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Liselle Milazzo

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Liselle Milazzo
Assistant Professor
Preferred Pronouns
She, Her, Hers
Summary Statement

Liselle Milazzo is an interdisciplinary tourism and leisure scholar whose research focuses on examining the popular culture practices of ageographic communities to address the socio-culture impact of tourism on the world.

Department
  • Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management - RPTM
  • Graduate Program
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Education
  • Ph.D. in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • M.A. in Anthropology of Travel, Tourism, and Pilgrimage, SOAS University of London
  • B.A. in History, Keene State College
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Phone
215-881-7300
Email
Office Address
Cloverly, 202
Penn State Abington
1600 Woodland Road
Abington, PA 19001
Research Interests
  • Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism
  • Popular Culture
  • Fanship and Fan Communities
  • Entertainment and Leisure
  • The personalized worlds of experience guided by popular culture
Publications

Articles Published in Refereed Journals

Milazzo, L. (2023). Fanship as a Form of Liminoid Leisure. Leisure Sciences. DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2023.2273967

Milazzo, L. (2023). From Home to Hogsmeade: A Phenomenological Study of Liminoidity in Media Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103679 

Yeager, E., Soulard, J., Deale, C., & Milazzo, L. (2023). Building rural resilience with peer-to-peer accommodations. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2023.2235888 

Milazzo, L. and Santos, S. (2022). Fanship and imagination: The transformation of everyday spaces into Lieux D’Imagination. Annals of Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2022.103399* 

Encyclopedia Entry

Santos, C., & Milazzo, L. (2024). Cultural representation, Tourism. In J. Jafari & H. Xiao (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Tourism. (2nd edition). [In Press - forthcoming 2024].

Manuscripts Accepted for Publication

Milazzo, L., & Soulard, J. Bridging Disciplinary Perspectives on Transformation: Epistemologically Evaluating Liminality and Transformative Learning. Annals of Tourism Research, 50th Anniversary Volume of Annals of Tourism Research. [Accepted December 2023].

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Zeng, S., Milazzo, L., & Zhang, X. Understanding Crafted Narratives of Tourists Negative Experience Recovery Process. Annals of Tourism Research.