I Really Should Change My Mind About These Vegetables - A Signature Assignment with Social Responsibility in Mind

This poster describes an exercise in an undergraduate nutrition class that meets Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) social responsibility objectives and is assessed using a rubric adapted from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) VALUES rubrics. It was presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 51st Annual Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota from July 21-24, 2018.
Date: July 2018
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Signature Assignment Puts Vegetables on the Line (open access)

A Signature Assignment Puts Vegetables on the Line

This is an unpublished manuscript that delves into the use of Signature Assignments (SAs) which are real-world applications that embed curriculum learning objectives in routine classwork and facilitate assessment of outcomes across classes and disciplines. SAs tied to key learning objectives demonstrate student growth and reveal areas where instructional improvement might be needed. Additionally, SAs tied to curriculum objectives contribute to program and university understanding of teaching strategies that promote student success.
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Food Rules on the Digital Library Contribute to Learning

Poster presented at the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference. This poster describes an exercise in training students in scientific writing to compose their own food rules, and share these rules through the UNT Digital Library
Date: July 31, 2016
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Food Choice and Waste in Texas Middle School Cafeterias

Infographic on a study of food choice and waste in Texas middle school cafeterias. During winter/spring 2011 researchers at the University of North Texas (UNT) documented school meal choices in a district that participated in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). This infographic describes the methods and results of the study.
Date: 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L. & Sandifer, Kirby
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland (open access)

Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland

This book chapter examines problems emerging due to the designation of protected areas as well as implementation and management of the Natura 2000 in Poland.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Grodzińska-Jurczak, Małgorzata; Strzelecka, Marianna; Kamal, Sristi & Gutowska, Justyna
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eatertainment: Utilitarian and hedonic motivations for patronizing fun experience restaurants (open access)

Eatertainment: Utilitarian and hedonic motivations for patronizing fun experience restaurants

This paper from the 5th Asia Euro Conference 2014 conference proceedings explores the hedonic and utilitarian motives for patrons dining in fun experience restaurants.
Date: September 2, 2014
Creator: Josiam, Bharath M. & Henry, Wendy
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increasing Students Access to Educational and Experiential Learning Opportunities in Agritourism (open access)

Increasing Students Access to Educational and Experiential Learning Opportunities in Agritourism

Data management plan for the grant, "Increasing students access to educational and experiential learning opportunities in agritourism." The project aims to develop an online course on agritourism within the sustainability framework, to be offered by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: 2022-09-01/2026-08-31
Creator: KC, Birendra
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas (open access)

Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas

This article investigates residents’ value orientation towards wildlife in the context of Bardia National Park (BNP), Nepal. Findings reveal challenges for ecotourism development.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: KC, Birendra; Min, Jihye Ellie & Serenari, Christopher
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis (open access)

Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

This article examines a network of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs for bonding and bridging forms of social capital using a social network analysis approach.
Date: December 29, 2017
Creator: KC, Birendra; Morais, Duarte B.; Seekamp, Erin; Smith, Jordan W. & Peterson, M. Nils
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Faith in Fat: A Multisite Examination of University Students’ Perceptions of Fat in the Diet (open access)

Faith in Fat: A Multisite Examination of University Students’ Perceptions of Fat in the Diet

Article examining college students’ perceptions of health among foods with no fat relative to foods with different types of fats (unsaturated and saturated). Findings suggest that college students lack knowledge regarding the vital role played by the type and amount of fats within a healthy diet.
Date: July 9, 2020
Creator: Landry, Matthew J.; Olvany, Jasmine M.; Mueller, Megan P.; Chen, Tiffany; Ikeda, Dana; Sinclair, Danielle et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tourism Sector and U.S. Regional Macroeconomic Stability: A Network Approach (open access)

The Tourism Sector and U.S. Regional Macroeconomic Stability: A Network Approach

This article investigates how the structural mix of USA regional economies affects their volatility of economic growth using four exogenous sectors: Federal Government, construction, manufacturing, and tourism. Results suggest that a larger share of Federal Government employment in an economy reduces the variability of overall employment growth, while a larger share of construction activity elevates it. Results also show that recently manufacturing has not contributed as much to such variability, and that a larger tourism presence increases it. The increasing integration of technology in tourism offers significant opportunities for a network approach and innovation in regional development.
Date: September 13, 2020
Creator: Min, Jihye Ellie; Agrusa, Jerome; Lema, Joseph & Lee, Harold
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Disasters on a Heritage Tourist Destination: A Case Study of Nepal Earthquakes (open access)

The Impact of Disasters on a Heritage Tourist Destination: A Case Study of Nepal Earthquakes

Article examining the degree of macroeconomic recovery of the Nepal tourism industry after a natural disaster using the autoregressive integrated moving average model (ARIMA). The study investigated the case of Nepal’s earthquakes in 2015 and examined the impact of the earthquakes on tourism inflows and GDP using time series data from 1990 to 2018.
Date: July 29, 2020
Creator: Min, Jihye Ellie; KC, Birendra; Kim, Seungman & Lee, Jaehoon
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Associated with Conservation Participation by Local Communities in Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project, Nepal (open access)

Factors Associated with Conservation Participation by Local Communities in Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project, Nepal

This article examines how residents’ natural resource dependency and other social, economic, and access-related variables predict conservation participation.Overall, key findings suggest that conservation participation at Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project (GCAP)—a newly designated mountainous protected area in Nepal— needs to be improved with multiple outreach activities, especially to resource-dependent households.
Date: July 22, 2018
Creator: Paudyal, Ramesh; Thapa, Brijesh; Shree Neupane, Suman & Birendra
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library