Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

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United States

Jen Agans
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Assistant Professor
Person: Academic
20112026
Peter Renton Allison
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
20002025
Lauren Duffy
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Department Head, Professor
Person: Academic
20122025
Carter A. Hunt
- Anthropology - Associate Professor
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
20082025
Andrew Justin Mowen
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Professor
Person: Academic
19972025
Bing Pan
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Professor
Person: Academic
19992026
Harrison Pinckney
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Assistant Professor
Person: Academic
20162026
Edwin Sabuhoro
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Assistant Professor in Recreation Park & Tourism Management
Person: Academic
20182026
Brendan Derrick Taff
- Recreation, Park and Tourism Management - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
20122026

43210 Citations
100 h-index
807 Article
55 Chapter
26 Review article
9 Comment/debate
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A virtual reality-based experiment on tourists’ choice of evacuation route
Hu, M., Duan, Q., Chen, N. & Pan, B., Apr 2026, In: Tourism Management. 113, 105335.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa
Pienkowski, T., Clark, M., Jagadish, A., Albert, A., Brar, M., Breedveld, T., Chinangwa, L., Gohil, D., Irumba, D., Kanaan, R., Kicheleri, R. P., Kihumuro, P., Kiwango, W. A., Mabele, M. B., Matiku, P., Mbeyale, G., Mbuvi, M. T. E., Mugisha, A., Mwango, S. & Mwanyoka, I. & 20 others, Nyirenda, R., Oula, G., Pétursson, J. G., Rusoke, T., Turyahabwe, N., Kazungu, M., Mandoloma, L., Meshack, C., Moombe, K. B., Moyo, F., Muposhi, V. K., Ochieng, A., Sabuhoro, E., Spenceley, A., Sulle, E., Tumusiime, D. M., Wilfred, P., Brehony, P., Assef, E. D. & Mills, M., Apr 2026, In: Conservation Biology. 40, 2, e70149.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Digital Leisure among Older Adults: Connections to Social Support, Flow, and Social Inclusion
Chang, L. C., Dattilo, J. & Huang, F. H., 2026, In: Leisure Sciences. 48, 3, p. 456-475 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Need Satisfaction in Structured and Unstructured Out-of-School-Time: A Positive Youth Development Approach
Shirzad, K., Hanna, S. R., Caraynoff, A. R. & Agans, J. P., Apr 2026, In: Youth and Society. 58, 3, p. 474-501 28 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Night lights versus conservation dreams: balancing human preferences with conservation goals in protected areas for sustainable nature-based noctourism
Beeco, J. A., Anderson, S. J., Giumetti, G., White, J., Gibson, A., Newton, J., Crump, M., Corsini, M., Lawson, S., Taff, D., Newman, P. & Barber, J., 2026, In: Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 34, 3, p. 613-636 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Nuestras Historias: Latino youth stories from upstate South Carolina
Patino, M., Outley, C., Moore, A., Harper, A. S. & Pinckney, H., 2026, In: World Leisure Journal. 68, 1, p. 100-122 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Comparison of Tourists’ Spatial–Temporal Behaviors Between Location-Based Service Data and Onsite GPS Tracks
Parkinson, C., Pan, B., Morris, S. A., Rice, W. L., Taff, B. D., Chi, G. & Newman, P., Jan 2025, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 17, 2, 391.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
7 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Class consciousness and the limits of leisure: a critical commentary on/from the United States
Duffy, L. N. & Harmon, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: World Leisure Journal.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Climate change through the eyes of recreational hunters: impacts on wildlife and adaptive responses
Jamaliah, M. M., Alazaizeh, M. M., Sabuhoro, E. & Awaji, M. A. L., 2025, In: Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 30, 2, p. 163-181 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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College Students’ Healthy Leisure: Latent Profile Analyses of Constraints and Negotiation Strategies
Agans, J. P., Son, J. S., Powers, S., Hanna, S. & Weybright, E. H., 2025, In: Leisure Sciences. 47, 8, p. 1764-1785 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations

3 Active
10 Finished

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Influence of Moral Engagement on Decision-Making, Management, and Risk to Wildlife in Protected Areas
Hunt, C. A. (PI)
National Science Foundation
7/1/24 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Conservation, Culture, and Common Pool Resources
Hunt, C. A. (PI) & Mfj5374@psuedu, M. E. J. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
7/1/24 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER TO DETECT MUTATION AND REACT TO COLONIC NEOPLASIA
Hunt, C. A. (PI) & Worthley, A. D. A. D. (PI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/20 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
DDRIG:A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis of links between individual and household decision-making, negotiation of livelihood risk, & natural resource management conflicts
Hunt, C. A. (PI) & Eps5479@psuedu, E. S. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
2/1/24 → 1/31/25
Project: Research project
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Livelihoods and Sovereignty in Coastal Alaska Communities
Hunt, C. A. (PI) & Rsn16@psuedu, R. S. N. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
5/1/22 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
ENSURING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF K-12 VOICES
Lawson, D. (PI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
7/1/21 → 12/31/23
Project: Research project
I Am a Scientist: Moving African American youth beyond participating in STEM activities to committing to a STEM identity
Pinckney, H. (PI), Boyer, D. D. M. (CoPI), Garst, B. A. (CoPI) & Thavarajah, D. D. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/19 → 1/31/23
Project: Research project
ENSURING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF K-12 VOICES
Lawson, D. (PI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
6/1/19 → 5/31/22
Project: Research project
NRT-INFEWS: Landscape-U, Impactful partnerships among graduate students and managers for regenerative landscape design
Smithwick, E. (PI), Kaye, J. P. (CoPI), Keller, K. (CoPI), Glenna, L. L. (CoPI), Baka, J. E. (CoPI), Hunt, C. A. (CoPI), Grady, C. (CoPI) & Graefe, A. R. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/18 → 8/31/24
Project: Research project
CNH: Sound as an Element in Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Barber, J. (PI), Francis, C. (CoPI), Giamellaro, M. M. W. (CoPI), Newman, P. B. (CoPI) & Monz, C. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
8/1/14 → 1/31/20
Project: Research project

2017 Emerging Faculty Outreach Award for Engaged Scholarship
Hunt, C. A. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology
Hunt, C. A. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Honorary award
Fulbright Scholar with the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Hunt, C. A. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award
Penn State Emerging Academic Leader (PSEAL)
Hunt, C. A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award
Sustainability Faculty Award, College of Health and Human Development
Hunt, C. A. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Honorary award
Sustaining Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology
Hunt, C. A. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award

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Jen Agans

Peter Renton Allison

Lauren Duffy

Carter A. Hunt

Andrew Justin Mowen

Bing Pan

Harrison Pinckney

Edwin Sabuhoro

Brendan Derrick Taff

A virtual reality-based experiment on tourists’ choice of evacuation route

Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa

Digital Leisure among Older Adults: Connections to Social Support, Flow, and Social Inclusion

Need Satisfaction in Structured and Unstructured Out-of-School-Time: A Positive Youth Development Approach

Night lights versus conservation dreams: balancing human preferences with conservation goals in protected areas for sustainable nature-based noctourism

Nuestras Historias: Latino youth stories from upstate South Carolina

A Comparison of Tourists’ Spatial–Temporal Behaviors Between Location-Based Service Data and Onsite GPS Tracks

Class consciousness and the limits of leisure: a critical commentary on/from the United States

Climate change through the eyes of recreational hunters: impacts on wildlife and adaptive responses

College Students’ Healthy Leisure: Latent Profile Analyses of Constraints and Negotiation Strategies

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Influence of Moral Engagement on Decision-Making, Management, and Risk to Wildlife in Protected Areas

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Conservation, Culture, and Common Pool Resources

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER TO DETECT MUTATION AND REACT TO COLONIC NEOPLASIA

DDRIG:A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis of links between individual and household decision-making, negotiation of livelihood risk, & natural resource management conflicts

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Livelihoods and Sovereignty in Coastal Alaska Communities

ENSURING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF K-12 VOICES

I Am a Scientist: Moving African American youth beyond participating in STEM activities to committing to a STEM identity

ENSURING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER OF K-12 VOICES

NRT-INFEWS: Landscape-U, Impactful partnerships among graduate students and managers for regenerative landscape design

CNH: Sound as an Element in Coupled Natural and Human Systems

2017 Emerging Faculty Outreach Award for Engaged Scholarship

Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology

Fulbright Scholar with the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Penn State Emerging Academic Leader (PSEAL)

Sustainability Faculty Award, College of Health and Human Development

Sustaining Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology

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