Paige Schneider is a Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. She holds an M.A. in Recreation & Tourism from Bowling Green State University. Paige’s research has focused on marketing, communication, and consumer behavior related to tourism, with a special interest in adventure tourism.

Paige has 15 years of experience as a travel consultant and manager of a Virtuoso member agency in Perrysburg, Ohio, where she specialized in adventure travel vacations. Paige is a Certified Travel Consultant (CTC), a Certified Adventure Travel Specialist (ATC), and has completed four Destination Specialist (DS) certificates during her career, providing her with industry perspective and knowledge that enhances her academic research.

Passionate about adventure since her first visit to the San Juan Islands of Washington State, Paige is a longtime advocate of adventure travel, believing adventure travel offers experiences that promote cultural understanding, fulfill personal dreams, and encourage environmental sustainability. Her travels typically include hiking, biking, and kayaking —her latest favorite places include the beautiful islands of Croatia and the breathtaking Pacific Lowlands of Nicaragua.

Paige is an active member in The Travel Institute (formerly ICTA), the Communication Majors Association (CMA) at Michigan State University, and the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA), at whose June 2006 conference in Dublin she won Best Illustrated Paper Presentation. Paige also volunteers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio and, since 2004, has been a research associate with the Adventure Travel Trade Association and a member of the advisory council for new consumer travel magazine, set to launch in 2007.