Her research focuses on conservation behaviors, partnerships, and community capacity building within the human dimensions of natural resource management and sustainable tourism fields. Currently, Erin is examining climate readiness in communities dependent on nature-based recreation and tourism, as well as assessing perceptions of adaptive planning options for managing cultural resources vulnerable to sea level rise and shoreline erosion. Erin also serves as the PRTM Department Extension Leader for the NC Cooperative Extension Service, serving rural communities by facilitating sustainable and equitable tourism development. She joined IASNR in 2004 and has served on the IASNR Council since 2013.