Linda L LowryLinda L. Lowry, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Her degrees include an M.A. in tourism development and traveladministration from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, and a PhD in communication from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Dr. Lowry is a social scientist and qualitative researcher who takes a critical lens and locates herself in the constructivist paradigm. Her research and teaching interests include the social, cultural, and economic impacts of tourism; sustainable tourism development; tourism policy, planning, and development; slow tourism; rural and agricultural tourism; theory development; and qualitative research methods.

She has received various awards and grants for research, teaching, and service learning from the University of Massachusetts and has participated in a research grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for work on cultural tourism. In addition, she has published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, the New England Journal of Travel & Tourism, and the Journal of Vacation Marketing, among others. She is currently at work on a book on tourism policy, planning, and development compiling international case studies of best practices.