Accomplishments: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality), along with Ata Atadil and Alison Green of University of West Florida, recently co-authored "Digital Natives in the Hospitality Workforce: An Exploratory Study on Mobile Dependency" in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management. It is one of the first studies that developed and tested a mobile…
Marla Royne Stafford (Hospitality) was honored at the annual American Academy of Advertising conference this month by being named an elected fellow of the academy. The designation of Fellow is for a lifetime of achievement in the advancement of advertising scholarship, education, and service to the discipline. Hence, it is the Academy's broadest…
Ashok K. Singh (Hospitality) and Rohan J. Dalpatadu (Math) published their study, "Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Fast Fourier Transform of Overnight Breath Recordings," in Machine Learning with Applications. The study addresses the problem of predicting the risk of obstructive sleep apnea from overnight breath recordings collected by…
Joseph Lema (Hospitality), along with Jihye Min, '06 BS Hospitality Management, '12 MS Hotel Administration, and Harold Lee, '05 BS Hospitality Management,'12 MS Hotel Administration, and their co-authors recently published their paper, "The #MeToo Movement in Paradise: An Assessment of the Restaurant Industry," in the Journal of Foodservice…
Nirmala Lekhak, Lori Candela (both Nursing) and Kweisi Ausar (Hospitality) co-authored a recent publication, "Nurse Spiritual Self-Care: A Scoping Review," in Nursing Outlook. The report examines the need to promote spiritual self-care of nurses.
Additionally, Lekhak recently presented her research on "Healthy Lifestyle: Impact of…
Yuang-Sheng "Ken" Chiu (Hospitality) received the 2021 Undergraduate Research Competition Honorary Award at the West-Federation CHRIE Conference in February. Chiu, an undergraduate, received the honor for presenting his paper, “Blame It on the Virus: Effect of COVID-19 Message on the Relationship between Layoff and Survivors' Prosocial Rule-…
Lateka Grays (Libraries) is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Library Faculty Service Award. She was nominated for her significant contributions to service to the University Libraries, the UNLV campus, and to the library profession as a whole. She has shown remarkable dedication and creativity across a range of service initiatives for the…
Kweisi Ausar (Hospitality) published his memoir No Sur in this month. His book examines how spiritual cultivation can help overcome trauma.
Brian Jones (Hospitality) of the UNLV PGA golf management program recently received a PGA Professional Development Award from the Southwest PGA. The award is presented to a PGA professional who has made significant leadership contributions in education.
Joseph Lema (Hospitality), along with Jihye Min, '06 BS Hospitality Management and '12 MS Hotel Administration, and Harold Lee, '05 BS Hospitality Management,'12 MS Hotel Administration, and their co-author recently published their paper, "The Tourism Sector and U.S. Regional Macroeconomic Stability: A Network Approach," in Sustainability. The…
Amanda Belarmino and Chih-Chien Chen (both Hospitality), along with Tevfik Demirciftci, '20 PhD Hospitality Administration, and their co-author recently published their paper, "Understanding the Gap between University Revenue Management Courses and the Job Market," in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education. The article examines the gap…
Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality) and his co-authors recently published a paper, "Reading Between the Lines: Analyzing Online Reviews by Using a Multi-method Web-analytics Approach" in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. The purpose of this study is to propose a novel Web analytics methodology to examine online reviews…