ASIA TRAVEL RESEARCH

PROJECTS

UNESCO SITES & PROTECTED AREAS

DESTINATION RESILIENCE

HERITAGE & CULTURE

TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION

SELECT PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

  • UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD COLLABORATION: Ethnography as a backdoor to critical tourism studies: Insights from an ethnobiology study of Indigenous-bird relations in the Altiplano region of Perú and Bolivia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2026.2661705
  • CHINA’S NEW NATIONAL PARKS: Household livelihood adaptive strategies in Gateway Communities of new national parks. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2025.2471489
  • DESTINATION RESILIENCE: Short- versus long-term tourism resilience and COVID-19: Background trend modeling by attraction type in Wuhan, China. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104614
  • COVID-19 AND TOURIST BEHAVIOR: Why do the neighbors keep their distance? Evolutionary Psychology Theory and 2020 COVID-19 travel recovery in central China. Journal of China Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2024.2306211
  • WILDLIFE TOURISM AND VIRTUAL REALITY: Extended reality and sustainable tourism: Restorying human-wildlife relationships for biocultural conservation. Journal of Ecotourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2022.2055046
  • EMPOWERMENT: Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing (pp. 84-87). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377486
  • VIETNAM & RESEARCHER ROLES: Undertaking fieldwork in Pro-Poor Tourism: A reflexive account. Tourism Recreation Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2126923
  • POVERTY ALLEVIATION: Tourism dependence and poverty alleviation thresholds in Chinese ethnic tourism. Journal of Mountain Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-022-7479-2
  • WUHAN TOURISM & COVID-19: Impact of COVID-19: Research note on tourism and hospitality sectors in the first epicenter of Hubei, China. Int. Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-04-2020-0278
  • CHINA-U.S. COLLABORATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Launching an online graduate degree for tourism management in China: Lessons in Chinese-foreign cooperation. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2019.1707148
  • THAILAND AND RESPONSIBLE TOURISM: Responsible tourism in Bangkok, Thailand: Resident perceptions of Chinese tourist behaviour. International Journal of Tourism Research, 21, 221-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2256

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SELECT FUNDED PROJECTS

  • U.S. NATIONAL PARKS: Multi-State Study Tour on U.S. Park and Protected Area Values for Officials, Community Leaders and Students from Hubei, China. U.S. Dept. of State / Embassy Beijing. Project No. SCH50023GR0072. 149,571.35 USD.
  • UNIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL: Student Nature Vids film festival. Colorado State University Provost Support for Professional Development (Contract and Continuous Appointment Faculty). 8,000 USD.
  • RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Characteristic village brand internalization and mechanism from a resident perspective. Chinese National Social Science Fund. Project No. 18BGL159. 200,000 RMB / 30,100 USD.
  • ETHNIC-INDIGENOUS TOURISM: Tourism-driven Chinese ethnic festival evolution: Mechanism and reproduction path. Chinese National Social Science Fund. Project No. 20CMZ033. 200,000 RMB / 30,100 USD.
  • NATIONAL TOURISM / WELL-BEING: Building a beautiful China with healthy tourism development. Chinese National Social Science Fund. Project No. 14AJY024. 200,000 RMB / 30,100 USD.
  • PROVINCIAL TOURISM SURVEY: Tourist satisfaction survey project. Hubei Ministry of Tourism. 1.48 million RMB / 224,804 USD.
  • U.S. FEDERAL CORPS OF ENGINEERS: Recreational Boating Survey at Joe Pool and Lewisville Lakes, Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX. Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands. 288,000 USD.