Accomplishments: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Chris Heavey congratulates faculty who have received tenure commencing July 1. The tenure recommendations were approved at the Board of Regents meeting on March 5.
Those faculty are:
Scott Abella, College of Sciences
Stephen Benning, College of Liberal Arts
Maile Chapman, College of…
Anthony Lucas (Hospitality) delivered a keynote address on "Casino Operations: Profits, Potential, and Pratfalls" at the 2020 Research Council on Mathematics Learning conference in Las Vegas. Approximately 170 math educators were in attendance.
The CSUN Faculty Achievement Award recognizes faculty members for outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, or special events. Those receiving the award in 2020 are:
William Ramsey, College of Liberal Arts, department of philosophy
Caitlin Saladino, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Lincy…
Todd Uglow (Hospitality) recently was honored with the 2020 CSUN Faculty Achievement Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, and special events. Also a past recipient of the award, Uglow was honored in 2015, too.
Sarah Tanford, Laura Book, Tim Self, Cass Shum, and Jaimi Garlington (all Hospitality) received multiple awards at the 2020 West Federation Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (WF CHRIE) conference this month. Tanford, Book, and Self received the Best Research Proposal Award. Shum was honored with the Best Proposal…
Anthony Lucas (Hospitality) and his co-author's paper, "Examining Expanded Differences in Slot Machine Pars: An Analysis of Revenue Impacts and Player Sensitivity to 'Price'," was recently published in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. The study found significant and substantial increases in revenue for high-par games, with no…
Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) and her co-author's paper "Examining the Impact of Political Candidates on Hotel Revenue" recently was published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. The paper examines the impact of a charismatic political candidate on hotel revenue in the USA, particularly in their home states, through the lens…
Cass Shum, Anthony Gatling (both Hospitality) and their co-author's paper "When Do Abusive Leaders Experience Guilt?" recently was published in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. The study showed that abusive leaders are more likely to experience guilt when they have not been exposed to abusive supervision from…
Jungsun "Sunny" Kim (Hospitality) and her co-author's paper, "Effects of CSR, Responsible Gambling, and Negative Social Impacts on Perceived Benefits and Quality of Life in Gaming Communities", was published in Tourism Economics. The findings showed that economic corporate social responsibility (CSR) had the strongest impact on residents’…
Jungsun "Sunny" Kim and Anthony Gatling (both Hospitality) recently published their paper, "Impact of Employees’ Job, Organizational and Technology Fit on Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behavior", in Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology. The results suggest that three person-environment (PE) fit dimensions (i.e., person-job,…
Kendall Murphy (Hospitality) of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ PGA golf management program recently was named Golf Professional of the Year by the Southern Nevada Chapter of the PGA. This marks the second consecutive year Murphy has received this honor.
Jennifer Jaimes, Mehmet Erdem, ChihChien Chen (all Hospitality), and William Doyle (Honors) recently published their paper "An Assessment of Generation Z’s Preferences for Guest-Facing Hotel Technologies" in the Journal of Hospitality. The exploratory study found that guest-facing technologies are an important consideration for Generation Z…