He teaches in the areas of tourism and recreation, sustainability, and research methods. He conducts research in subjective well-being, resilience, tourism, and social science aspects of natural resource management. Kreg has a Ph.D. in forest social science with a minor in economics from OSU, a masters in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a bachelors in history from Dartmouth College. He has worked in 15 countries on 6 continents. He will present a planary session called : Beyond recreation experience and expenditure: Well-being and resilience in natural area-human community systems