Faculty Profile

Dr. Santos' research program is focused on the examination of communicative practices (from mass mediated narratives to the face-to-face dyad) as a means of addressing the socio-political and cultural impact of tourism on the world's people and cultures.

Her research interests include:

• Socio-cultural and political aspects of tourism
• Cultural sustainability
• Heritage and tourism
• Genealogical tourism
• The personalized worlds of experience guided by tourism representations
• The ideological forces that shape and organize tourism representations