Position: Professor Emerita Appointed: 1973

Qualifications:
Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1972

Past Positions:
1989, National Science Foundation and Benares Hindu University, Indo American Grantee;
1980-1981, University of Maryland-European Division, Instructor

Expertise:
My research interests are in the following areas:
cultural geography in Europe and Latin America;
contemporary Christian pilgrimage, particularly shrines and pilgrimages of Western Europe and the Americas;
travel and tourism impacts;
video as a research tool.

Other Expertise:
Since 1988, I have written and videographed 41 educational video productions.

Language: reading, writing, speaking; scale: 1 (basic) to 3 (fluent):
Spanish: 2, 1, 2

Publications:

1991, Mary Lee Nolan, "The European Roots of Latin American Pilgrimage", in Crumrine & Morinis eds. Pilgrimage in Latin America, Greenwood Press;

1992, Mary Lee Nolan & Sidney Nolan, "Religious Sites as Tourist Attractions in Europe", Annals of Tourism Research;

1989, Mary Lee Nolan & Sidney Nolan, "Christian Pilgrimage in Modern Western Europe", U. of North Carolina Press;

1988, Mary Lee Nolan & Sidney Nolan, "The Evolution of Tourism in 20th Century Mexico", Journal of the West;

1987, Mary Lee Nolan, "Families from Tarascan Villages", Crumrine & Weigand eds. Ejidos and Regions of Refuge in Northwestern Mexico, University of Arizona Press

Description:
Cultural Geography

Keywords:
pilgrimage; tourism; environmental hazard; educational video; geography; cultural geography; Christian pilgrimage; travel; shrine; video; video production