Dr. Benita Howell, Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. 1978, Anthropology, University of Kentucky
M.S.L.S 1967, Library Science, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
B.A. 1965, Duke University

Research Interests

Cultural Heritage Conservation and Tourism, Cultural Factors in Environmental Planning, Rural Development, Historical Ethnography and Folk Culture Studies of Southern Appalachia and the Cumberland Plateau

Selected Publications

Howell, B.J. (editor) 2006. Tourism Section. Encyclopedia of Appalachia. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Howell, B. J. 2004. Cultural attachment to place: A framework for identifying and working with traditionally associated peoples in Southern Appalachia. Traditionally Associated Peoples and Ethnographic Resources Workshop Proceedings, National Park Service. http://www.cr.nps.gov/ethnography/training/TAPS/attachment.htm

Howell, B.J. 2003. Folklife along the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

Howell, B.J. (editor) 2002. Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South. Champaign: University of Illinois Press.

Howell, B.J. 1996. Heritage Tourism and Community Development. Lessons from Historic Rugby. In Keys in the Marketplace: Problems and Issues in Cultural and Heritage tourism.edited by Patricia Atkinson Wells. pp. 134-144, Enfield Lock, Middlesex, UK: Hisarlik Press.

Howell, B.J. 1994. Mountain Foragers in Southeast Asia and Appalachia: Cross-cultural Perspectives on the "Mountain Man" Stereotype. In Appalachia in an International Context: Cross-National Comparisons of Developing Regions. pp. 131-140 edited by P.J. Obermiller and W.W. Philliber. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Howell, B.J. 1994. Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Involvement in Cultural Conservation and Heritage tourism. Human Organization. 53(2) 150-159