Research

Outstanding Achievement Award 

• Graduate Student Awards of Excellence, presented to graduate students who are distinguished through academic achievement, scholarship, community service, and perseverance. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University (April 2025)

• Outstanding Academic Paper Award, 96th Tourism Science Society of Korea (TOSOK) International Tourism Conference, Yeosu, South Korea (July 2024). Awarded for the paper: Leisure and Aging: The Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Life Satisfaction among Older Adults in a Longitudinal Study.

Tourism, Event & Hospitality Management

1. Tang, R., Moon, J.H., Park, S., & Lee, W.S. (Under Review). Does religious tourism promote subjective well-being? The role of travel motivation, flow experience, and satisfaction in Fanjing Mountain, China. Journal of Psychology and Theology.

2. Shim, J.M., Lee, W.S., & Park, S. (Under Review). The Effects of the Values, Beliefs, and Norms of Marine Leisure Tourists on Recreation Specialization. Tourism Management Perspective. 

3. Tang, R., Zhao, S., Park, S., & Zhang, Y. (Under Review). Transcending Hotel Star Ratings: A Comparative Study of Topic Modeling and Sentiment Stratification in Cross-Cultural Reviews. Journal of Vacation Marketing.

4. Tang, R., Zhao, S., Lee, W.S., Park, S., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Crisis Response in Tourism: Semantic Networks and Topic Modeling in the Hotel and Aviation. Sustainability, 16(24), 11275. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411275 

5. Lee, W.S., Park, S., Jung, J., Mun, S., & Jung, J. (2021). A Study on the Tourists’ Perception of Perceived Risk Due to COVID-19 Using Q-Methodology. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 26(10), 1057-1069. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2021.1953087

6. Tang, R., Kang, S.E., Park, S., & Lee, W.S. (2021). The influence of residents’ perceptions of tourism development on their affective commitment, altruistic behavior, and civic virtue in their community. International Journal of Tourism Research, 23(5), 781-791. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2441

7. Lee, S., Kim, D., Park, S*., & Lee, W.S. (2021). A Study on the Strategic Decision-Making Used in the Revitalization of Fishing Village Tourism. Sustainability, 13(13), 7472. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137472

8. Park, S., Chung, N., & Lee, W.S. (2020). Preserving the Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (Women Divers) as a Sustainable Tourism Resource. Sustainability, 12(24), 10564. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410564

9. Park, S., Kim, K., & Lee, W.S. (2020). Study on revitalizing the National Science Museum in Daejeon using the A'WOT Method: Focusing on science tourism. Korean Journal of Hotel Administration, 29(1), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.24992/KJHT.2020.01.29.01.187.

10. Tang, R., Moon, J., Lee, W.S., & Park, S. (2019). Estimation of the economic value of terraced rice fields using a new environmental paradigm. Korean Journal of Hotel Administration, 28(4), 235-248. https://doi.org/10.24992/KJHT.2019.06.28.04.235.

11. Moon, J., Song, M., & Park, S. (2019). A study of the determinants of revisit intention in the case of the low-price coffee store. Food Service Industry Journal, 87. 15, 4, 87-103.

12. Song, M., Moon, J., & Park, S. (2019). Exploring the Antecedents of Price Fairness in Fast Food: A Case of McDonald’s. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business, 10, 4, 181-195.

Leisure and Recreation

13. Park, S.*, Chancellor, C., & Seong, M. (Forthcoming). Leisure Activity Engagement and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults: Evidence from an Ordered Logit Fixed-Effect Model. Leisure Sciences.

14. Park, S., Noh, Y.J., Moon, H.I., & Lee, W.S. (2025). Leisure and Aging: The Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Life Satisfaction among Older Adults in a Longitudinal Study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0798.

15. Clanton, T., Chancellor, C., Park, S., & Rhodes, T. (2025). Applying the benefits-based programming model to advance community well-being through cycling. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-025-00267-y 

16. Ruiz, A. S., Park, S., & Handy, F. (2025). The Korean Wave as Serious Leisure – How Hallyu Increases Well-Being among Young Adults. World Leisure Journal, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2025.2527196

17. Chancellor, C., Romans, T., Clanton, T., Rhodes, T., & Park, S. (2025). Strengthening Active Transportation Through Small Grants. Future Transportation, 5(3), 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/futuretransp5030084

18. Park, S., Yoon, H., Koo, C., & Lee, W.S. (2021). Role of the Leisure Attributes of Shared Bicycles in Promoting Leisure Benefits and Quality of Life. Sustainability, 13(2), 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020739

Health and Community Well-Being

19. An, J., Park, S., & Hebert, R.B. (Under Review). Involuntary Job Loss and Multidimensional Life Changes: Impacts on Life, Health, and Leisure. Health Economics.

20. Tang, R., Qu, Z., Park, S., & Zhang, Y. (Under Review). The Hidden Forces of Career Continuity: How Digital Nomads Leverage Adaptability and Self-Efficacy for Long-Term Success. Personnel Review.

21. Tang, R., Li, W., Park, S., & Zhang, Y. (Revised & Resubmitted, R2). From Policy to Plate: The Role of Health Awareness and Negotiation in Shaping Elderly Green Food Consumption. Marketing Intelligence and Planning.

22. Park, S., An, J., & Tang, R. (Forthcoming). Intergenerational Interaction and Physical Health among Older Adults: Evidence from an Instrumental Variable Analysis. American Journal of Health Behavior.

Working Paper (Draft completed)

23. Park, S., Duffy, L., & Pan, B. Persistent Economic Impacts of Pandemic on Tourism Workers:  A Panel Event Study.

24. Chancellor, C., Clanton, T., Park, S., & Rhodes, T. Bicycling as a critical consciousness mechanism for youth.

25. Park, S., & Duffy, L. The Impact of Pandemic on the Well-Being of Workers in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Evidence from Time Series and Panel Analysis.

26. Park, S.*, Chancellor, C., & Duffy, L.N. Gameday as Experienscape: Exploring Environment, Emotion, and Subjective Well-Being in Collegiate Football Event Using a Hybrid Thematic–Phenomenological Approach

Selected Work-In-Progress

1. Park, S., & Tang, R. The Impact of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization on the Dynamic Trend in the Number of Tourists: Evidence from Synthetic Control Analysis.

2. Rhodes, T., Park, S., Welch, L., & Irvine, C. Empowering Travelers for Change: Transformational Pedagogy Influence on Responsible Travel Mindsets.

3. Duffy, L.N., Lee, S.C., & Park, S. An Exploration of Informal Sector Tourist Worker Experiences and Well-being in St. Lucia.

(* indicates the corresponding author.)

• • Park, S., & Ruiz, A. S. (2025). Between belonging and exclusion: Hallyu’s emotional geographies in young adults. In Cosmopolitan Korean Wave (Eds.). [Unpublished book chapter manuscript].

• • Kim, E.G., Park, S., Chancellor, H.C., Barcelona, R.B., Duffy, L.N., & Carey, R.T. (2025). Lake Hartwell Country (LHC) visitor/marketing study 2025, Report presented to Lake Hartwell Country.

  • Chancellor, H.C., Duffy, L.N., Kim, M., & Park, S. (2022). An evaluation of the USCB Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training: A mixed-method approach. The report was presented to representatives of the USCB Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training and the Beaufort County Commissioners.

  • Chancellor, H.C., Clanton, T.C., Rhodes, T.R., Park, S., & Bernabe, G. (2022). Outride Fund Evaluation. The report was presented to the Outride Organization.

• • Ruiz, A. S., Handy, F., & Park, S. (2025). K-Pop Demon Hunters is attracting huge audiences worldwide—young Philadelphians told us K-pop culture inspires innocence, joy, and belonging. The conversation. U.S. https://theconversation.com/kpop-demon-hunters-is-attracting-huge-audiences-worldwide-young-philadelphians-told-us-k-pop-culture-inspires-innocence-joy-and-belonging-262179 

• • Lake Hartwell Country (LHC) visitor/marketing study 2025, Research Assistant (August 2024–August 2025), Lake Hartwell Country, SC (Co-PIs, Drs. Charles Chancellor, Robert Barcelona, Lauren Duffy, and Grace Kim, Awarded: $21,680).

  • A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training: A Mixed-Method Approach, Research Assistant (April 2022-March 2023), University of South Carolina Beaufort and Town of Hilton Head Island/Beaufort, SC (Co-PIs, Drs. Charles Chancellor and Lauren Duffy, Awarded: $24,201).

  • Outride Fund Evaluation, Research Assistant (January 2022-October 2021). Outride Organization (PI, Dr. Charles Chancellor, Awarded: $19,800).

  • Practices and Strategies for Sustainable Smart Tourism Cities, Research Assistant (November 2019-July 2021), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), South Korea (Co-PIs, Drs. Chung, N., Koo, C., Hong, T., Yang, S., Kim, D., Kim, T., Lee, H., Lee, W., Kim, J., Lee, S., Park, S., & Hunter, W., Awarded: $1,500,000).

  • A Study on the Strategic Decision-Making for the Revitalization of Fishing Village Tourism: Using A'WOT Analysis, Research Assistant (May 2020 - May 2021), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), South Korea (PI, Dr. Won Seok Lee).

  • A Study on the Feasibility of Establishing a Department of Theme Park & Attraction Management, Research Assistant (November 2020–March 2021), Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), South Korea (PI, Dr. Won Seok Lee).

• • Park, S. (2025, December). Economic Impact of Pandemic on Workers in the Tourism Industry: Evidence from Event Study Analysis. 18th Annual Penn State Postdoc Research Symposium, State College, PA.

  • Park, S., An, J., & Tang, R. (2025, November). Intergenerational Interaction and Physical Health among Older Adults: Evidence from an Instrumental Variable Analysis. Southern Economic Association (SEA), Tampa, FL.

  • Park, S., & Duffy, L. (2025, October). The Short- and Long-Term Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Workers in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Evidence from Event Study Analysis. Northeast chapter of the Travel & Tourism Research Association (NETTRA), Meredith, NH.

  • Chancellor, H.C., Park, S., Clanton, T., & Rhodes, T. (2025, April). Developing critical consciousness in youth through bicycle programming. Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.

  • Romans, T.S., Chancellor, H.C., Clanton, T., Rhodes, T.R., & Park, S. (2025, March). Strengthening community cycling ecosystems through small grants. 47th Annual Southeastern Environment & Recreation Research Conference, Helen, GA.

  • Park, S., Chancellor, H.C., Duffy, L.N., Melton, T.N., & Kim, E.G. (2025, March). College Football Gameday Experience and Well-Being: An Application of the Stimuli-Organism-Response Theory. College Sport Research Institute Conference, Columbia, SC. 

  • Stephens, L., Park, S., Duffy, L., Sharaievska, I., & Cathey, J. (2025, March). Teaching Workshop: Sense of Belonging: Building Bridges for Success. The Academy of Leisure Sciences Conference 2025, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • Park, S., Seong, M., & Chancellor, H.C. (2025, March). The Effect of Leisure Activity Engagement on Elderly Health and Life Satisfaction. The Academy of Leisure Sciences Conference 2025, Pittsburgh, PA.

• Park, S., Chancellor, H.C., & Duffy, L.N. (2024, October). The Impact of Football Event Experiences on Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Study. 2024 7 Experiences Summit, Waltham, MA.

• Park, S., Noh, Y.J., Moon, H.I., & Lee, W.S. (2024, July). The Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Life Satisfaction among Elderly Koreans: Findings from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006–2020). The 96th Tourism Sciences Society of Korea (TOSOK) International Conference, Yeosoo, South Korea.

• Rhodes, T., Park, S., & Irvine, C. (2024, March). Empowering travelers for change: Transformational pedagogy influences responsible travel mindsets. Johnson & Wales University's University Scholarship & Best Practices Expo, Providence, RI. 

• Park, S., Lee, S.C., & Duffy, L. (2024, March). Council Meetings: Empowering Critical Engagement in Tourism Education. 9th Annual SECSA ICHRIE Conference, Columbia, SC. 

• Lee, S.C., Duffy, L., & Park, S. (2024, March). An Exploration of Informal Sector Tourist Worker Experiences and Well-being in St. Lucia. 9th Annual SECSA ICHRIE Conference, Columbia, SC. 

• Ruiz, A. S., & Park, S. (2024, January). The Korean Wave as Serious Leisure - Hallyu and Young Adults in the United States. The Academy of Leisure Sciences, New Orleans, LA.

• Chancellor, H.C., Clanton, T., Park, S., & Rhodes, T. (2023, December). Promoting critical consciousness through bicycling. World Leisure Congress, Dunedin, New Zealand.

• Park, S. (2023, March). How PRTM influences the challenges and highlights the assets positively: Focusing on Seoul's case. Connect: Southeastern PRTM Professional Networking Symposium, Clemson, SC.

• Park, S., Clanton, T., Chancellor, H.C., & Rhodes, T. (2023, March). Benefits-based programming and the bicycle. Southeastern Environment & Recreation Research Conference, Asheville, NC.

• Park, S., Clanton, T., Chancellor, H.C., & Rhodes, T. (2023, March). Bicycling as a critical consciousness mechanism for youth. Southeastern Environment & Recreation Research Conference, Asheville, NC.

• Chancellor, H.C., Clanton, T.R., Rhodes, T., Park, S., & Bernabe, G. (2022, October). Empowering youth cyclists: Many routes to the same goal. Outride Research Summit, Online.

• Park, S. & Lee, W. S. (2019, December). The Effect of Leisure Attributes on Leisure Benefits and Quality of Life in the Sharing Economy: Focusing on Bike Sharing in Seoul. The 2019 Fall Conference of the Academic Society of Event & Convention (ASEC), Incheon, South Korea.

• Park, S. (2019, July). A'WOT (AHP-SWOT) Analysis of the National Science Museum in Daejeon for the Vitalization of Science Tourism. The 86th Tourism Sciences Society of Korea (TOSOK) Daejeon International Conference, Daejeon, South Korea.