Dr. Susan Houge Mackenzie joined the University of Otago's Department of Tourism in 2017. Her research integrates psychology and tourism by developing and applying positive psychology theories, including flow, self-determination theory and reversal theory, to adventure tourism, sport, recreation and education, and her current work focuses on nature-based adventure and well-being and on refining the flow model of optimal experience.
She was previously a tourism practitioner in global industry roles including adventure guiding and tourism consulting. Her applied projects include mental skill training workshops, developing management guidelines for adventure tourism operations, and consulting with government, non-profit and tourism agencies, and her listed applications include mental skill training for youth athletes and guide training for adventure tourism.
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