Current Graduate Students in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (RPTM)

Rob Andrejewski
Pine Grove Mills, PA
rga116@psu.edu
M.S., SUNY Cortland (Recreation and Leisure Studies)
B.A., College of William and Mary (English Literature)
Research interests: Connection to Nature, Outdoor and Adventure Recreation, Environmental Education
So Young Bae
szb170@psu.edu Research interests: Culture and Diversity/Tourism
Joel Blanco
jab492@psu.edu Research interests: Youth Involvement in Outdoor Recreation
Po-Ju Chang
pzc132@psu.edu Research interests: Outdoor
Chen-Wei Cheng
Tainan, Taiwan
cxc714@psu.edu
M.S., Chinese Culture University (International Business Administration)
B.S., National Taiwan University (Mechanical Engineering) Research interests: Ecotourism, Tourism Impacts
Jaeyeon Choe
jzc172@psu.edu
B.A. Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul Korea (Business Administration)
M.S. California State University, Long Beach (Recreation and Leisure Studies)
Research interests: Destination Marketing, Cultural/Heritage Tourism, Consumption of Culture, and Leisure and Culture
Youngjoon Choi
Seoul, Korea
yzc123@psu.edu
B.A. Kyung Hee University (Tourism Management)
Research interests: Tourism and Culture, Tourism Marketing
Robert Cooper
Kansas City, MO
rjc318@psu.edu
B.S. Southeast Missouri State University
Research interests: Outdoor Recreation Management on Public Lands, Wilderness Pre-Orientation Programs, Adventure Recreation, Purple Leisure
Libby Covelli
New Milford, CT
eac231@psu.edu
M.S. West Virginia University (Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Resources)
B.S. Southern Connecticut State University (Leisure Studies)
B.A. Southern Connecticut State University (Relational Communications)
Research interests: Recreation on Public Lands, Constraints and Negotiation Strategies to Outdoor Recreation
Phileshia Dombrowski
pad193@psu.edu Research interests: Outdoor
Richard Gage
rlg248@psu.edu Research interests: Outdoor Recreation/Natural Resources
Cheryl Kelley
cak285@psu.edu Research interests: Therapeutic Recreation
Jihee Kim
jxk287@psu.edu Research interests: Tourism
Junhyoung Kim
jhk174@psu.edu Research interests: Leisure & Disability
Won Seok Lee
Seoul, Korea
wul123@psu.edu
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Economics) Research interests: Tourism Economics, Economic Impact Studies
Matthew McKinney
mcm249@psu.edu Research interests: Outdoor Recreation & Protected Land Mgmt
Ondrej Mitas
oxm110@psu.edu Research interests: Meanings of Leisure and Tourism Experiences in Relation to Place, Positive Psychology of Leisure and Tourism
Andrew Purrington
apurrington@psu.edu M.S., Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University Research interests: Leisure and Culture; Adaptive and Evolutionary Aspects of Leisure; Cross-Cultural Research; Culture and Behavior
Xinyi Lisa Qian
Shanghai, P.R. China
xzq5001@psu.edu
Bachelor of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.China (Tourism Management) Research interests: Leisure/Tourism Education, Leisure/Recreation Intervention
Nuno Ribeiro
Coimbra, Portugal
nfr106@psu.edu
M.S., Penn State University (Recreation, Park and Tourism Management)
B.S., Lusófona University, Lisbon (Tourism Planning and Development)
Research interests: Anthropology and Sociology of Leisure, Socio-Cultural Impacts of Travel and Tourism, Ritual and Leisure, Economics of Tourism
Jason Scott
jxs1090@psu.edu Research interests: Leisure Health, Leisure Disability
Ming-Jeng Shen
mxs784@psu.edu Research interests: Tourism and Adminstration
Xiangyou Sharon Shen
Jiangxi, China
sshen@psu.edu
M.A., Sun Yet-sen (Zhongshan) University (Tourism Management)
B.A., Sun Yet-sen (Zhongshan) University (Architecture and Civil Engineering)
Research interests: Social Psychology of Leisure, Play and Playfulness in Adults, Leisure Time Use, Leisure Specialization/Serious Leisure and Casual Leisure, Cross-Cultural Research on Environmental Values
Hwasung Song
hus148@psu.edu Research Interests: Outdoor
Mary Stansfield
mns152@psu.edu Research interests: Tourism
Nate Trauntvein
Logan, UT
net117@psu.edu
M.S., Penn State University (Leisure Studies)
B.S., Utah State University (Parks and Recreation Management). Research interests: Volunteerism, Public Parks and Recreation Administration, and Health
Lindsay Usher
North Carolina
leu105@psu.edu
B. A. UNC-Chapel Hill (Recreation Administration). Research interests: Sustainable Tourism in Developing Countries, Environmental Tourism, Host Impacts
Elizabeth Weybright
ehw110@psu.edu
M.S., Indiana University (Therapeutic Recreation)
B.S., Indiana University (Therapeutic Recreation)
Research interests: Therapeutic Recreation, Grieving, Death and Dying
Hui Jimmy Xie
hux101@psu.edu
M.S., Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, China
B.S., Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, China
Research interests: Consumer Decision-Making, Internet Marketing, Customer Loyalty Development, and Cross-Cultural Comparison
Eunice Eunjung Yoo
euy107@psu.edu Research interests: Tourism and Culture, Tourism Representations and Destination Marketing, Social and Cultural Aspects of Tourism, Sustainable Tourism Development
Anita Younker
aus208@psu.edu Research interests: Leisure and Healthy Lifestyle