Megha Budruk

Megha Budruk is an associate professor in the parks and recreation management program in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. She is a natural resource social scientist whose work focuses on natural resource management and community development. Her research interests focus on the inclusion of stakeholder perspectives into resource management. Specifically, she studies human-nature relationships, visitor experience and impact management, and community development within the context of parks, protected areas and cultural monuments. She has extensive research experience with several U.S. federal, state, county and local public land management agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Arizona State Parks and Maricopa County Parks. Her work contributes to the long-term sustainability of natural and cultural resource settings through an increased understanding of human relationships with these settings.