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Dr Dale Sanders

Dr Dale Sanders

Dr Dale Sanders

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5413  
Email: d.sanders@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.231  

 

Current teaching

  • Introduction to hospitality and tourism (TSM2111)

Responsibilities

  • Course coordinator: tourism and hospitality program.

Staff qualifications

  • PhD (Murdoch University)
  • BA Social Science (Curtin University)

Background

Dale is a senior tourism lecturer at Edith Cowan University. Previously, Dale has held academic positions at The University of Canberra and Latrobe University. She is highly active in the field of research, having written a variety of publications, in particular concerning rural tourism and more recently the teaching and learning of tourism.

Staff qualifications

  • PhD - Murdoch University.

Research

Research interests

  • Crisis and disaster recovery
  • Short break holidays
  • Teaching and learning in tourism
  • Event management
  • Coastal planning and development

Current research areas

  • Crisis and disaster recovery
  • Short break holidays
  • Teaching and learning in tourism
  • Event management
  • Coastal planning and development

Research grants

  • 2012 - 2013, Fly into work; Fly out to Bali. Faculty of Business and Law Strategic Research Funding. Team Dr Dale Sanders, Dr Greg Willson, Prof Ross Dowling, & Dr Ghialy Yap.

Recent publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Sanders, D. and Laing, J. (2010) In the Line of Fire: the Challenges of Managing Tourism Operations in the Victorian Alps. Tourism Review International. Vol. 13. No. 4. p 223-226.
  • Sanders, D. and LeClus, M. (2009) All wired up but not plugged in: an evaluation of tourism and leisure marketing students’ expectations and experiences of lecture podcasting. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Vol. 16. No. 2. p 94-101.
  • Sanders, D and E. Kate Armstrong (2008). "Understanding students' perceptions and experience of a tourism management field trip: The need for a graduated approach." Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education. Vol. 20. No. 4.
  • Ritchie, B, Sanders, D & Mules, T (2007). "Televised Events: Shaping Destination Images and Perceptions of Capital Cities from the Couch." International Journal of Event Management Vol 3 No. 2.
  • Sanders, D (2004). "From Colonial Outpost to Popular Tourism Destination: A Brief History of Land Use in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region, Western Australia." Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History.
  • Sanders, D & Revitt, M (2002) Eco Tourism on Lancelin Island, Western Australia Journal of Ecotourism.Vol 1 Nos. 2 & 3.
  • Sanders, D (2000) Holiday Towns in the Leeuwin - Naturaliste Region: Another Gold Coast? in Journal of Tourism Studies. Vol 10 No 3.

Conference papers in proceeding

  • Sanders, D and LeClus, M (2011) ‘Sustainability in the University Tourism Curriculum’ CAUTHE Adelaide February 2011.
  • Sanders, D (2010) ‘Students Perceptions of Sustainability’ NZ Tourism Conference, Auckland, NZ November 2010.
  • Sanders, D (2009) ‘To podcast or not to podcast? Is that the right question for tourism and hospitality students?’ CAUTHE Fremantle February 2009.
  • Sanders, D & Laing, J (2009) ’In the Line of Fire: the Challenges of Managing Tourism Operations in the Victorian Alps’. CAUTHE Fremantle February 2009.
  • Sanders, D Laing, J and Houghton, M (2008) "Fanning the Flames? Evaluating the Influence of the News Media on Tourism and Visitation to the Victorian Alpine Region Post-Disaster" International Tourism and the Media Conference, Melbourne November 2008.
  • Sanders, D and Laing, J (2008) "Emerging from the ashes: visitors' perceptions of the Australian Alps as a summer destination after bushfires." NZ Tourism Conference, Hamner Springs NZ December 2008.
  • Sanders, D (2004). "Wine Tourism and Regional Development: A Case Study of the Margaret River Region, Western Australia." Proceedings of the International Wine Tourism Conference, Margaret River, Western Australia. May 2004. Guilford: Vineyard Publishing.
  • Sanders, D Jones, R & Revitt, M (2003) “Rural restructuring and tourism development: chimera or new hope for the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia? Taking Tourism to the Limits Conference, University of Waikato NZ, December 2003.
  • Sanders, D (2003) “Margaret River: From marginal economy to popular tourism destination” Taking Tourism to the Limits Conference, University of Waikato NZ, December 2003.
  • Sanders, D Mules, T (2003) “National Visitor Satisfaction Project” Australian Tourism Research Institute Conference, Sydney, October 2003.

Research student supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Community based tourism in Cambodia: Exploring the role of community for successful implementation in least developed countries (PhD 2012).
  • Toward a better understanding of motivations for a geotourism experience (PhD 2012).

Co-principal Supervisor

  • An exploratory study to develop a geotourism typology model based on the experience and importance of geotourism in the decision to visit a destination (Honours 2011).
  • An exploratory study into stakeholder perceptions of a proposed geotrail in the Perth hills (Honours 2011).
  • Sport tourism: an exploration of the motivations and tourism experiences of Australian Football League interstate sport tourists travelling to Western Australia (Honours 2011).
  • Heightened Passenger Security Measures: Implications for the Cruising Experience' (Honours 2011).