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Overview
Background
Dr Noreen Breakey joined the tourism team at UQ in 2005. She has been the Director for Undergraduate Programs, Coordinator of the First Year Experience, and is currently a member of the award-winning MTHEM Foundation Year Teaching Team. Individually, Dr Breakey received a UQ Excellence in Teaching & Learning Award - Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. She actively undertakes scholarship of teaching and learning and has numerous research publications on tourism and hospitality education. Dr Breakey developed the Masters course, Disciplinary Foundations of Tourism, Hospitality & Events, which she continues to Course Coordinate, encouraging students to understand how the theories and approaches from different social science and humanities disciplines can help us to address the challenges and issues in tourism, hospitality, and events.
Dr Breakey received her PhD on tourism destination development from UQ in 2006. Since then her research has explored the relationships between people, tourism and the natural environment, through her principal research areas of environmental ethics, sustainable tourism, ecotourism, community-based tourism, and tourism in protected areas. She has successfully supervised six PhD scholars through to completion.
Dr Breakey is an active member of Ecotourism Australia. She was a member of their Policy and Advocacy Committee (2011 to 2014), and subsequently on their Board of Directors (2019-2023).
Prior to her academic career, Dr Breakey worked for over a decade in industry, including hotels, resorts, tour operations, travel agencies, and events in Australia and overseas, as well as in government, developing the Destination Management Plans at Tourism Events Queensland.
Availability
- Dr Noreen Breakey is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Business (Administration), The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Sustainable visitor usage of the world's existing, developing, and potential tourism destinations.
Works
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2023
Book Chapter
Leopold’s cultural harvest, biocultural tourism, and field environmental philosophy
Breakey, Hugh and Breakey, Noreen (2023). Leopold’s cultural harvest, biocultural tourism, and field environmental philosophy. Field Environmental Philosophy. (pp. 281-293) edited by Ricardo Rozzi, Alejandra Tauro, Noa Avriel-Avni, T. Wright and Roy H. May Jr.. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23368-5_17
2023
Journal Article
Can we buffer them? Supporting healthy levels of stress and anxiety in first year international students
Slaughter, Lee, Sie, Lintje, Breakey, Noreen, Macionis, Niki and Zhang, Jingru (2023). Can we buffer them? Supporting healthy levels of stress and anxiety in first year international students. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 32 100438, 100438. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2023.100438
2022
Journal Article
Does tourism development shift residents’ attitudes to the environment and protected area management?
Rastegar, Raymond, Breakey, Noreen, Driml, Sally and Ruhanen, Lisa (2022). Does tourism development shift residents’ attitudes to the environment and protected area management?. Tourism Recreation Research, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2022.2106100
2022
Conference Publication
Minimising stress and anxiety in the ‘next normal’ learning environment: a case of first semester EAL students studying tourism hospitality and event courses
Slaughter, Lee , Macionis, Niki , Breakey, Noreen , Zhan, Jingru and Sie, Lintje (2022). Minimising stress and anxiety in the ‘next normal’ learning environment: a case of first semester EAL students studying tourism hospitality and event courses. The Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), Online, 7-9 February 2022.
2021
Conference Publication
A search for commonality among sustainable tourism indicators
Balch, Cameron and Breakey, Noreen (2021). A search for commonality among sustainable tourism indicators. Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Online, 9-12 February 2021.
2020
Conference Publication
Looking into the future through the past: A comprehensive review of managing tourism in World Heritage Sites (1989-2019)
Breakey, Noreen and Ye, Isabella (2020). Looking into the future through the past: A comprehensive review of managing tourism in World Heritage Sites (1989-2019). CAUTHE2020, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-13 February 2020. Auckland, New Zealand: CAUTHE.
2020
Conference Publication
20:20 Vision – Diversity in hospitality and tourism undergraduate education in Australia
Breakey, Noreen, Macionis, Niki and Zhang, Jingru (Ruby) (2020). 20:20 Vision – Diversity in hospitality and tourism undergraduate education in Australia. Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-14 February 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
Why so many tools to measure eco/sustainable tourism? Overlap, anomalies and opportunities
Balch, Cameron and Breakey, Noreen (2020). Why so many tools to measure eco/sustainable tourism? Overlap, anomalies and opportunities. Global Eco: Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference, Margaret River, WA Australia/Online, 1-3 December 2020.
2019
Journal Article
Development of a conflict management model as a tool for improved project outcomes in community based tourism
Curcija, Marcus, Breakey, Noreen and Driml, Sally (2019). Development of a conflict management model as a tool for improved project outcomes in community based tourism. Tourism Management, 70, 341-354. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.08.016
2019
Conference Publication
Learning from success: two Malaysian community based ecotourism case studies
Curcija, Marcus, Breakey, Noreen and Driml, Sally (2019). Learning from success: two Malaysian community based ecotourism case studies. Global Eco: Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 2-4 December 2019.
2017
Conference Publication
Mainstream eco tourism: are we pushing the right buttons? Insights from environmental ethics
Breakey, N. and Breakey, H. (2017). Mainstream eco tourism: are we pushing the right buttons? Insights from environmental ethics. Global Eco: Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27-29 November 2017.
2016
Journal Article
Tourism and hospitality internships: Influences on student career aspirations
Robinson, Richard N. S., Ruhanen, Lisa and Breakey, Noreen M. (2016). Tourism and hospitality internships: Influences on student career aspirations. Current Issues in Tourism, 19 (6), 513-527. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1020772
2015
Book Chapter
Approaches in the Design and Delivery of Hotel/Hospitality Management Undergraduate Degree Programmes within Australia
Breakey, Noreen M., Robinson, Richard N.S. and Brenner, Matthew L. (2015). Approaches in the Design and Delivery of Hotel/Hospitality Management Undergraduate Degree Programmes within Australia. The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education. (pp. 305-321) edited by Dianne Dredge, David Airey and Michael J. Gross. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203763308-37
2014
Journal Article
A phenomenological approach to hospitality management research: chefs' occupational commitment
Robinson, Richard N. S., Solnet, David J. and Breakey, Noreen (2014). A phenomenological approach to hospitality management research: chefs' occupational commitment. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 43, 65-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2014.08.004
2014
Journal Article
Tourism and Aldo Leopold's “cultural harvest”: creating virtuous tourists as agents of sustainability
Breakey, Noreen M. and Breakey, Hugh E. (2014). Tourism and Aldo Leopold's “cultural harvest”: creating virtuous tourists as agents of sustainability. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 23 (1), 85-103. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2014.924954
2014
Book Chapter
Ecotourism: a new challenge for protecting rainforest areas in Chile
Vera Campos, Mirko, Scott, Noel and Breakey, Noreen (2014). Ecotourism: a new challenge for protecting rainforest areas in Chile. Rainforest tourism, conservation and management: challenges for sustainable development. (pp. 134-145) edited by Bruce Prideaux. Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203087183-20
2013
Journal Article
Is there a right to tourism?
Breakey, Noreen and Breakey, Hugh (2013). Is there a right to tourism?. Tourism Analysis, 18 (6), 739-748. doi: 10.3727/108354213X13824558470943
2013
Journal Article
A tourism immersion internship: student expectations, experiences and satisfaction
Ruhanen, Lisa, Robinson, Richard and Breakey, Noreen (2013). A tourism immersion internship: student expectations, experiences and satisfaction. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 13 (1), 60-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2013.02.001
2013
Journal Article
A foreign assignment: internships and international students
Ruhanen, Lisa, Robinson, Richard and Breakey, Noreen (2013). A foreign assignment: internships and international students. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 20, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2013.05.005
2012
Journal Article
Knowledge exchange and networks: A new destination for tourism internships?
Ruhanen, Lisa, Breakey, Noreen and Robinson, Richard (2012). Knowledge exchange and networks: A new destination for tourism internships?. Current Issues in Toursim, 15 (3), 183-196. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2011.577890
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Noreen Breakey is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
Completed supervision
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Conflict Management within the Context of Community Based Tourism: An Exploratory Study
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The Contribution of the Community-based Homestay Programme to Sustainable Community Development in Malaysia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brent Ritchie
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Tourism education and local employment as factors contributing to the sustainable development of tourism in SIDS: The case of the Maldives
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lisa Ruhanen
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Environmental Protection and Local Resident Attitudes at Early Stages of Tourism Development
Associate Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating Creativity as an Alternative Explicator of the Mobility of Chefs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Solnet
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Hotel restaurant co-branding: The relationship of perceived brand fit, perceived risk and perceived value with intention to purchase
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Solnet
Media
Enquiries
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- ecotourism
- sustainable tourism
- tourism and environmental ethics
- tourism and hospitality education
- tourism and World Heritage Areas
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