• Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give
  • Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give

Search

  • A-Z Index
  • Map

Anthropology

  • About
    • Governance
    • Giving
    • Request More Info
    • Forensic Anthropology Center
  • People
    • Faculty
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • Staff
    • Graduate Students
    • Emeritus
    • In Memoriam
  • Areas of Study
    • Anthropological Archaeology
    • Biological Anthropology
    • Cultural Anthropology
    • Disasters, Displacement, & Human Rights
  • Undergraduate
    • Majors & Minors
    • Advising
    • Careers
    • Departmental Scholarships
    • Undergraduate Anthropology Association
    • Course Descriptions
    • Apply
  • Graduate
    • Degree Programs
    • Apply
    • DDHR Graduate Certificate
    • Graduate Handbook
    • Graduate Forms
    • Awards & Grants
    • Graduate Student Association
  • Opportunities
    • Lab Facilities
    • Field Schools
    • DDHR Working Paper Series
  • News & Events
    • Visiting Lecture Series
    • DDHR Webinar Series
    • Newsletters
    • Share Your News

Howell, Benita

Howell, Benita

gray background

Benita Howell

Professor Emerita | Cultural Anthropology

Publications

  • Howell, B (2008) Introduction. In: Rugby, Tennessee. Some Account of the Settlement Founded on the Cumberland Plateau (reprint) by T. Hughes. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press
  • Howell, B.J. (editor) 2006. Tourism Section. Encyclopedia of Appalachia. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
  • Howell, B. J. 2004. Cultural attachment to place: A framework for identifying and working with traditionally associated peoples in Southern Appalachia. Traditionally Associated Peoples and Ethnographic Resources Workshop Proceedings, National Park Service. http://www.cr.nps.gov/ethnography/training/TAPS/attachment.htm
  • Howell, B.J. 2003. Folklife along the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
  • Howell, B.J. (editor) 2002. Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South. Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
  • Howell, B.J. 1996. Heritage Tourism and Community Development. Lessons from Historic Rugby. In Keys in the Marketplace: Problems and Issues in Cultural and Heritage tourism.edited by Patricia Atkinson Wells. pp. 134-144, Enfield Lock, Middlesex, UK: Hisarlik Press.
  • Howell, B.J. 1994. Mountain Foragers in Southeast Asia and Appalachia: Cross-cultural Perspectives on the “Mountain Man” Stereotype. In Appalachia in an International Context: Cross-National Comparisons of Developing Regions. pp. 131-140 edited by P.J. Obermiller and W.W. Philliber. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Howell, B.J. 1994. Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Involvement in Cultural Conservation and Heritage tourism. Human Organization. 53(2) 150-159

Education

  • Ph.D. 1978, Anthropology, University of Kentucky
    M.S.L.S 1967, Library Science, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
    B.A. 1965, Duke University

headshot photo of Benita Howell

Specialties

Cultural Heritage Conservation and Tourism, Cultural Factors in Environmental Planning, Rural Development, Historical Ethnography and Folk Culture Studies of Southern Appalachia and the Cumberland Plateau


Posted: October 31, 2023

Exploring the human experience.

Careers

Newsletter

Giving

Anthropology

College of Arts and Sciences

502 Strong Hall
1621 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-1525
+1 (865) 974-4408
anthropology@utk.edu

 

Facebook Icon    X Icon    Instagram Icon    YouTube Icon

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
865-974-1000

The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Transfer Pathway.

ADA Privacy Safety Title IX