Carolyn Widner Ward grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She graduated with a degree in Geography from Emory and Henry College in 1990, and worked as a natural resource interpreter in the Virginia State park system. She went to graduate school at Virginia Tech and earned her Master’s and Ph.D. in Forestry with a specialization in Outdoor Recreation.

She has taught interpretation, public relations, and human dimensions of natural resource management at Humboldt State University (HSU) for eleven years and at West Virginia State University for one year. She is a Certified Interpretive Trainer for the National Association for Interpretation and serves as Editor of the Journal of Interpretation Research. She actively conducts environmental education and interpretation research throughout the country and has just recently published her first book on interpretation titled, Conducting Meaningful Interpretation: A field guide for Success.

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Journal of Interpretation Research
The purposes of the Journal of Interpretation Research are to communicate original empirical research dealing with interpretation and to provide a forum for scholarly discourse about issues facing the profession of interpretation. The Journal should strive to link research with practice. The Journal of Interpretation Research is published by the National Association for Interpretation, the preeminent professional association representing the heritage interpretation profession.

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