Dr. Marni Goldenberg is a Professor in the Experience Industry Management Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. Marni’s background includes serving as a field instructor and challenge course instructor with various wilderness and adventure organizations. She is a former instructor with the North Carolina Outward Bound School and the Wilderness Education Association. Her research examines benefits, motivations, and barriers of leisure and recreation participation in the outdoor setting. She has researched the impacts of hiker experiences in outdoor recreation, land ethics among PCT hikers, and visitor use/satisfaction in public parks and areas. She has also learned about eye tracker technology and implemented that in a current study looking at design and management of recreational trails on forested lands. Marni recently co-authored the 3rd edition of the textbook: Outdoor Leadership: Theory and Practice.
Goldenberg, M., Schwab, K., Lier, T., Murray, J., & Bilhorn, T. (2024). A Pacific Crest Trail Quantitative Investigation of Land Management Issues, Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 16(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.18666/JOREL-2023-12071
Sherman, B., Schwab, K., & Goldenberg, M. (2024). A Research Note: Too Many Bots: A Lesson for Online Quantitative Data Collection. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 42 (2). https://doi.org/10.18666/JPRA-2023-12011.
Goldenberg, M, Schwab, K., Bilhorn, T., & Murray, J. (2023). Sustainable land management of the Pacific Crest Trail: A qualitative investigation. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 15(1), 46-60. https://doi.org/10.18666/JOREL-2023-11641
Shen, S., Goldenberg, M., Kaarakka, L., & Yang, H. (2022). The design and management of recreational trails on forested lands using eye tracking technology. Research Abstract. TTRA. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/ttra/2022/researchabstract/8/
Goldenberg, M. & Schwab, K.A. (2022). The impact of land management practices: An examination of the Pacific Crest Trail. Proceedings published for the National Recreation and park Association, September 2022. https://www.nrpa.org/globalassets/conference/files/2022-nrpa-research-sessions-book-of-abstracts.pdf
Howard, I., & Goldenberg, M. (2020). Women thru-hiker experiences on the Pacific Crest Trail: Gender influences, factors of success, and personal outcomes. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 12(1), 41-61. doi: 10.18666/JOREL-2020-V12-I1-9959
Howard, I., & Goldenberg, M. (2020). Transformative outcomes of women thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail [Abstract]. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 12(2), 232-234. doi: 10.18666/JOREL-2020-V12-I2-9806
