HOLLAND, STEPHEN, PH. D.
Associate Professor and Associate Director
Ph.D. in recreation resources development (minors in sociology and research
methodologies), Texas A&M (1985)
M.S. in recreation resources development, Texas A&M (1979)
B.S. in agriculture (conservation management), University of Maryland (1976)
B.S. in arts and sciences (psychology), University of Maryland (1973)
Curriculum Vitae

Office:		FLG 190B
Address:		P.O. Box 118208 Gainesville, FL 32611-8208
Contact:		(352) 392-4042 ext. 1313 sholland@hhp.ufl.edu

Biography:

Stephen Holland, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management. Holland is one of the premier research professors at UF, recently receiving the University of Florida Research Foundation Research Professorship Award. Since 1986, Holland has received more than $1.6 million in externally funded projects.

Holland currently is engaged in several funded research projects, such as assessing the recreational facilities and programs of the Suwannee River Water Management District, and mapping, characterizing and writing summaries about the public beach access points for each of 35 Florida coastal counties. He is also documenting the business and economic aspects of the charter boat industry in four South Atlantic states. He recently completed a funded project to develop a waterways master plan for Alachua County, Fla. with an interdisciplinary team from the UF Levin College of Law, Florida Sea Grant and Natural Resources Leadership Institute, and a Recreation and Park Master Plan for Putnam County, Fla.

In addition to his teaching and research, Holland sits on the board of directors for the National Society for Park Resources and is a voting member on the Gulf of Mexico Fishing Management Council Socio-Economic Panel.  He also is a Recreational Fisheries Specialist with the Florida Sea Grant Program and is an affiliate faculty member in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at UF.  In addition, Holland is an associate director of the UF Center for Tourism Research and Development. He received the distinguished service award for service as director on the Board for the National Society of Park Resources.  In October 2004, Holland was awarded the National Society for Park Resources William Penn Mott Jr. Award for Excellence, one of two people nationally who received the award in 2004.

Research Interests:

• • Water-based activity participation and demand, especially coastal and marine fishing, beaching, boating and coastal parks.
• • Ecotourism, park management, economic impact studies and visitor behavior.
• • Sustainable tourism and toursim impacts
• • Health aspects of outdoor recreation activities and facilities

Courses:

LEI 3180 Current Trends in Leisure Services
LEI 3250 Outdoor Recreation Trends and Issues
LEI 3546 Park Planning
LEI 3831 Tourism Development
LEI 4833 Ecotourism
LEI 4880 Evaluation of Leisure Services
LEI 4955 Humans and the Environment (Study Abroad Course in Australia)
LEI 5255 Outdoor Recreation Management
LEI 6557 Recreation Management and Development in the Coastal Zone
LEI 6834 Ecotourism
HLP 6345 Research Methods in Recreation, Parks & Tourism