ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>yaniv belhassen</title> <META name="Title" content="Yaniv Belhassen Webpage"> <META name ="Keywords" content="ÙàÙÑ ÑÜ×áß"> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> <!-- function popup(mylink, windowname) { if (! window.focus)return true; var href; if (typeof(mylink) == 'string') href=mylink; else href=mylink.href; window.open(href, windowname, 'width=620,height=400,scrollbars=yes'); return false; } //--> </SCRIPT> </head> <body> <a href="Amichai.html" onClick="return popup(this, 'notes')"><img src="poetry_spot.jpg" border="0"alt="poetry spot" align="right" style="position:absolute; float:right; right:30px; bottom:-1010px; z-index:2;"> </a> <table width="700" style="border: solid 1px #ececec" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" height="70" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="15" background="bkg_header.png" bgcolor="#5A93CC"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="middle" align="left"> <font face="Verdana, Ariel, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><b>YANIV&nbspBELHASSEN</b></font></td> <td valign="top"> <font face="verdana, Ariel, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="letter-spacing:-1px; border-bottom: dashed 1px "#ffffff" color="#FFFFFF" size="+1" >Curriculum Vitae & list of publications</font><br /> <font face="Verdana,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF" size="1"> May 2012</font> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#e1eeb5" style="border: solid 1px #cbd69f; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td style="background:#e1eeb5"> <font style="font-family:Verdana; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold;">Ben-Gurion University of the Negev</font></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding: 10px;"> <h1 style=" font-family: Arial; letter-spacing:-1px; display: block; border-bottom: dashed 1px #cccccc; padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px; margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px; color:#6699cc; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; display: block;">Research Intersts</h1> <ul style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; background: #f8f8ed; margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 30px 10px 30px; border: dashed 1px #ccc; color:#669933;"> <font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;"> My research interests span over two main areas. The first includes the socio-cultural aspects of tourism as an industry and as a social practice; the second examines philosophical and methodological questions relating to the development and establishment of Tourism Studies as an academic field. More specifically, it revolves around the following themes: <br> <br> </font><dir> <li><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">The concept of authenticty in the study of tourism</font></a></li> <li><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Evangelical pilgrimages </font></a></li> <li><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Deviant behavior and drug usage among tourists </font></a> </li> <li><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Epistemology of tourism studies</font></a> </li> <li><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Education and curriculum deveopment in tourism and hospitality</font></a></li> <li><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;"> Deviant behavior and substance use among hotel workers</font></a></li> </dir></ul> <h1 style=" font-family: Arial; letter-spacing:-1px; display: block; border-bottom: dashed 1px #cccccc; padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px; margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px; color:#6699cc; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; display: block;">Education</h1> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;">(2007) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. <br> PhD Program: Recreation, Sport and Tourism <br> Dissertation: Evangelical Tours to the Holy Land: A Study on the Theopolitics of Christian Pilgrimage</dir> (2004) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, M.B.A. <br>Field of concentration: Organizational Behavior <br>Thesis: The Phenomenon of Drug Tourism: Behavioral and Managerial Aspects</dir> (2001) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, B.A. <br> Hotel & Tourism Management (summa cum laude) </font> <h1 style=" font-family: Arial; letter-spacing:-1px; display: block; border-bottom: dashed 1px #cccccc; padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px; margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px; color:#6699cc; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; display: block;"> Selected Publications</h1></font> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. (Forthcoming). "In Praise of Religious Reflexivity: Fieldwork Refelctions", <i>Critical Arts</i>,26(3) (Special issue on 'Encounters: Researchers as Tourists and Travellers'). In press.</font> <br><br></font> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Shani, A., Belhassen, Y. & Soskin, D. (Forthcoming). "Teaching Professional Ethics in Culinary Studies", <i>International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management</i>, In press.</font> <br><br> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. & Shani, A. (Forthcoming). "Hotel Workers Substance Use and Abuse", <i>International Journal of Hospitality Management</i>, In press.</font> <br><br></font> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. & Shani, A. (Forthcoming). "Substance Abuse and Job Attitude among Hotel Workers: Social Labeling Perspectives", <i>Tourism Management</i>, In press.</font> <br><br> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. & Caton, K. (2011). "On the Need for Critical Pedagogy in Tourism Education", <i>Tourism Management</i>, 32(6), 1389-1396. <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/CMS_in_Tourism.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </A><br><br> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. & Caton, K. (2009). "Advancing Understanings: A Linguistic Approach to Tourism Epistemology", <i>Annals of Tourism Research</i>, 36(2), 335-352. <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Advancing_understanding.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </A><br><br> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen Y. & Ebel, J. (2009). "Tourism, Faith and Politics in the Holy Land: An Ideological Analysis of Evangelical Pilgrimage", <i> Current Issues in Tourism </i>. 12(4), 359-378. <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Belhassen_Ebel.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </A><br><br> <font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. (2009). "Fundamentalist Christian Pilgrimages as a Political and Cultural Force", <i>Journal of Heritage Tourism</i>, 4(2), 131-144.<a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Contextualizing_pilgrimage_experiences.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </A><br><br><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. Caton, K. , & Stewart, W.P. (2008). "The Search for Authenticity in the Pilgrim Experience", <i>Annals of Tourism Research</i>. 35(3), 668-689. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Belhassen_Caton_Stewart.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <br><br> Santos, C., Belhassen, Y. & Caton, K. (2008). "Reimagining Chinatown: An Analysis of Tourism Discourse",<I> Tourism Management </I>,29(5), 1002-1012. <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Reimagining_Chinatown.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </A> <BR><BR> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;"> Belhassen, Y. (2007). "Inciting the Sociological Imagination", <I>Annals of Tourism Research </I>, 34(4), 1078-1081. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Sociological_imagination.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <BR><BR> Belhassen, Y., Santos, C.A., & Uriely , N. (2007). "Cannabis Usage in Tourism: A Sociological Perspective", <I>Leisure Studies </I>26(3), 303-319. <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/cannabis_usage.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <BR><BR> <DIR>Republished abstract in <I>The Chronicle of Higher Education</I>, July 6th 2007, 55(44), A6. </DIR>Belhassen, Y, & Caton, K. (2006). "Authenticity Matters", <I>Annals of Tourism Research</I>, 33(3), 872-875. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Authenticity_Matters.pdf"><strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <BR><BR> Belhassen, Y. & Santos, C.A. (2006). "An American Evangelical Pilgrimage to Israel: A Case Study on Politics and Triangulation", <I>Journal of Travel Research</I>, 44(4), 431-441. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Triangulating_evangelical_pilgrimage.pdf"><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;"><strong>Download &raquo;</strong></font></a> <BR><BR> Uriely, N. & Belhassen, Y. (2006). "Drugs and Risk Taking in Tourism", <I>Annals of Tourism Research</I>, 33(2), 339-359. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Drug_and_Risk_Taking.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <br><br> Uriely, N. & Belhassen, Y. (2005). "Drugs and Tourists' Experiences", <I>Journal of Travel Research</I>, 43(3), 238-246. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Drugs_and_Tourists_experiences.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <BR><BR> <B>Reports & Reviews</B><BR> Shani, A. & Belhassen, Y. (2009). "Tourism Destination Development and Branding", <i>Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research</i>, 20(2), 471-473. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/Report_Eilat.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <br> <br> Belhassen, Y. (2011). Review of John Tribe's book "Philosophical Issues in Tourism", <i>Tourism Analysis </i>,16(3), 385-386. <A href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/book_review.pdf"> <strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download &raquo;</font></strong></a> <br><br> <br><br> <b>Book Chapters</B><BR> Belhassen, Y. & Uriely, N. (2008). "Perceived Risk of Drug Taking Backpackers" in <i>Backpackers and Drug Abuse: A Documentary, Research, Treatment and Prevention Perspective. </i>, H. Bonny-Noach, ed., pp. 288-300. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute Publishing House and the Israeli Anti-Drugs Authority (in Hebrew). <BR><BR><b>Book</B><BR> Belhassen, Y. (2004). <I>The Phenomenon of Drug Tourism</I> (published thesis). Jerusalem: The Anti Drugs Authority (in Hebrew) (also available online at <A href="http://www.antidrugs.org.il/template/default.asp?maincat=12&amp;catid=41&amp;pageid=1122"><strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;"> the Israeli Antidrugs Authority website &raquo;</strong></font></A>.<BR><BR> <B>Unrefereed publication</B><BR> Belhassen, Y. (2008). (ed). <I>The Proceeding of IATF's 6th Annual Conference.</I> Ben Gurion University publishing house. </font> <br> <br> <h1 style=" font-family: Arial; letter-spacing:-1px; display: block; border-bottom: dashed 1px #cccccc; padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px; margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px; color:#6699cc; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; display: block;">Selected Media Coverage</h1> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <a href="http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/07/0823tourism.html"><img style="border: solid 1px #ccc;" height="90" src="http://www.news.uiuc.edu/WebsandThumbs/Santos,Carla/amsterdam_b.jpg" width="140" align="left" border="0" /></a> </td> <td valign="top"> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;">Don t be surprised if some of your colleagues and acquaintances aren t exactly forthcoming about how they spent their summer vacations. Those who appear to have a don t-ask, don t-tell policy when it comes to discussing details of their trips to certain locations in Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, South America and elsewhere abroad may be among a sub-set of travelers engaging in ... deviance tourism. <a href="http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/07/0823tourism.html"><strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download File &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/curing-the-fetish-of-gdp-1.315390"><img style="border: solid 1px #ccc;" height="90" src="http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.315428.1285288310!/image/2251105850.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_295/2251105850.jpg" width="140" align="left" border="0" /></a> </td> <td valign="top"> <font style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; color:#6f7983;">One of the privileges of joining the OECD, a pleasure Israel experienced this year, is the ability to compare oneself to existing averages. Israel always yearned to meet the standards of the "west," an inaccurate euphemism for "advanced" or "developed" nations. In short, places where the living is good, such as the United States and some places in Western Europe. <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/curing-the-fetish-of-gdp-1.315390"><strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download File &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </td> </tr> </table> <br><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td> <a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/~yanivbel/pdf files/yanivbelhassen.pdf"><strong><font style="font-family:Verdana; letter-spacing:-1px; text-decoration: none; color:#669933;">Download full curriculum vitae &raquo;</font></strong></a></font> </td></tr> </table></table> </body> </html>