Duarte B. Morais

Associate Professor
Name: Duarte B. Morais
Location: D Lab Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 4555

Email: dbmorais@ncsu.edu

About Duarte B. Morais

North Carolina State University

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

4008E Biltmore Hall Raleigh, NC 27695

dbmorais@ncsu.edu

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2010 – … Associate Professor, Equitable and Sustainable Tourism

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

North Carolina State University

2012 – … Tourism Extension Specialist

North Carolina Cooperative Extension

2015 – … Visiting Associate Professor, Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg

2000 – 2010 Assistant/Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Affiliate Associate Professor, Hospitality Management

Co-director of Tourism Research Lab

The Pennsylvania State University

EDUCATION

2000 Ph.D. – Tourism Management

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

1997 M.Ed. – Sport Management

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA

1995 Licenciatura – Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports Management

Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

SELECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2016-17 Identifying entrepreneurial needs and challenges of women in agritourism

Barbieri, C., Jakes, S., & Morais, D.B. (co-PIs)

NC State’s Colleges of Natural Resources, and of Ag. & Life Sciences $128,059

2015 Bicycle Tourism Based Market Research for Central Park NC

Morais, D. B., Barbieri, C., & LaPan, C. (co-PIs)

Piedmont Triad Regional Council (Prime: NC DoT) $23,999

2012-13 Web-based landowner application for Sentinel Lands Market-based Conservation

Morais, D B. & Peterson, N. (Co-PIs)

Department of Defense, US Marine Core $125,421

2012-13 NC People-First Tourism

Morais, D. B., PI

North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center $75,000

2011-15 Afghan Agricultural University Faculty Strengthening (AAUFS)

Goldfarb, B., Robison, D., & Morais, D. B. Co-PIs

Purdue University – US Agency for International Development $466,454

2008-09 Comparison of wildlife value orientations, quality of life, and perceived self-determination between CBNRM & non-CBNRM communities in Namibia

Morais, D. B. PI, & Zinn, H.

World Wildlife Fund and Margery Grant Whiting Center $21,500

2008-09 Capacity building and guide training for cultural tourism in Lushoto, TZ

Morais, D. B., PI, Kerstetter, D., Buzinde, C., & Semali, L.

Tourism Cares for Tomorrow $10,000

2006-07 Promoting community sustainability and citizen resource stewardship through Hudson River Valley nature based tourism image branding

Shuster, R., Kuehn, D., Morais, D. B., Co-PIs

New York Sea Grant Institute $139,415

GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING [Chair]

2016 Peroff, Deidre PHD in Sustainable Tourism, North Carolina State University

2015 KC, Birendra PHD in Sustainable Tourism, North Carolina State University

2014 Mao, Yuchen PHD in Sustainable Tourism, North Carolina State University

2014 LaPan, Chantell PHD in Sustainable Tourism, North Carolina State University

2012 Rodrigues, Aurea Doutoramento em Turismo, Universidade de Aveiro

2010 Wang, Yasong PHD in Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University

2010 Ogden, Anthony PHD in International Education, The Pennsylvania State University

2009 Zillifro, Stacy PHD in Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University

2007 Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan PHD in Tourism Mgt., The Pennsylvania State University

2004 Lin, Chung-Hsien PHD in Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University

2004 Lin, Jiin-Ling MS in Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University

2003 Lin, Yin-Shin MS in Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University

2003 Foster, Josiah MS in Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University

SCHOLARLY PROFILE

Total During last 5 years
Citations 2713 1764
h-index [h number of papers cited at least h times] 20 16
I10-index [number of papers cited at least 10 times] 35 26

SELECT REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Morais, D. B., Jakes, S., Bowen, B., & Lelekacs, J. M. (in press). Fork 2 Farmer: Enabling the success of small farms through partnerships with chefs and the tourism sector. Journal of Extension.

LaPan, C., Morais, D. B., Wallace, T., & Barbieri, C. (2016). Power, altruism and communitarian tourism: A comparative study. PASOS: Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural. 14(4), 889-906.

LaPan, C., Morais, D. B., Wallace, T., & Barbieri, C. (2016). Women’s self-determination in cooperative tourism microenterprises. Tourism Review International, 20(1), 41-56.

Morais, D. B., K.C., B., Mao, Y., Mosimane, A. (2015). Wildlife conservation through tourism micro-entrepreneurship among Namibian Communities. Tourism Review International, 19(1-2), 43-61.

Payton, F. C., Morais, D. B., Heath, E. (2015). Multi-stakeholder assessment of a mobile and temporarily interconnected systems prototype: People-First Tourism. The African Journal of Information Systems, 7:1, 21-39.

Wang, Y, & Morais, D. B. (2014). An examination of tourists’ identity in tourist weblogs. Information Technology and Tourism, 14: 239-260.

Dong, E., Wang, Y., Morais, D. B., Brooks, D. (2013). Segmenting the rural tourism market: The case of Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 19(2), 181-193.

Lin, C.-H., Lu, W.-B., Wu, R., & Morais. D. B. (2013). 乡村旅游创业动机的性别差异研究—以台湾为例 [Gender differences in entrepreneurial motivations for agri-tourism operators: The case of Taiwan]. 旅游学刊 [Tourism Tribune], 28(5): 89-98.

Xie, H., Kerstetter, D., Matila, A., Buzinde, C., & Morais, D. B. (2012). Information usefulness vs. ease of use: Which makes a destination website more persuasive? Tourism Analysis, 17(1), 15-26.

Schuster, R., Sullivan, D., Kuehn, D., & Morais, D. B. (2011). Relationships among Resident Participation in Nature and Heritage Tourism Activities, Place Attachment, and Sustainability in HRV. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 29(3) 55-69.

Lin, C.-H., & Morais, D. B. (2008). The spatial effect of destination distribution on cognitive distance estimates and its impact on tourists’ destination choices. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 25(3-4), pp. 382 – 397.

Xie, H., Costa, C., & Morais, D. B. (2008). Gender differences in rural tourists’ motivations and activity participation. Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, 16(4), 368-384.

Lin, C.-H., Morais, D. B., Kerstetter, D. L., & Hou, J.-S. (2007). Examining the Role of Cognitive and Affective Image in Predicting Choice Across Natural, Developed, and Theme-Park Destinations. Journal of Travel Research, 46, 183-194.

Morais, D. B., Cheng, Z., Dong, E., & Yang, G. H. (2006). Promoting sustainable tourism through increased community involvement: The Shangri-La Ecotourism Demonstration Project. Tourism Review International, 10(3), 131-140.

Davis, J. S., & Morais, D. B. (2004). Factions and Enclaves: Small Towns and Socially Unsustainable Tourism Development. Journal of Travel Research. 43(1), 3-10.