Terence Young earned his Ph.D. in geography at UCLA and was a member of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His areas of teaching and research expertise include historical geography, environmental geography, biogeography, and tourism & recreation, particularly of the United States. He has published on nature perception and meaning, recreational environments, tourist landscapes, theme parks, and nature parks and reserves. The Johns Hopkins University Press released his book, Building San Francisco's Parks, 1850-1930, in February 2004. It explores the links between concepts of nature, landscape design, and social order in the struggles over park making in San Francisco. Cornell University Press published his latest book, Heading Out: A History of American Camping, in June 2017. It explores how camping is linked to pilgrimage, modernization, and technology.
My current research topics are:
Essentialism & American Urban Greenspace Advocacy
USNPS International Short Course (1965-1992) and the North Americanization of Parks & Protected Areas around the World
"The Four Vagabonds" (John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and Henry Ford) & American Camping
Previous Courses Taught at CPP
Geography 100 - World Regional Geography Last taught Winter 2016
Geography 101 - Introduction to Physical Geography Last taught in Fall 2015
Geography 3080L - Biogeography Last taught Spring 2020
Geography 330/A - Environmental Geography Last taught Winter 2018
Geography 335 - Historical Geography Last taught Spring 2018
Geography 345 - Tourism in a Globalizing World Last taught Winter 2018
Geography 3510 - California Last taught Spring 2020
Geography 430 - Geography of Landscape Preservation Last taught Spring 2018
Geography 4350 - Parks and Protected Areas Last taught Spring 2019
RS 510 - Regenerative Concepts and Social Practices Last taught Fall 2011
