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William Schwab Professor and Interim Dean, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences 2008 through the end of 2009 Phone: (479) 575-4804 FAX: (479) 575-2642 bschwab@uark.edu

Degrees:

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1976

Research Interests:

• Urban change on the neighborhood level

• Rural health care and development.

• Developing graduate programs and training in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in Jordan

• Applying CRM to economic development of sustainable tourism in Northern Jordan.

Publications/Presentations:

• Schwab, William A. 2004. Deciphering the City. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Schwab, William A. and Margaret Reid, “Barriers to Sustainable Development: Jordan’s Search for a Sustainable Tourism Strategy,” Journal for Asian and African Studies, 41(5/6), 439-457, 2006.
• Schwab, William A. and Margaret Reid, “Applying the Principles of Cultural Resource Management to Economic Development through Sustainable Tourism,” International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 11(1), 156-165, 2006.
• Schwab, William A. and M. Shunnaq, “Community Development Using a Sustainable Tourism Strategy: A Case Study of the Jordan River Valley Touristway,” Fifth International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation, Baeza, Spain, July 2007.

Grants:

United States Agency for International Development, Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development, University of Arkansas and Yarmouk University (Irbid, Jordan), Grant: Applying the Principles of Cultural Resource Management to Economic Development through Sustainable Tourism.