Publications

Reports & Training Manuals

• Eco-cultural tourism in Marau Sound: Feasibility of developing community-based tourism in Marau Sound, Solomon Islands, to encourage conservation, The Pacific Community, 2016

• Solomon Islands Cultural Industries Entrepreneurship Training Manual, The Pacific Community, 2015

• Samoa Creative and Cultural Industries Entrepreneurship Training Manual, The Pacific Community, 2015

• Tourism in Africa: Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods, Africa Development Forum Series (publication coordinator)

• Rwanda Handcrafts and Tourism Assessment, Rwanda Development Board, 2014

• Guinea Tourism Sector Review, The World Bank Group, 2014

• Lake Tana Ecotourism Concept, Nature and Biodiversity Union, 2014

• Development and Marketing Strategies for Pacific Cultural Industries, The Pacific Community, 2012

• Assessment of Community Based Tourism Potential on the Northern Coast of Honduras, The World Bank Group, 2009

• Dominican Sustainable Tourism Alliance, Consulting Practicum Report, Puerto Plata Cultural Tourism Cluster, 2009. Specifically supervised and lead consulting team working on the following reports: Introduction, Product Development Methodology Toolkit for Developing Sustainable Tourism Products, and Los Dominguez Nature Center and Trails: A Product Development Strategy

• Building Tourist Markets for the Craft Sector: An Overview of Good Practices & Lessons Learned from select of ATA Past Projects, Aid to Artisans, 2009 (available upon request)

• Importance of Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Economic Growth and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Economic Valuation of Ecosystem, UNDP, 2010 (Researcher on tourism chapter)

• Community Tourism Ventures Marketing Plan, Solimar International, 2008

In the News

• Interview: Pacific delegation builds contacts at US trade show

• Jessie McComb, Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Culture Officer

• Interview: Solomon Islanders look to make a start in the culture industry

• Interview: Bridging the gap between Pacific culture and tourism

• SPC develops marketing strategy for Pacific cultural industries

• SPC Develops Marketing Strategy for Pacific Cultural Industries

Freelance Writing

• Linking cultural industries and the tourism sector

• An Outsiders Perspective on the Inside Deal – Seva Mandir, Craft Revival Trust, May 2004

• The Effects of Modernity and Postmodernity on the Significance of Craft in the Process of Globalization

Monthly American Voice Column - Craft REvival Trust

• A Balancing Act: Himalayan Art and Craft at the Rubin Museum of Art

• American Folk Art: Historical, Beautiful and Bizarre

• Artisans and Academics

• Craft Design and Public Awareness    

• Craft in Connecticut: Bringing it Back Home

• Crafts & Tourism: Challenges and Potential

• Digging into Past Policies to Prepare for the Free Trade Future

• Exploring the North: The Crafts of the North American Tundra

• High End Craft: Blurring the Lines Between Art & Craft

• Making it to the Market: Crafts in the American Marketplace

• Mera dil hai Tajikistani..? Part 3

• Mera dil hai Tajikistani..? Part 2

• Mera dil hai Tajikistani..? Part I

• Stores, Stations & Sites: The Emerging Craft Industry

• The American Divide: Artisans from both side

• The Hands-on Approach in Handcrafts Design

• The Pitfalls and the Prosperity of Using the Internet

• The Sacred and the Mundane