Dr Victoria Peel - Researcher Profile

Biography

Vicki has a research reputation in the combined fields of Australian Studies and Tourism, with particular emphasis on Cultural Tourism, the Backpacker and Student Tourism markets. Across these interdisciplinary interests, Vicki’s research themes have consistently addressed issues of historical and contemporary educational and youth travel experience and the spatial relationship and dynamic that underpins tourism at heritage places. Vicki has researched as part of an Australian wide team on cultural tourism projects funded by the Sustainable Tourism Centre for Cooperative Research. These studies explored the landscape, commercial application and stakeholder role of Cultural Tourism development in Australia. More recently she has received funding from Tourism Victoria to study the impact of international Working Holiday Makers on the independent travel market to Australia. She is currently co-authoring a book on the past, present and future of the travel guidebook with Anders Sorensen to be published by Channel View, UK. She has provided professional commentary in areas of Tourism for the Age, the Herald Sun and CNNN Asia and referees for leading journals in the field of tourism including Tourism Management and Tourism, Culture and Communication.

Vicki's approach to teaching and program management has reflected an obligation to deliver a high level professional tourism degree directed at positive learning and career outcomes for all students. She firmly believes in the importance of students' integration with the industry during their course and the educational value of fieldwork for all students aiming for a successful career in tourism. Vicki was a joint recipient of the Faculty of Arts Dean's Teaching Awards in 2010.

Vicki is an experienced HDR supervisor working in the areas of independent tourism, cultural tourism, and tourism as a tool for sustainable tourism development.

She is currently convenor of the Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Coursework Committee and Honours Committee and Deputy Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 1990

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS)

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1985

Publications

Books

Peel, V.M., 2001, Penleigh Essendon Grammar School - A History, Halstead Press, NSW Australia.

Peel, V., 1999, St Michael's Grammar School: A Study in Educational Change, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW.

Book Chapters

Jarvis, J.T.R., Peel, V.M., 2010, Flashpacking in Fiji: reframing the 'global nomad' in a developing destination, in Beyond Backpacker Tourism. Mobilities and Experiences, eds Kevin Hannam and Anya Diekmann, Channel View Publications, Bristol UK, pp. 21-39.

Jarvis, J.T.R., Peel, V.M., 2008, Study backpackers: Australia's short stay international student travellers, in Backpacker Tourism: Concepts and Profiles, eds Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic, Channel View Publications, Clevedon UK, pp. 157-173.

Peel, V.M., 2006, Lindsay Thompson: the team player, in The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006, eds Paul Strangio and Brian Costar, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 314-324.

Peel, V.M., 2005, Auburn & Hawthorn, in The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, eds Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 327-328.

Peel, V.M., 2004, Classroom tourists: study-abroad students and Australian Studies, in Thinking Australian Studies: Teaching Across Cultures, eds David Carter, Kate Darian-Smith and Gus Worby, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Qld Australia, pp. 304-317.

Journal Articles

Peel, V.M., Sorensen, A., Steen, A.B., 2012, "Unfriendly, unfunny, and tyrannical": An exploratory study of the travel guidebook in the Australian print media, Tourism Analysis [P], vol 17, issue 3, Cognizant Communication Corporation, New York, USA, pp. 299-309.

Lacey, G.T., Peel, V.M., Weiler, B., 2012, Disseminating the voice of the other: A case study of philanthropic tourism, Annals of Tourism Research [P], vol 39, issue 2, Pergamon, United Kingdom, pp. 1199-1220.

Reeves, K., Eklund, E., Reeves, A., Scates, B., Peel, V., 2011, Broken Hill: rethinking the significance of the material culture and intangible heritage of the Australian labour movement, International Journal of Heritage Studies [P], vol 17, issue 4, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 301-317.

Cheer, J., Peel, V., 2011, The tourism-foreign aid nexus in Vanuatu: Future directions, Tourism Planning & Development [P], vol 8, issue 3, Routledge, UK, pp. 253-264.

Peel, V.M., Steen, A., 2007, Victims, hooligans and cash-cows: Media representations of the international backpacker in Australia, Tourism Management, vol 28, issue 4, Elsevier, Guildford UK, pp. 1057-1067.

Maher, J., Lindsay, J.M., Peel, V.M., Twomey, C.L., 2006, Peer mentoring as an academic resource: or 'my friend says...', Australian Universities Review, vol 48, issue 2, National Tertiary Education Union, South Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 26-29.

Conference Proceedings

Steen, A., Peel, V., 2011, Internationalisation in the tourism industry: a case of Australian based backpacker accommodation operators, International Business: New challenges, New Forms, New Practices, University of Edinburgh Business School, Edingburgh UK, pp. 2-26.

Peel, V., Sorensen, A., Steen, A., 2011, Seriously misguided: Mapping a research agenda for the travel guidebook in contemporary tourism, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE). Tourism: Creating a Brilliant Blend, 08 February 2011 to 11 February 2011, School of Mangement University of South Australia, SA Australia, pp. 650-658.

Hughes, M., Carlsen, J., Peel, V.M., Pocock, C., Frost, W., 2007, Key success factors and information availability in cultural heritage tourism operations, Proceedings of CAUTHE 2007 : Tourism - Past Achievements, Future Challenges, 11 February 2007 to 14 February 2007, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-13.

Frost, W., Peel, V.M., 2006, Cultural heritage and regional tourism in the Victorian goldfields, Heritage and Regional Development: Refereed Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International, 26 September 2006 to 29 September 2006, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW Australia, pp. 129-142.

Other

Collins, J., Darcy, S., Jordan, K., Skilbeck, R., Peel, V.M., Dunstan, W.D., 2008, Cultural Landscapes of Tourism in New South Wales and Victoria, CRC for sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd, Griffith Qld Australia, pp. 1-81.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Effects of information and interpretation on personal benefits derived from long distance walking trail experiences.

Supervisors:

Weiler, B (Main), Peel, V (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Carlton, B.

Program of Study:

IMPRISIONING HISTORIES: STATE POWER AND PRISONER RESISTANCE IN THE JIKA JIKA HIGH-SECURITY UNIT 1980-1987. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Peel, M (Main), Peel, V (Associate).

Student:

Forgasz, R.

Program of Study:

Beyond 'Malestream' Judaism: Representing Women in Jewish Museums. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Peel, V (Main), Light, H (Associate).

Student:

Lacey, G.

Program of Study:

Facing Kirinyaga: philanthropic tourism in rural Kenya. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Weiler, B (Main), Peel, V (Associate).

Student:

Lacey, G.

Program of Study:

The Laminex Outback - The Safari Tourism Landscape in Regional Australia. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Peel, V (Main), Pfueller, S (Associate).