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Mathematica at Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM): Rising to the Challenge of Engaging Diverse Perspectives

From November 7 to 9, APPAM will host its annual Fall Research Conference in Denver, Colorado. As a proud partner of APPAM since its inception, Mathematica will participate in a number of conference activities.




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Does a Professional Development Program for Elementary School Principals Improve School Leadership?

Principals can play an important role in improving instruction and student achievement in their schools. Many professional development programs focus on strengthening principals’ leadership skills.




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Mathematica Team Named Finalist in Stage 1 of CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge

Mathematica is partnering with The Health Collaborative, the Patient Advocate Foundation, and MediaAgility on a solution leveraging artificial intelligence and other industry-leading methods to achieve a number of goals to drive primary care transformation.




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LaVerne H. Council Appointed to Mathematica’s Board of Directors

Mathematica announced the appointment of LaVerne H. Council to serve as a member of the organization’s Board of Directors.




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New Release of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2018 Compendium of U.S. Health Systems

The Compendium of U.S. Health Systems for 2018 has been released today by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Comparative Health System Performance Initiative.




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More Nutritious School Meals Reach Millions of Children Since Passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

Updated nutrition standards called for in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) have made school meals significantly healthier, according to a recent article.




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The semiotics of heritage tourism / Emma Waterton and Steve Watson

Waterton, Emma




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Tourism and the power of otherness : seductions of difference / edited by David Picard and Michael A. Di Giovine




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Working (out) leisure : a critical interpretation of post-work culture / Melinda Young

Young, Melinda




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Aspects of tourist behavior / edited by Metin Kozak and Nazmi Kozak




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International handbook on ecotourism / edited by Roy Ballantyne and Jan Packer, University of Queensland, School of Tourism, Australia




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The ecotourism-extraction nexus : political economies and rural realities of (un)comfortable bedfellows / edited by Bram Büscher and Veronica Davidov




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Tourist destination images and local culture : using the example of the United Arab Emirates / Verena Schwaighofer ; foreword by Prof. Dr. Sc. Othmar M. Lehner

Schwaighofer, Verena, author




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Lifestyle mobilities : intersections of travel, leisure and migration / edited by Tara Duncan, University of Otago, New Zealand, Scott A. Cohen, University of Surrey, UK, Maria Thulemark, Dalarna University, Sweden




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A landscape of travel : the work of tourism in rural ethnic China / Jenny Chio

Chio, Jenny, author




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Romancing the wild : cultural dimensions of ecotourism / Robert Fletcher

Fletcher, Robert, 1973- author




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Sir Hubert Wilkins : enigma of exploration / by John Grierson

Grierson, John, 1909-1971




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The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier / Brigid Hains

Hains, Brigid, 1969-




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Shipwrecks of the Ningaloo Reef : maritime archaeological projects from 1978-2009 / Jeremy Green (editor) ; with contributions by Ross Anderson ... [et al.]




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Green growth and travelism : concept, policy and practice for sustainable tourism / edited by Terry DeLacy, Min Jiang, Geoffrey Lipman and Shaun Vorster




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Planning for ethnic tourism / Li Yang and Geoffrey Wall

Yang, Li, author




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Tourism in Latin America : cases of success / Alexandre Panosso Netto, Luiz Gonzaga, Godoi Trigo, editors




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Creating experience value in tourism / edited by Nina K. Prebensen, University of Tromsø, Norway, Joseph S. Chen, Indiana University at Bloomington and Muzaffer Uysal, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University




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Queer postcolonial narratives and the ethics of witnessing / Donna McCormack

McCormack, Donna




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Nabokov, Rushdie, and the transnational imagination : novels of exile and alternate worlds / Rachel Trousdale

Trousdale, Rachel




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Stereopticon : entry to a life of travel and tourism research / by Valene L. Smith

Smith, Valene L




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Century of the leisured masses : entertainment and the transformation of twentieth-century America / David George Surdam ; preface by Ken McCormick

Surdam, David G. (David George)




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Challenges and contemporary solutions for tourism destination planning, development, and marketing : building better places, attracting newer faces : proceedings of the 4th International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference / editors: Shen Han,

International Tourism Studies Association Biennial Conference (4th : 2012 : Bali, Indonesia)




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The practice of sustainable tourism : resolving the paradox / edited by Michael Hughes, David Weaver and Christof Pforr




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Tourism, recreation and regional development : perspectives from France and abroad / edited by Jean-Christophe Dissart, Jeoffrey Dehez, Jean-Bernard Marsat




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The beautiful country : tourism and the impossible state of destination Italy / Stephanie Malia Hom

Hom, Stephanie Malia, author




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The principles of geotourism / Anze Chen, Yunting Lu, Young C.Y. Ng

Chen, Anze, author




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The art of travel / Alain de Botton

De Botton, Alain, author




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Kooljaman at Cape Leveque : a tourism development and marketing strategy / prepared for Bardina Pty Ltd as trustee for the Kooljaman Resort Unit Trust by Ian Menzies of Menzies & Associates

Menzies, Ian, author




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Responsible tourism and CSR : assessment systems for sustainable development of SMEs in tourism / Mara Manente, Valeria Minghetti, Erica Mingotto

Manente, Mara, author




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Landscapes of leisure : space, place and identities / edited by Sean Gammon and Sam Elkington




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Collie 2000 : towards a development and marketing strategy for the Collie River Valley / prepared by Ian Menzies of Menzies & Associates for presentation to the Collie River Marketing Group, Inc




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A tourism development strategy for the Shire of Plantagenet and the Southern Ranges and wine country Western Australia




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A tourism development and marketing strategy for the Shire of Williams / prepared by Menzies & Associates Pty Ltd for the Shire of Williams

Menzies, Ian, author




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A development and marketing strategy for the Plantagenet Region / prepared by Menzies & Associates Pty Ltd for the Mount Barker Chamber of Commerce

Menzies, Ian, author




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A tourism development and marketing strategy for the West Arthur region / prepared by Menzies & Associates Pty Ltd for the West Arthur Tourism Promotion Group Inc. and the Shire of West Arthur

Menzies, Ian, author




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A tourism development and marketing strategy for the Shire of Dumbleyung / prepared by Menzies & Associates Pty Ltd for the Shire of Dumbleyung




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Shire of Wagin tourism development and marketing strategy : Wagin Woolorama 2002 : an overview of the trade and consumer fair / prepared for the Shire of Wagin by Menzies & Associates Pty Ltd

Menzies, Ian, author




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The tourism imaginary and pilgrimages to the edges of the world / edited by Nieves Herrero and Sharon R. Roseman




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Tourism encounters and controversies : ontological politics of tourism development / edited by Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson, Carina Ren, René van der Duim




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The social side of tourism : the interface between tourism, society, and the environment : answers to global questions from the International Competence Network Of Tourism Research and Education (ICNT) / Michael Lück, Jan Velvin, Bernd Eisenstein (ed




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Domestic animals and leisure / edited by Neil Carr, University of Otago, New Zealand




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Sun and sea tourism : fantasy and finance of the all-inclusive industry / by Linda M. Ambrosie

Ambrosie, Linda M., author




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The interrelationship of leisure and play : play as leisure, leisure as play / Robert A. Stebbins

Stebbins, Robert A., 1938- author




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A rage to live : a biography of Richard and Isabel Burton / Mary S. Lovell

Lovell, Mary S