Hyunseo (Violet) Yoon

Education

• PhD: Recreation, Sport, and Tourism | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• MS: Tourism Development | University of Surrey, UK
• BS: Environmental Engineering | Chung Buk National University, S. Korea

Teaching

• Foundations of Tourism
• Adventure Travel and Tourism Development
• Tourism Planning
• Festival and Event Planning
• Technology in Leisure
• Leisure in Different Cultures

Research

• Virtual tourism/leisure
• Destination Marketing
• Sustainable Tourism
• Tourism Experience

Selected Publications

Yoon, H., & Zou, S. S. (2023). An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Entrance Fees on National Park Visitors. Tourism Recreation Research, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2237798

Yoon, H., & Zou, S. S. (2023). An Empirical Comparison of Different Presentation Modes in Experimental Tourism Research. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2238323

Park, J. E., Yoon, H., Santos, C. A., & Zou, S. S. (2023). A Third-person Effect Approach to Understanding Residents’ Attitude Towards Casino Development. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2196000

Delaney, S., Rigolon, A., Browning, M., Yoon, H., & McAnirlin, O. (2022). Do sex and gender modify the association between green space and physical health? A systematic review. Environmental Research, 209, 112869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112869

Browning, M., Rigolon, A., McAnirlin, O., & Yoon, H. (2022). Where green space matters most: A systematic review of urbanicity, green space, and health. Landscape and Urban Planning, 217, 104233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104233

Rigolon, A., Browning, M., McAnirlin, O., & Yoon, H. (2021). Green space and health equity: A systematic review on the potential of green space to reduce health disparities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052563

Community-Engaged Projects

• I-Rural project: Rural tourism development project collaborated with Galena, Grafton, Havana, and Savanna, IL
• Indiana Dunes National Park project: Collaborated with Indiana Dunes National Park, focusing on economic and social aspects of tourism development