Assistant professor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies/Center for Sustainable Tourism
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: rural tourism planning and development, sustainable tourism, niche tourism markets, tourism impacts, tourism entrepreneurship, sustainable food systems and tourism
Professor and department chair
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: leisure behavior, the meaning of parks, state parks and their visitors, leadership through parks and recreation, outdoor recreation and leadership, social issues and leisure, inclusion (fully involving all people in parks and recreation opportunities), impact of gender on recreation involvement, quality of life
Professor of recreation and leisure studies
• Phone: 252-328-0024
• E-mail: russoniello@ecu.edu
Areas of expertise: Biofeedback, therapeutic fun, post-traumatic stress disorder