
• Pro-environmental behavior
• Latin American and African case studies
• Decolonization and ethical tourism
• Regenerative landscape design

Scientific awards include

• 2024: Faculty Fellow, Rock Ethics Institute
• 2024: Penn State Emerging Academic Leader (PSEAL)
• 2023: HHD Faculty Sustainability Award
• 2020-2022: Fellowship in Sustainability Research (Charles Darwin Foundation)
• 2019: Fulbright Scholar
• 2017: Emerging Faculty Outreach Award for Engaged Scholarship

Teaching emphasizes

• Social and environmental sustainability
• Qualitative research methods
• Nature-based tourism
• Community development
• Field courses in Tanzania, Fiji, and South Africa