Associate Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, Recreation, Sport and Tourism
Bock Agricultural Law and Policy Fellow, Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Recent Publications

Endres, R., Endres, A. B., Guarino, J., Swanson, T., & Zou, S. (2025). Agritourism liability: why definition matters from a legal and risk management perspective. Current Issues in Tourism, 28(17), 2726-2732. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2024.2378971

Huang, L., Zheng, W., Zou, S., & Chen, M. H. (2025). Interpretable machine learning for hotel demand prediction: A case study framework from Xiamen, China. Tourism Economics, 31(8), 1726-1748. Article 13548166251360295. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548166251360295

Pitas, N., Zou, S., & Jeong, W. (2025). Voting “Yes” for Community-Level Conservation: Cognitive Antecedents of Support for a Greenspace Ballot Initiative. Society and Natural Resources, 38(9), 934-952. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2025.2484815

Rice, W. L., Phillips, K. E., Armatas, C. A., Pitas, N. A., Zou, S. S., & Fuesler, A. (2025). A systematic review of visitor preferences concerning recreation allocation. Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 7(2), 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-025-00216-1

Stone, M. J., & Zou, S. (2025). Consumption value in food tourism: the effects on purchase involvement and post-travel behaviours. Tourism Recreation Research, 50(2), 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2246737

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