Dr. Alan Graefe
Former Co-Principle Investigator
Alan Graefe is a professor in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management who teaches courses and conducts research about outdoor recreation behavior and management at Penn State. He was one of the developers of the Visitor Impact Management (VIM) framework for addressing visitor capacity issues and was a co-founder of the Northeastern Recreation Research (NERR) Symposium. His principal research interests revolve around the application of social science to various aspects of recreation resources planning and management. Much of his recent research has focused on monitoring park and forest recreation use on public lands in Pennsylvania. Dr. Graefe was awarded the 2013 Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research. More information can be found at https://hhd.psu.edu/contact/alan-graefe