Working with talented researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students, we are researching various issues in travel and tourism. The topics include big data for tourism and parks, the educational benefits of travel, cross-cultural issues of visitor management in national parks, the wellbeing of urban residents in China, etc. I am part of the Travel and Tourism Research Group in RPTM.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

          
Yun Liang                               Colby Parkinson              Yuanxun Wei
Ph.D. Student                        Ph.D. Student                   M.S. Student

PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS

         
So Young Park, Ph.D.               Rui Li, M.S.                        Ayse Akyildiz, M.S.
Assistant Professor                  Market Manager             Ph.D. Student
Florida Atlantic University       Trip.com                           Rural Sociology, PSU

PAST VISITING SCHOLARS

Yuxia Lin, Ph.D. student, Xiamen University
Chengcheng Su, Ph.D. student, Zhejiang University
Tao Hu, Professor, Hainan University
Jinfeng Wu, Professor, Shaanxi Normal University
Zhenting Li, Associate Professor. Shaanxi Normal University
Hanyu Zhang, Associate Professor, Jinan University

CURRENT COLLABORATORS

Pete Allison, Penn State University, Clio Andris, Georgia Tech, Guangqing Chi, Penn State University, Deborah Kerstetter, Emeritus, Penn State University, Seoki Lee, Penn State University, Hengyun Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Junyi Li, Shaanxi Normal University, Stephen Litvin, College of Charleston,  Zach Miller, Penn State University, Peter Newman, Penn State University, Will Rice, Penn State University, Ashley Schroeder, Penn State University, Wayne Smith, College of Charleston, Derrick Taff, Penn State University, Jennifer Thomsen, University of Montana, Dan Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Jinfeng Wu, Shaanxi Normal University, Yang Yang, Temple University, Xiaoli Yi, Jinan University, Junjun Yin, Penn State University, Gaojun Zhang, Jinan University