Rudy M. Schuster
Associate Professor
320 Bray Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-4863
rschuster@esf.edu

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Highest Education:

Ph.D., Clemson University, South Carolina (Recreation resource management, 2000)

Areas of Study:

Recreation Resource Management, Wilderness Management, Stress/Coping Process, Methods, Recreation Visitor Management, Wilderness Values, Outdoor Recreation Visitor Experience, Recreation Ecology

Courses Taught:

Fundamentals of Outdoor Recreation Management, Recreation Research Theory & Application, Human Behavior & Recreation Visitor Management, Recreation Management Issues

Most Recent Publications:

Peden, J.G. & Schuster R.M. (2007, under review). Construct Validation of the Wilderness Hassle Appraisal Scale. Submitted to Environmental Management

Schuster, R.M., Cole D., Hall. T. (2007, under review). Response to Crowding in Wilderness and Outdoor Recreation Settings: Coping with the Situation at Hand and Adapting to Future Conditions. Journal of Leisure Research.

Blizard, C. & Schuster, R.M. (2007, inpress). Fostering children’s connections to natural places through cultural and natural history storytelling, Children, Youth and Environments. 17(4) winter, www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/index.htm

Schuster, R.M., Cordell, H.K., & Green, G. (2007) Expansion of the Wilderness Value Scale with Three Sub-scales: Personal Maintenance, Expression & Learning, and Societal Maintenance. In Watson, A.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the 8th World Wilderness Congress, Anchorage Alaska. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. General Technical Report RMRS-P-49, p. 308-313. www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p049/rmrs_p049_308_313.pdf