Director of the International Institute of Tourism Studies

Kristin Lamoureux is Director of the International Institute of Tourism Studies and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the George Washington University, as well as an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management. She holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Planning and Tourism Development. She has been involved within professional and academic education for over fifteen years, including the oversight of all IITS grant activities and training programs offered in Washington, DC as well as through distance learning and in customized formats throughout the world.

Additionally, she is involved in several projects focusing on tourism in developing countries and with indigenous populations including Honduras, Belize, Egypt, Mali, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Bulgaria and Jordan. Dr. Lamoureux has served as a consultant for the US Department of Interior, USAID, the World Bank, the UN World Tourism Organization, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Ecotourism Society, and Conservation International, among others. Her primary focus areas include cultural heritage tourism, volunteer tourism, public private partnerships, community development, sustainable tourism development, environmental management destination management and tourism workforce development. She has recently been quoted in several articles pertaining to her work in volunteer tourism including Time Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler the Globe and Mail Newspaper and the Washington Times.

Dr. Lamoureux began her education in Ecuador where she lived for several years. She has an A.S. from La Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, a B.S. from Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island, a M.T.A. (Master of Tourism Administration) and a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a focus on Strategic Management and Sustainable Tourism from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.