Jim Absher, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Jim Absher, Anne S. Fege, Leanne Jacobson. 2015. Institutional influences on the provision of after-school nature programs
• Gerard T. Kyle, Jinhee Jun, Jim Absher. 2014. Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding
• Jim Absher, Jerry J. Vaske, Katie M. Lyon. 2013. Overcoming Barriers to Firewise Actions by Residents. Final Report to Joint Fire Science Program
• Carsten Mann, Jim Absher. 2013. Adjusting policy to institutional, cultural and biophysical context conditions: The case of conservation banking in California
• Brijesh Thapa, Ignatius Cahyanto, Stephen M. Holland, Jim Absher. 2013. Wildfires and tourist behaviors in Florida
• Gerard T. Kyle, Symeon P. Vlachopoulos, Nicholas D. Theodorakis, Jinhee Jun, Jim Absher, William E. Hammitt. 2012. Reassessing the structure of enduring leisure involvement
• Jim Absher, Jerry J. Vaske. 2011. The role of trust in residents’ fire wise actions
• Jin Young Chung, Gerard T. Kyle, James F. Petrick, Jim Absher. 2011. Fairness of prices, user fee policy and willingness to pay among visitors to a national forest
• Travis B. Paveglio, Matthew S. Carroll, Jim Absher, William Robinson. 2010. Symbolic meanings of wildland fire: A study of residents in the U.S
• Jim Absher, Carsten Mann. 2010. An emerging paradigm for managing protected areas with examples from Europe and the United States
• Gerard T. Kyle, Gene L. Theodori, Jim Absher, Jinhee Jun. 2010. The influence of home and community attachment on firewise behavior
• Jim Absher. 2010. One park, many experiences: socially-explicit improvements to recreation management frameworks with application to Taiwan
• Jessie Meybin, Robert Burns, Alan Graefe, Jim Absher. 2010. Constraints and benefits of changing the distribution process for recreation special use permits in the U.S
• Jinhee Jun, Gerard Kyle, Jim Absher, Gene Theodori. 2010. Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding
• Chieh-Lu Li, Jim Absher, Harry C. Zinn, Alan R. Graefe, Garry E. Chick. 2010. A multi-ethnic comparison of perceptions of forest recreation service quality
• Jim Absher, Jerry J. Vaske, Lori B. Shelby. 2009. Residents' responses to wildland fire programs: a review of cognitive and behavioral studies [Proceedings]
• Travis Paveglio, Matthew S. Carroll, Jim Absher, Todd Norton. 2009. Just blowing smoke? Residents’ social construction of communication about wildfire
• Jim Absher, Jerry J. Vaske, Lori B. Shelby. 2009. Residents' responses to wildland fire programs: a review of cognitive and behavioral studies
• Deborah J. Chavez, Patricia L. Winter, Jim Absher. 2008. Introduction
• C. Mann, Jim Absher. 2008. Recreation conflict potential and management in the northern/central Black Forest Nature Park
• Jim Absher, A.G. Graefe, R.C. Burns. 2008. Longitudinal Monitoring of Public Reactions to the U.S
• Patrick T. Tierney, Deborah J. Chavez, Jim Absher. 2008. Constraints to leisure travel and visitation to natural areas: An international comparison of four cities.In: Chavez, Deborah J.; Winter, Patricia L.; Absher, James D., eds
• Chieh-Lu Li, Jim Absher, Yi-Chung Hsu, Alan R. Graefe. 2008. Approaches to measuring cultural diversity in recreation
• Chieh-Lu Li, Yi-Chung Hsu, Chi-Chuan Lue, Jim Absher. 2008. Re-examine the measure of values cross-culturally: the case of recreation visitors in Hong Kong and Taiwan
• Eric L. Toman, Bruce Shindler, Jim Absher, Sarah M. McCaffrey. 2008. Postfire communications: the influence of site visits on local support.
• A. Fege, Jim Absher. 2007. Inviting other professions to help reduce wildfire property losses
• G. Chick, C. Li, H.C. Zinn, Jim Absher, A.R. Graefe. 2007. Ethnicity as a construct in leisure research: a rejoinder to Gobster
• Jim Absher, J.J. Vaske. 2007. Examining the sources of public support for wildland fire policies
• C. Li, H.C. Zinn, G.E. Chick, Jim Absher, A.R. Graefe, Y. Hsu. 2007. Segmentation of culturally diverse visitors' values in forest recreation management
• C. Li, G.E. Chick, H.C. Zinn, Jim Absher, A.R. Graefe. 2007. Ethnicity as a variable in leisure research

• University of California, Ph.D., Wildland Resource Science, 1979
• San Jose State University, M.A., Natural Sciences, 1974
• Stanford University, B.S., Statistics, 1970
• Stanford University, B.A., Human Biology, 1971