Mechelle Best

Professor & Department Chair

California State University--Northridge

Affiliations

College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Institute for Sustainability

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Institute for Sustainability

Mechelle Best is currently serving as a College Of Social & Behavioral Sciences Professor & Department Chair at California State University--Northridge.

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Mechelle Best

California State University--Northridge

Professor & Department Chair

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Saint Lucia. (2024)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. (2024)

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Saint Lucia Tourism. (2023)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism. (2023)

Community Resilience in the Face of Natural Disaster: Puerto Rico’s Adventure Tourism Industry. (2021)

‘Freedom Footprints: The Barbados Story’ – a Slavery Heritage Trail. Journal of Heritage Tourism (2016)

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Interpretation of Contested Heritage at an Attraction in St. Lucia. Journal of Heritage Tourism (2013)

Motives, Facilitators and Constraints of Environmental Management in the Caribbean Accommodations Sector. Journal of Cleaner Production (2013)

7. the Contested Heritage of Sugar and Slavery at Tourism Attractions in Barbados and St Lucia. Multilingual Matters eBooks (2012)

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Environmental Management in the Caribbean Accommodations Sector.. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE) (2011)

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Mechelle Best

Professor & Department Chair

California State University--Northridge

Affiliations

College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Institute for Sustainability

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Institute for Sustainability

Mechelle Best is currently serving as a College Of Social & Behavioral Sciences Professor & Department Chair at California State University--Northridge.

Honors