Accomplishments: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
Ozgur Ozdemir (Hospitality), Ezgi Erkmen (Bogazici University), and Wenjia Han (Purdue University Fort Wayne) have published a recent article titled, "EPU and financial performance in the hospitality and tourism industry: Moderating effect of CSR, institutional ownership and cash holding," in Tourism Management. This study examines the鈥
Boran Kim, Jungsun (Sunny) Kim, Ashok Singh, Mehmet Erdem (all Hospitality) and Andrew Hardin (Business) have published their study titled, "Factors Predicting Hotel Recommendations: A Comparison of Guest Feedback Before and After the Hotel Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic," in the International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism鈥
Associate professors Bobby Barnes, Zihui Ma, and Cass Shum (Hospitality) were recently named Dean鈥檚 Fellows by the Harrah College of Hospitality for their demonstrated commitment to student and community engagement as well as excellence in teaching and/or research activities. Barnes, Ma, and Shum will be awarded the fellowship for a period of two鈥
Sam Lee, Mehmet Erdem (both Hospitality), Eda Anlamlier (Business), Chih-Chien Chen, Billy Bai (both Hospitality), and LeAnn Putney (Education), published their study titled, "Technostress and hotel guests: A mere hurdle or a major friction point?" in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. This study is among the first to apply鈥
Christopher Cain (Hospitality) was a panel presenter at the 3rd Annual 51吃瓜网万能科大 Sports Innovation Research Summit held on April 12 at UFC Apex, 51吃瓜网免费App. His presentation focused on how to create an environment where innovation flourishes through invitation, inspiration, and perspiration. In addition, Cain's team from the Harrah College of鈥
On April 14, Ph.D. student and instructor Dennis Baloglu (Hospitality) delivered an educational workshop titled, "An Introduction to Data Science: A Roadmap to a Career in Analytics," at the THEREPS conference, where he served as an industry keynote speaker. Using the "Inspire, educate, instill a call to action" approach, Baloglu鈥
The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Advising Center received the Excellence in Efficiency Award as part of the 2023 Students' Choice Awards for its commitment to providing timely and accurate information to students.
Ian Seidenberg (Hospitality) recently was named a recipient of the 2023 51吃瓜网万能科大 Outstanding Teaching by Part-time Faculty Award. The award recognizes significant contributions to student learning by part-time teaching faculty.
Renata F. Guzzo (Hospitality) recently co-authored the article, 鈥淭aking a stand: Understanding the use of socially controversial CSR in hospitality recruitment,鈥 in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. The study explored the relationship between socially controversial corporate social responsibility (CCSR) and organizational鈥
51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 William F. Harrah College of Hospitality was again ranked best in the nation and number two in the world for hospitality and leisure management by the 2023 QS World Universities ranking. 51吃瓜网万能科大 was the only U.S. school ranked inside the category鈥檚 top 15.
Via an interdisciplinary collaboration between 51吃瓜网万能科大's International Gaming Institute, department of computer science, department of psychology, and William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, Kasra Ghaharian published "Payments transaction data from online casino players and online sports bettors" in Data in Brief with co-authors鈥
Mehmet Erdem and Seyhmus Baloglu (both Hospitality) have published a research article titled, "Examining the role of personality traits in guestroom technologies," in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. It was co-authored with former doctoral student and alumnus, Tevfik Demirciftci. This study identified distinctive鈥