Stephen William Boyd

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Stephen William Boyd is a Professor of Tourism at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. [1] [2]

Career

Prior to taking this position he was a senior lecturer at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, England [3] and at Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand. [4] He has co-authored the book Heritage Tourism, which appeared as #2 among Top 10 Academic Bestsellers of the Times Higher Education magazine in May 2008. [5]

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References

  1. "Professor Stephen Boyd". Staff contact details. University of Ulster. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. "Conference committee". Ulster Business School: Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. Participant list Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine , Conference on Sustaining Rural Environments, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1999, retrieved 2012-10-12.
  4. Author biography from Heritage Tourism.
  5. "Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, London SE1". Times Higher Education. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2012.