Curricula Vitae in Hotel, Restaurant & Tour Mgmt

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Kevin Ayres Senior Instructor	Hospitality Management Strategies	Kevin Ayres is an instructor in the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management. His teaching interests are in Finance and Strategies particularly in the area of small business development.
Dr. Estefania Basurto Research Assistant Professor	Tourism crisis management, Destination resilience, Heritage tourism and preservation	Estefania Basurto serves as research assistant professor in The Richardson Family SmartState Center of Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development. In addition, she serves as the Destination Management Team Leader for the center.
Jessica P Chavis Senior Instructor	Food and beverage	Ms. Chavis has her Masters Degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management from the University of South Carolina and her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Management Concentration from Winthrop University.
Dr. Robin DiPietro Department Chair/Professor	human resource management and training practices in the hospitality industry, specifically the chain, restaurant industry	Dr. DiPietro has research interests in multi-unit chain restaurant operations and human resources issues inherent to restaurant operations including motivation, leadership, employee retention, and staffing issues of organizations.
Dr. Richard Harrill Research Professor	Tourism Planning and Policy, Destination Marketing and Management, Tourism as an Economic Development Tool	Dr. Harrill's academic and professional experience combines tourism with economic development and urban planning, giving him an uncommon perspective on and familiarity with all three. Dr. Harrill has conducted research in tourism planning and development, destination management and marketing, and economic development.
George M Hendry Senior Lecturer		George Hendry serves as director of the McCutchen House and senior lecturer in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management and coordinates the Culinary Institute at Carolina, located in the McCutchen House. Prior to coming to the University of South Carolina, Hendry opened and operated local restaurants in the Poconos of Pennsylvania, and later opened two of of his own restaurants.
Dr. Simon Hudson Professor	marketing of tourism	The endowed chair for the SC Center of Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development is Dr. Simon Hudson. The marketing of tourism is the focus of his research and in addition to the books he has published more than 40 journal articles from his work. Dr. Hudson is frequently invited to international tourism conferences as a keynote speaker.
Dr. Miyoung Jeong Professor	Customer reviews, Social media, Mobile technology	Miyoung Jeong's , Ph.D., research work has been published in hospitality, tourism and general business journals and presented in various national / international conferences.
Kawon (Kathy) Kim Associate Professor	Service marketing: Social and interpersonal influence, social support, influence of other customers, Organizational behavior: Leadership, employee training	Kawon (Kathy) Kim is an assistant professor in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management in the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management. Prior to coming to UofSC, Kim served as an instructor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2016-2017). Her duties there included teaching food service management and special event management. Kim has also served as a consultant and project manager with Be My Guest, a restaurant consulting company (2012-2013).
William R. Knapp Senior Instructor	ServSafe Sanitation Purchasing, Quantity Food Production, Menu Management	William Knapp is Executive Sous Chef and Instructor in the College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina. His current focus of interest in the culinary field involves management theory, restaurant efficiency, and food history.
Christopher Knezevich Instructor	restaurant management	Christopher Knezevich has 15 years of restaurant and bar management experience. Prior to this, Knezevich spent five years in the banking industry, serving in a wide array of positions from teller to manager, to investigating money laundering and fraud. Passionate about higher education, he has been working as an instructor for the past three years. Knezevich began at UofSC Sumter as a recruiter and advisor for Palmetto College, then became director of continuing education.
Dr. Marketa Kubickova Associate Professor	Competitiveness, Hotel sustainability	Marketa Kubickova's research interests mainly focus on competitiveness, hotel sustainability, the role of government, with special emphasis on developing countries.
Robert Thomas Lybrand Instructor		Robert "Robby" Lybrand has more than 22 years of experience in the restaurant and foodservice industry. During that time he has held many positions such as executive chef, restaurant owner, catering director and food and beverage director. Lybrand has also worked in several different sectors of the foodservice and hospitality industry, including private clubs, corporate restaurants, private restaurants, as well as a corporate theme park restaurant, Le Cellier Steakhouse, in Walt Disney World.
Drew Martin Professor	Hospitality and Tourism Marketing, Service Management in Hospitality, Hospitality Marketing Strategy	Drew Martin received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, and his MBA and B.A. from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. Prior to taking his current position, Martin was professor of marketing (2004-2016) and interim dean (2016-17) at University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Dr. Fang Meng Professor	Tourism Management, Tourism Marketing, Economic development	Dr. Meng's research focuses on tourism destination marketing and management, tourism economic impact, quality of life, and tourist experience and behavioral study. Dr. Meng has strong data analysis skills on both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Thomas (Tom) Mullikin Professor Of Practice		Thomas S. (Tom) Mullikin serves as professor of practice at the University of South Carolina School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. Mullikin earned his Ph.D. from Columbia International University and currently serves as the chair of the gubernatorially established South Carolina Floodwater Commission. In addition to his position at the USC, he is a research professor at Coastal Carolina University (School of Coastal Environment).
Charles Partlow Professor	Strategy and Management Practices Within the Hospitality Industry, Human Resource Issues Related to Quality Management	Dr. Partlow has over 25 years of experience in hospitality management, consulting, and education. He is an active researcher and writer with over 70 article publications, and has recently completed a nine year term as Executive Co-Editor of the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education. His teaching and research expertise lies in the areas of total quality management, strategic management, and leadership.
Lori Pennington-Gray Professor		Lori Pennington-Gray is a leader in tourism crisis management. She currently is the director of the Richardson Family SmartState Center for Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development. She has a strong commitment to enhancing the industry and aiding in strategic policy decisions. Pennington-Gray's work converts research into practice. She has experience working with a variety of stakeholders from the public and private sector to non-government and community-based organizations.
Mrs. Ashley G Richardson Clinical Instructor		Ashley Richardson serves as internship director and clinical instructor in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. Richardson joined the staff at the University of South Carolina in July 2015 as the administrative coordinator for the Department of Retailing where she was responsible for administering the academic and financial operations for the department and also served as an instructor for University 101 Programs.
Scott Smith Associate Professor	Revenue Management, Utilizing Advances in Technology to Improve the Guest's Experience, Pricing in the Hospitality Industry, Consumer's Perceptions of Fairness	Dr. Scott Smith's specific areas of research are pricing and revenue management in the hospitality industry.
Dr. Sandy Strick Associate Professor	Employment Diversity in the Hospitality Industry, Wine Tourism, Wine Marketing, Meeting and Convention Issues and Trends	Dr. Strick has dedicated a significant portion of her professional effort toward the improvement of hospitality education through her work with the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Education where she has among other positions served two terms as commission chair, and continues to participate actively in accreditation site visits. Through the institute she teaches a variety of wine courses to include: Wine 101, Bordeaux, Rose, and Sparkling Wines and Champagnes
Scott Taylor, Jr. Assistant Professor	Food and beverage operations and consumer behavior, Craft beer operations and consumer behavior, Consumer segmentation within the food and beverage industry	Scott Taylor, Jr., Ph.D., an alumnus of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management at the University of South Carolina, works as an assistant professor in HRTM, as well as serving as the Wine & Beverage Institute assistant director. Before returning to South Carolina, Taylor worked at the Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership at the University of Houston. He has also served as a chef instructor for the South Carolina State Farmer’s Market Produce Safety University.
Dr. Ercan [Sirakaya] Turk, PhD Professor	Tourism Policy and Development through sustainable tourism and destination marketing, Quantitative analysis, Destination Marketing and Management	Dr. E. Sirakaya-Turk is a full-professor and Associate Dean Emeritus for Research, Grants, Graduate and International Programs from 2009- until 2017 July. His articles regularly appear in A and A+ journals and is the writer of one of the most influential articles in tourism; google-scholar’s h-index= 45, i-10 index=66 with total citations over 13503 times, over 6,653 since 2018. Listed as one of the writers of the most influential papers in tourism.
Jana N. Xanthakos Clinical Instructor		Jana Xanthakos was born and raised in Germany until she moved to Raleigh, N.C., at age 9. After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, Xanthakos worked for Resort Recreation and Tourism Management as social activities director for the Crown Plaza in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Upon finishing her master's at USC Columbia, Xanthakos worked as the events planner and property manager for The Kiawah Island Club. After working in the private club sector, she worked as hotel sales manager in Columbia