Publications

• Absher, James D.; Fege, Anne S.; Jacobson, Leanne. 2015. Institutional influences on the provision of after-school nature programs.
• Kyle, Gerard T.; Jun, Jinhee; Absher, James D. 2014. Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding.
• Mann, Carsten; Absher, James D. 2013. Adjusting policy to institutional, cultural and biophysical context conditions: The case of conservation banking in California.
• Absher, James D.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Lyon, Katie M. 2013. Overcoming Barriers to Firewise Actions by Residents. Final Report to Joint Fire Science Program.
• Thapa, Brijesh; Cahyanto, Ignatius; Holland, Stephen M.; Absher, James D. 2013. Wildfires and tourist behaviors in Florida.
• Jun, Jinhee; Kyle, Gerard T.; Vlachopoulos, Symeon P.; Theodorakis, Nicholas D.; Absher, James D.; Hammitt, William E. 2012. Reassessing the structure of enduring leisure involvement.
• Chung, Jin Young; Kyle, Gerard T.; Petrick, James F.; Absher, James D. 2011. Fairness of prices, user fee policy and willingness to pay among visitors to a national forest.
• Absher, Jim; Vaske, Jerry J. 2011. The role of trust in residents fire wise actions.
• Li, Chieh-Lu; Absher, James D.; Zinn, Harry C.; Graefe, Alan R.; Chick, Garry E. 2010. A multi-ethnic comparison of perceptions of forest recreation service quality.
• Absher, James; Mann, Carsten. 2010. An emerging paradigm for managing protected areas with examples from Europe and the United States.
• Meybin, Jessie; Burns, Robert; Graefe, Alan; Absher, James D. 2010. Constraints and benefits of changing the distribution process for recreation special use permits in the U.S.
• Absher, James D. 2010. One park, many experiences: socially-explicit improvements to recreation management frameworks with application to Taiwan.
• Jun, Jinhee; Kyle, Gerard; Absher, James; Theodori, Gene. 2010. Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding.
• Paveglio, Travis B.; Carroll, Matthew S.; Absher, James D.; Robinson, William. 2010. Symbolic meanings of wildland fire: A study of residents in the U.S.
• Kyle, Gerard T.; Theodori, Gene L.; Absher, James D.; Jun, Jinhee. 2010. The influence of home and community attachment on firewise behavior.
• Paveglio, Travis; Carroll, Matthew S.; Absher, James D.; Norton, Todd. 2009. Just blowing smoke Residents social construction of communication about wildfire.
• Absher, James D.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Shelby, Lori B. 2009. Residents' responses to wildland fire programs: a review of cognitive and behavioral studies.
• Absher, James D.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Shelby, Lori B. 2009. Residents' responses to wildland fire programs: a review of cognitive and behavioral studies.
• Li, Chieh-Lu; Absher, James D.; Hsu, Yi-Chung; Graefe, Alan R. 2008. Approaches to measuring cultural diversity in recreation.
• Tierney, Patrick T.; Chavez, Deborah J.; Absher, James D. 2008. Constraints to leisure travel and visitation to natural areas: An international comparison of four cities.In: Chavez, Deborah J.; Winter, Patricia L.; Absher, James D., eds.
• Chavez, Deborah J.; Winter, Patricia C.; Absher, James D. 2008. Introduction.
• Absher, J.D.; Graefe, A.G.; Burns, R.C. 2008. Longitudinal Monitoring of Public Reactions to the U.S.
• Toman, Eric L.; Shindler, Bruce; Absher, Jim; McCaffrey, Sarah. 2008. Postfire communications: the influence of site visits on local support..
• Li, Chieh-Lu; Hsu, Yi-Chung; Lue, Chi-Chuan; Absher, James D. 2008. Re-examine the measure of values cross-culturally: the case of recreation visitors in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
• Mann, C.; Absher, J. D. 2008. Recreation conflict potential and management in the northern/central Black Forest Nature Park.
• Chick, G.; Li, C.; Zinn, H.C.; Absher, J.D.; Graefe, A.R. 2007. Ethnicity as a construct in leisure research: a rejoinder to Gobster.
• Li, C.; Chick, G.E.; Zinn, H.C.; Absher, J.D.; Graefe, A.R. 2007. Ethnicity as a variable in leisure research.
• Absher, J.D.; Vaske, J.J. 2007. Examining the sources of public support for wildland fire policies.
• Fege, A.; Absher, J. 2007. Inviting other professions to help reduce wildfire property losses.
• Li, C.; Zinn, H.C.; Chick, G.E.; Absher, J.D.; Graefe, A.R.; Hsu, Y. 2007. Segmentation of culturally diverse visitors' values in forest recreation management.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
PSW-2012-09	Americans and Greeks Experience Similar Benefits from Recreation in Forests Data show recreational uses of forest lands are psychologically and socially important	2012
PSW-2011-25	Firewise Actions Depend on Trust Trust is an important component in working with communities and individuals on fire risk mitigation, but it is an abstract concept that needs to ...	2011
PSW-2011-22	Nature Education A better understanding will improve the effectiveness of nature educations programs such as the U.S. Forest Service, Kids in the Woods.A study t ...	2011