Georgette Leah Burns

Georgette Leah Burns
Australian School of Environmental Studies
Griffith University

Leah holds a research-based Master of Science, in Anthropology, from the University of Western Australia and is completing a PhD on wildlife tourism at Murdoch University.  She has been a lecturer at Griffith University since 1996, where she is a founding member of the University Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies.  Her research interests focus on environmental anthropology and the anthropology of tourism.  Recent publications relevant to the Animals and Society Study Group include:

Burns, G. L., 'The Host Community in Wildlife Tourism' in Karen Higginbottom (ed), Wildlife Tourism: Impacts, Management and Planning, Gold Coast, Common Ground Publishing, 2004, pp 125-144.

Burns, G. L. and Howard, P., 'When Wildlife Tourism Goes Wrong: a case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia' in Tourism Management 24(6), 2003, pp 699-712.

Burns, G. L and Sofield, T. H. B.,  'The Host Community: Social and Cultural Issues Concerning Wildlife Tourism' in  Status Assessment of Wildlife Tourism in Australia,CRC for Sustainable Tourism, 2001.