{"id":124,"date":"2021-02-17T02:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/csu-uschinatourismlab\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:31:44","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/csu-uschinatourismlab\/knight\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Completed \/ Previous Advisees&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;959&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; title=&#8221;Yanxi Li, M.S.&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Dept. of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Colorado State University<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1195&#8243; 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W., \u2026 &amp; Muurlink, O. (University of Oxford &#8211; in revision). Indigenous Tourism in the Altiplano: Ethnographic insights into the effects of tourism on Uro culture and biocultural diversity in the Altiplano region of Per\u00fa and Bolivia. <em>Journal of Sustainable Tourism<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Li, Y., Xu, Y., Joseph, J., Li, P., &amp; Knight, D. W. (2025). Capital mobilization: Strategies for integrating migrant tourism entrepreneurs in rural regions. <em>Tourism Geographies<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14616688.2025.2459730\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14616688.2025.2459730<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gong, J., Knight, D. W. (2025). Household livelihood adaptive strategies in Gateway Communities of new national parks. <em>Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research<\/em>. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10941665.2025.2471489\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10941665.2025.2471489<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Liu, H., &amp; Knight, D. W. (2024). Short- versus long-term tourism resilience and COVID-19: Background trend modeling by attraction type in Wuhan, China.\u00a0<em>International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 110<\/em>(104614).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2024.104614\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2024.104614<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knight, D. W., Xiong, L., Gong, J., &amp; Zhou, X. (2024). Why do the neighbors keep their distance? Evolutionary Psychology Theory and 2020 COVID-19 travel recovery in central China. <em>Journal of China Tourism Research<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/19388160.2024.2306211\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/19388160.2024.2306211<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Branstrator, J. R., Cavaliere, C. T., Xiong, L., &amp; Knight, D. W. (2023). Extended reality and sustainable tourism: Restorying human-wildlife relationships for biocultural conservation. <em>Journal of Ecotourism, 22<\/em>(1), 103-119. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14724049.2022.2055046\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14724049.2022.2055046<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knight, D. W. Empowerment in Tourism. (2022). In D. Buhalis\u2019 (Ed.) <em>Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing<\/em> (pp. 84-87). Edward Elgar Publishing.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781800377486.empowerment.in.tourism\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781800377486.empowerment.in.tourism<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Xiong, L., Knight, D. W., Gong, J., &amp; Zhou, X. (2022). How do travelers go back to COVID-hit destinations? Examining the patterns and underlying motivations. Travel and Tourism Research Association \u2013 52<sup>nd<\/sup> International Conference (Regenerative Tourism: Building Resilience). British Columbia. June 13-16. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.umass.edu\/ttra\/2022\/researchabstract\/80\/\">https:\/\/scholarworks.umass.edu\/ttra\/2022\/researchabstract\/80\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, C., Knight, D. W., Li, Y., Yi, Z., Zhou, M., &amp; Zi, M. (2022). Rural tourism and evolving identities of Chinese communities in forested areas. <em>Journal of Sustainable Tourism<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09669582.2022.2155829\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09669582.2022.2155829<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Truong, V. D., Knight, D. W., Pham, Q., Nguyen, T. T., Nguyen, T. D., &amp; Saunders, S. G. (2022). Undertaking fieldwork in Pro-Poor Tourism: A reflexive account. <em>Tourism Recreation Research. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02508281.2022.2126923\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02508281.2022.2126923<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Li, Y., Ouyang, C.-X., Zhou, S., Hu, Y., &amp; Knight, D. W. (2022). Tourism dependence and poverty alleviation thresholds in Chinese ethnic tourism. <em>Journal of Mountain Science, 19<\/em>(10), 3026-3036.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11629-022-7479-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11629-022-7479-2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gong, J., Shapovalova, A., Wei, L., &amp; Knight, D. W. (2021). Resident support in China\u2019s new national parks: An extension of the Prism of Sustainability. <em>Current Issues in Tourism<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13683500.2021.1890699\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13683500.2021.1890699<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knight, D. W., Xiong, L, &amp; Gong, J. (2020). Impact of COVID-19: Research note on tourism and hospitality sectors in the first epicenter of Hubei, China. <em>Int. Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 13<\/em>(12), 3705-3719<em>. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJCHM-04-2020-0278\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJCHM-04-2020-0278<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knight, D. W., Nian, W., &amp; Chen, E. (2020). Launching an online graduate degree for tourism management in China: Lessons in Chinese-foreign cooperation. <em>Journal of Teaching in Travel &amp; Tourism<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15313220.2019.1707148\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15313220.2019.1707148<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gong, J., Detchkhajornjaroensri, P., &amp; Knight, D. W. (2019). Responsible tourism in Bangkok, Thailand: Resident perceptions of Chinese tourist behaviour. <em>International Journal of Tourism Research, <\/em><em>21<\/em>, 221-233.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jtr.2256\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jtr.2256<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Select Funded Projects&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Department of State \/ Embassy in Beijing<\/strong>. <em>Multi-State Study Tour on U.S. Park and Protected Area Values for Officials, Community Leaders and Students from Hubei, China<\/em>; Project No. SCH50023GR0072; 2023-24 (PI; $149,571.35).<\/li>\n<li><b>Building community: Mandarin course and <a href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/hdnr\/natural-students\/\">Student Nature Vids<\/a> film festival. <\/b><em>Provost Support for Professional Development<\/em> (Contract and Continuous Appointment Faculty); Spring 2023 (PI; 8,000 USD).<\/li>\n<li><b>Characteristic village brand internalization and mechanism from a resident perspective<\/b>. <i>Chinese National Social Science Fund<\/i>, Project No. 18BGL159; 2022-23 (co-PI; 200,000 RMB, ~30,100 USD).<\/li>\n<li><b>Tourism-driven Chinese ethnic festival evolution: Mechanism and reproduction path<\/b>. <i>Chinese National Social Science Fund<\/i>, Project No. 20CMZ033; August 2020 to December 2023 (co-PI; 200,000 RMB, ~$30,100).<\/li>\n<li><b>Building beautiful China and healthy tourism development<\/b>. <i>Chinese National Social Science Fund<\/i>, Project No. 14AJY024 (co-PI; 200,000 RMB, ~30,100 USD).<\/li>\n<li><b>2019 Hubei Province Tourist satisfaction survey project<\/b>. 1.48 million RMB (co-PI; ~224,804 USD).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recreational Boating Survey at Joe Pool and Lewisville Lakes, Dallas-Ft. 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